Tag Archives: opinion writing

Video Blogs, Part 2

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Here is the second round of video blog entries from my commentary students.  You can see the first round here. Alison Sievers – Homesick for Homaha Jay Sloan – Top 5 songs of all time Note from your editor: He … Continue reading →

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Video blogs from my students, then and now

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

My commentary students are currently posting their video blog entries, in some cases somewhat against their will. And that’s actually the point of this assignment. I want them all to get used to the idea of creating and posting video. … Continue reading →

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Video Commentaries for J406

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Here’s a thread to post links to video commentaries you would like to show in class on Thursday.  I’ll embed a few of my own later today. Fast Fix by Chris Cillzza of the Washington Post Commentary from the Post’s … Continue reading →

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Columnists for my commentary class

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Here are links to a number of columnists and columnist index pages from newspapers around the country for my commentary writing students, and anyone else who’s interested. National Columnists Leonard Pitts, Miami Herald 2004 Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist.  His column written … Continue reading →

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Presenting an argument

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

On Wednesday evening, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow opened her show with a series of arguments that claimed that current Democratic president Barack Obama is to the right on a number of positions of Republican presidents Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, and … Continue reading →

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