MM 2003 - James Hesterly

Knife-wielding suspects sparks safety concerns on Vanderbilt campus (View original article here) The campus of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, were shocked as reports spread of a man reportedly chasing students with a knife, it was revealed by Vanderbilt police the suspect has a criminal history and was previously warned by the law enforcement for trespassing, arrest records show. FOX 17 News were told by students that they were never alerted about the incidents. Metro Police say Kiracuras Johnson chased students with a knife early Sunday morning at the Wyatt Center. He faces charges of criminal trespassing and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. (5 of Kiracuras Johnson's over 10 mugshots) Johnson’s criminal history includes aggravated burglary in 2009, aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon in 2010, and a charge of invasion of privacy in 2024. “Every time I hear about this, it brings to light more issues with safety and concerns,” said Vanderbilt Student, Daniel Gorm...

  Geoff Trisollini talks to Lions Club about training the future of Ouachita County (View original article here) Geoff Trisollini from Tribe Gym & Martial Arts spoke to the Camden Noon Lions Club on Wednesday, September 10th, about the work he does to make the community a better place using his outlet and his business. Trisollini, being a native from Camden, spoke to club members about his personal relationship with martial arts even from an early age, and the lessons he learned from it that helped shape his lifestyle. “I started martial arts when I was 6 years old,” said Trisollini. “The typical, 80s-90s kid that watched Karate Kid and wanted to do it. I was getting picked on in school and mom put  me in karate – they wanted me to defend myself and I just never stopped martial arts.” After graduating from Camden Fairview, Trisollini served in the army working as a respiratory therapist. He then started working as a teacher for the El Dorado and Camden Fairview high school...

  State police investigating the deaths of couple in Fordyce (View original Article here) A death of an elderly couple in Fordyce has caused state police to open up an ongoin g investigation, stirring up the local authorities.  On September 15th, around 11 a.m., Deputies from the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department (DCSO), along with other officers from the department responded to a call of two unresponsive people inside their home on the 1700 block of West 4th street. When officers arrived on the scene, the bodies were discovered to be an elderly couple, that of David Parham, 81, and Holly Parham, 70. Both were residents of Fordyce with the county coroner pronouncing them dead at the scene.   (Broadcast reporting of the event) The Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division is opening up an investigation at the request of The Dallas County Sheriff’s Department. The deceased have been transported to the Arkansas State Crime Lab, where the cause of death will be ...

  Jamie Hesterly Professor Reppert MM 2003 Artificial Intelligence in Journalism Artificial Intelligence or AI has been around longer than most people think. The first iPhone that was equipped with the AI assistant known as Siri came out in 2011 with the iPhone 4S, but AI can be dated to many years before that with some sources dating it back to the 1950s. In the years after that, especially in recent years, the evolution AI has achieved is an extraordinary one but one that can also be worrying for many people. While AI is an exceptional and amazing thing, I feel it is also a danger to authenticity and especially in the world of journalism it can be a danger if not used in the right ways. However I feel there are also more ways it can be helpful if used as intended and used as a tool.  In the modern day, AI is used by many people and in many different ways. There is usually a lot of critique on AI due to its nature to replicate a person’s work and do it in what's perce...

James Hesterly Professor Reppert MM 2003                                              Misinformation/Disinformation in Mass Media The concept of Misinformation is a scary one that is very prevalent in today’s media. In the climate of social media, people have many different ways to get their news and their information, but the climate of Social media also creates a heap of misinformation somebody could be seeing and thinking of as real, honest news. This issue of misinformation is not only portrayed in just small articles but is also an issue in politics as well, and it is a huge problem.          Misinformation, as defined by APA.org , is false or inaccurate information that is getting the facts wrong. Disinformation is defined as false information that is deliberately intended to mislead. Misin...