From peopLe to peopLe
Kari

I must confess: I don't visit websites related to journalism every day, because most of them are so boring! Although, sometimes I read AtinaChile!, where "ordinary people" become a journalist.

I like AtinaChile, because it's a site of "citizen journalism", where ordinary people writes news about different topics like science, technology and politic. Also, there is an "editor group" who writes articles too, specially editorials and interviews from VIP.

This website was created two years ago, but I read it since last year. I don't remember how I came to this site (maybe with an article that I read), but I liked the fact that ordinary people writes the news, giving their point of view about them, unlike the mass media where people seems to have no voice!

It's true, in this kind of websites, people "becomes" journalist and take away the work from "real journalists"... but it's not a bad idea, because as I said before, it's possible to hear their points of view about their everyday problems.

Maybe, there are good spontaneous journalists.
Maybe, AtinaChile is correct saying: "por aquí va la cosa"
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PC or MP3 player?
Kari


If I have to choose my favourite piece of technology, I would decide between computers or MP3 player (or MP4), because I enjoy using them all the time :D

My first computer was a Christmas gift from my parents, in 1997. It was black, very pretty... but it died years ago :(. However, since last year I have my own PC in my bedroom (not a laptop... buuu!) Although it's not new, (because my dad found it in the garbage of the building where he works LOL) it helps me with all my University stuffs. I write all my homework on it, and also I can listen to music, surf the net, talk with my friends and my family with Messenger or Facebook.

Otherwise, I love portable music players. I had radio-cassette player, CD player, MP3 player, and now I have a LG Touch Slim V25 MP4 player, and I can't go outside without it! My parents gave it to me last Christmas, and I was very very very happy, because my last MP3 player died months ago.

Now, I have 4gb to listen different kinds of music (and to see videos too), that always be with me. I have songs for different situations like waking up in the morning, commuting to university, and going back home too. The music encourages me and sends me far far far away from problems or annoying sounds, that's why I get angry when I don't have my MP4 player in my pocket, or it runs out of battery.

Definitely, I can't decide between my music player or my PC, I can't live without them... both rocks :D!
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Dis is mi :)
Kari

Hello, happy people!


After a big effort learning how to use this blog, and write in english (i’m such a loser doing it), I’m here to tell you a little more about me.


Like any introduction, I’ll say that my name is Karina Mondaca, and I’m 19 years old. I live in Puente Alto with my parents and my sister, and I love them very very very much (and don’t forget my boyfriend, I love him very very very very much too).


However, there are many other things that I love, like sleeping and eating LOL. Seariusly speaking, I love being Scout guide to educate girls and youth, also listening to music and going to music concerts because I like to feel all the people screaming and the emotion in that. Maybe, that’s why I decide to study journalism: to get acreditation or free pass to every possible concert hahaha.


About english, I can tell you that I like it so much, but it’s so difficult to me :(. I always wanted to study it at an institute or something like that, but the problem is that they are so expensive. That’s why I decide to take this class. I’m sure that studying other languajes will help me to get into other fields that I like too. For example, travel around the world and talk to people there and to know their culture.


… and that’s all for now, ‘till next class if I learn to use this sh*t… I mean, blog.


Kisses,


Kari.

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