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Hello all!

I am an educator and am getting my students skilled in the world of Adobe Premiere.

Do any of you have any editing exercises/activities that would be great to get beginners familiar with operating Premiere?

For example, recently, I did an exercise where the students created an image slideshow, and montage, based on footage I gave them.

Thanks a million in advance!

(Sorry, there was no flair that encapsulated the theme of my post).

Hi all,

I am curious if any of you have gone through a journalism to (television) production pipeline. I love the intellectual pursuit of journalism, and journalism as a public good, but I also love the creative pursuit and the hands on stuff associated with production. If I were to choose just one, I would probably say the latter at this stage as I feel this is where my strengths lie.

I also observe that at least where I live, there are quite a few entry level opportuinties for upcoming journalists, but not for people with an interest in production (barring film attachments ig). Therefore, I have a feeling that I may have to start out in journalism to get my foot in the door of the industry.

I am so curious to hear your thoughts! Thank you in advance. :)

The Michael movie has evidently reinvigorated discourse about MJ in the public consciousness - including but not limited to the controversies that followed him in life, and in death.

I have been engaged in an ongoing discussion with my friend. She is in the camp where she cannot engage with MJ's music anymore, and, if we were to make a very binary distinction, she is in the 'MJ is guilty' camp.

I consider myself able to think critically and engage in healthy debate. But my gosh, I am facing the most troublesome cognitive dissonance at the moment, and at the risk of sounding dramatic, it is effecting me in such a profound way.

For context, I am a huge MJ fan. I know much of his discography, from the J5 days to his posthumous releases. Even the deep cuts I know. Not only that, but I feel his talent and his influence on the music industry is unparalleled.

Regarding MJ's allegations, of course I don't know what is true and what's not. I wasn't there. I do however take the courts determinations with significant weight, and feel uneasy about some of the complainants' motives. But I can tell that I am struggling to accept even the possibility that MJ did some things on the most unforgivable scale of unlawful conduct. And I don't like this about myself, but I feel so strongly about it internally.

This leads me to my ethical proposition of the day: Can you really separate the artist/public figure from their art? In the case of MJ, is it truly possible to separate the man from the music?

I feel that my friend is able to lean towards the camp that MJ is guilty and can emotionally afford to not listen to his music in the same way, simply because she does not feel the same reverence towards MJ as I, and many others in this world.

On the other hand, it's not like I want to be an apologist, or be completely in denial to the possibility that the allegations are substantiated. But man, this is really testing me in ways I didn't expect. I have to keep reminding myself I DON'T KNOW THIS MAN.

There are no other examples I can think of conflicts between a person/figure I like, and the allegations put to them (or even their proven conduct), so I really don't have a benchmark. But I wonder, whether it is truly possible to separate the two. Whether it is moral to continue to engage with an artist despite the gravity of the allegations against him. Whether we are complicit if we do continue to engage, or whether that is simply human nature.

This may not be that deep, but then tell me why I might cry if I continue to have this discussion with my friend. If it's not that deep, why does it feel so.