Reflections on Public Journalism in a Digital Age

After attending this class I can without a doubt tell that it has been one of my favorite classes, if not my favorite class.

This class has been a text book example of learning by doing, which is what I think is the best way to learn and the most fun. There has been some things a regret not doing.

One of the things I was planning on doing around midway during the semester was a survey on how many ODU students use their constitutional right to vote and as a side question how many was satisfied with the laws concerning alcohol in America. Because I wanted to find out if there were more or less people at ODU who voted at the 2008 elections than the country's average. I also have the feeling that most of the people between 18 and 21 in America is unsatisfied with the alcohol laws in their country and if it was in Denmark these people would rally together and try to change this. However almost every American I have talked to says it is impossible to change anything in this country, so maybe this would be on the top of my political agenda (to change the fact that it is hard to change things in this country). I never got around to doing these surveys, as I have had a pretty busy semester trying to get the best out of school and still experience what this country had to offer outside of the university.

All in all I am still satisfied with how this class turned out and I am happy that my school back in Denmark did not accept the first class I choose at the beginning of the semester, because then I would not have joined Public Journalism and would have missed out on a great experience.