Oh my God! This is a tough task. I think that I really like journalism. But sometimes I feel that I'm not learning too much in the classes. So, that makes me be in a constant crisis. Anyway, by now I think that I'll keep studying journalism.

Well, well, I have to say why I like journalism. First of all, I love to write and I think that I do it well. I love to read. I read novels, investigations, essays... everything! I like to take photos too. Those three elements makes me keep wanting to be a journalist.

I think that journalists have a big responsability in the society. We have to tell the truth to the people. We have to try to show diferent realities to the people, too. Make them go out of their "bubble". I think that the point is to have a well-informed society. So they can make the right choices. Sadly, lots of journalists have forgotten all those things. And they seem to be writing for the "big misters", for the "powerfuls". Most of the time, they're not showing what is really happening. They lie and we all know that.

Chilevisión, for example. Its news bulletin (Chilevisión Noticias) is always full of histories about thefts. They show Chile as we were in a civil war. All that you can see in the news bulletin is blood (and football, of course). And if you ask why do they do that? I have a simple answer: "darling, you have to know who is the owner of that channel and what particular role he wants to be in".

The last things are NOT the tools that a journalist need to have. A great journalist have to be honest, responsable and (dreaming is for free) independent. We have to write orderly. The idea is that people understand us. We have to be creative and have a broad vocabulary.

And well, I like the cultural journalism. I'd be happy writing about art, photography, design and literature. I love to write about psychological matters, too. But, definetly what I love to do is to write about people that gives us a lesson. I love to break stereotypes and to show how magical the life is understanding and accepting our differences.


Ps: Miss Paula: Sorry for not being in the class today. I'm terrible sick. So I preferred to write this from my comfortable bed and not from a cold classroom. See you in class!
Ricardo.-

I really don't know if this is the best photograph of Annie Leibovitz, but I definetly like it. Especially the expression on the woman's face and the black and white effect. I think that black and white gives something special to the photos... a melancholic atmosphera that I love. Although there are times when a photo has to be in colour, the black and white effect is never "out of fashion".

My selected photo shows a woman with a disinterested expression on her face. The woman is in a forest with trees full of flowers. She is all dressed in black, sit in a chair by a table. On the table there is a glass with a black liquid inside. It could be just Coke, but it could be another thing too. I really don't know when the picture was taken.

I started my entry saying that I was not sure if this is the best photo of Leibovitz. Now I'm going to explain why. This photo is part of a book called Women. That book is full of woman's portraits. They're all magnificents so it's hard for me to pick just one. All the photos are of women that have a great story to talk about. The book shows that women can do anything, from the littlest thing to the bigger one. In fact, there are photos of great politicians in the book. It has also a essay written by Susan Sontag. She was an american philosopher who was engaged with Annie the last years of her life.

Leibovitz has also made a lot of beautiful photos for important magazines, such as Rolling Stones, Vogue and Vanity Fair. They're all great too. But that is part of another story.

I hope you have the time to see some of the Lievobitz's photos. You will not regret.

This is a little embarrasing. This page is like a "guilty pleasure" to me. But, honestly, I love Vanity Fair magazine and like nobody sells the english version in paper I have to read the articles by the internet.

I really don't remember how I discovered the link. Maybe it appeared while I was looking for some information about the photographer Annie Leivobitz (whose work I absolutly love!). By the way, I have to say that the visual component of the magazine is fantastic. It has a wonderful desing and lots of magic photo shoots.

Moreover, I have to say that Vanity Fair is not just about famous people, film stars and senseless topics. In fact, William Langewiesche is one of the journalists that works in the magazine. In every issue, he writes about politic and lots of very importants topics. One of his best stories is about the life of the soldiers in Iraq. If you search in Vanity Fair's website, you will find that wonderful story (its name is Rules Of Engagement).

In Vanity Fair, there are also lots of very good interviews.

Because of the photos, the stories and the interviews, I visit the website twice or three times a month. The magazine is launched monthly, so visit the website more times in a month would be senseless.

I really hope that you read the articles and break your ideas about Vanity Fair. You're cordially invited.

Hi! My name is Ricardo Ignacio Ramírez, but everyone calls me Nacho. I'm studying journalism. This blog is a part of my english course in the university. I'm very happy with it, because I love learning other languages! I'm aware of the importance of learning english, especially for a journalism student, because of the globalization of comunication. If you work for a newspaper or a news tv channel -and you're a lucky guy-, your boss can send you anywhere! And you will need to comunicate. Moreover, english is like a "universal language": anywhere you go, you will find someone who talks in english. So, I hope this course helps me to practice my english. I want to improve my pronunciation.

Now, I'm going to tell you some things about me. I'm 19 years old. I live in Quilicura (in the north part of Santiago de Chile) with my parents and my sister. I love my family, they're wonderful. I like music, literature, cinema and photography. Especially the last one. I always carry my camera!

You already know that I'm a journalism student, but you don't know why I choose that course. ¿Do you want to know? Well, I think there are many things that left unsaid. People needs to know all that happens in front of their eyes, but that they can't really see. So, I have a social reason. I think that only people well informed can make the right choses.
In the other hand, I love culture. So, I really don't know what I'm going to work in when I finish my course.

That's all that I want to say by now. I hope you keep reading. Greetings.
Nacho