Comments for The Situation Factor http://leducale.edublogs.org An academically-mandated version of things I yell at the TV Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:06:13 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 Comment on Audio Story: Fighting PTSD by jarryshoredom http://leducale.edublogs.org/2009/03/03/audio-story-fighting-ptsd/comment-page-1/#comment-10 jarryshoredom Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:06:13 +0000 http://leducale.edublogs.org/?p=20#comment-10 I really liked this Alex. Your interview subject is really well-spoken and has a lot of great things to say. I really liked this Alex. Your interview subject is really well-spoken and has a lot of great things to say.

]]> Comment on Soundslide Exercise by jarryshoredom http://leducale.edublogs.org/2009/03/03/soundslide-exercise/comment-page-1/#comment-9 jarryshoredom Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:02:44 +0000 http://leducale.edublogs.org/2009/03/03/soundslide-exercise/#comment-9 Hi Alex, I really like the image that you ended on, also the pans worked well. Looking forward to seeing your soundslides about PTSD and soldiers. Hi Alex,

I really like the image that you ended on, also the pans worked well. Looking forward to seeing your soundslides about PTSD and soldiers.

]]> Comment on Soundslide Exercise by Lisa Lynch http://leducale.edublogs.org/2009/03/03/soundslide-exercise/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Lisa Lynch Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:19:56 +0000 http://leducale.edublogs.org/2009/03/03/soundslide-exercise/#comment-8 For the most part (maybe one or two closeups are off), EXCELLENT use of images to illustrate both objective and subjective statements. Pacing is also good. For the most part (maybe one or two closeups are off), EXCELLENT use of images to illustrate both objective and subjective statements. Pacing is also good.

]]> Comment on Audio Story: Fighting PTSD by Lisa Lynch http://leducale.edublogs.org/2009/03/03/audio-story-fighting-ptsd/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Lisa Lynch Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:16:51 +0000 http://leducale.edublogs.org/?p=20#comment-7 Good script - good interview - great use of nat sound. Your levels are off here -- the interview subject is much too soft. See if you can adjust. Good script – good interview – great use of nat sound. Your levels are off here — the interview subject is much too soft. See if you can adjust.

]]> Comment on Documents-Only Story: National Defense responds to mental health revelations by Lisa Lynch http://leducale.edublogs.org/2009/02/17/documents-only-story-national-defense-is-responding-to-mental-health-revelations/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Lisa Lynch Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:47:32 +0000 http://leducale.edublogs.org/2009/02/17/documents-only-story-national-defense-is-responding-to-mental-health-revelations/#comment-6 Great job. I don't even have any edits (rare). Maybe one - The CF has been criticized in recent years by veterans who felt their claims to have suffered from mental health issues such as PTSD had been ignored or, worse, swept under the rug by the military. Otherwise, great research, great structure, cleanly written, good tone. Great job. I don’t even have any edits (rare). Maybe one -

The CF has been criticized in recent years by veterans who felt their claims to have suffered from mental health issues such as PTSD had been ignored or, worse, swept under the rug by the military.

Otherwise, great research, great structure, cleanly written, good tone.

]]> Comment on Pitch Update 2.0 by Lisa Lynch http://leducale.edublogs.org/2009/02/05/pitch-update-20/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Lisa Lynch Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:44:04 +0000 http://leducale.edublogs.org/?p=10#comment-5 Excellent! Keep me posted. Have you seen this? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/interactives/walterreed/ptsdvideos.html Excellent! Keep me posted.

Have you seen this?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/interactives/walterreed/ptsdvideos.html

]]> Comment on Pitch: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Canadian Vets by Lisa Lynch http://leducale.edublogs.org/2009/01/27/pitch-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-in-canadian-vets/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Lisa Lynch Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:28:59 +0000 http://leducale.edublogs.org/?p=6#comment-4 We talked about this last night - I think it is a great idea, though, as we've discussed, access-dependent, so you should do a bit of research about how you'd find people to talk to both at the official and unofficial level and integrate that into your final proposal. This is what I was talking about last night: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/15/AR2008051503533.html the article raises some interesting questions for Canada as well, granted, what's being talk about is despicable, but there's no question that once you start treating people for PTSD the lid blows off your medical budget. another avenue to explore with expert interviews -- is there something about this conflict which is producing record numbers of veterans with PTSD, or is it a case of a historic malady finally being recognized? We talked about this last night – I think it is a great idea, though, as we’ve discussed, access-dependent, so you should do a bit of research about how you’d find people to talk to both at the official and unofficial level and integrate that into your final proposal.

This is what I was talking about last night:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/15/AR2008051503533.html

the article raises some interesting questions for Canada as well, granted, what’s being talk about is despicable, but there’s no question that once you start treating people for PTSD the lid blows off your medical budget.

another avenue to explore with expert interviews — is there something about this conflict which is producing record numbers of veterans with PTSD, or is it a case of a historic malady finally being recognized?

]]> Comment on Talking to the Taliban Response by Lisa Lynch http://leducale.edublogs.org/2009/01/20/talking-to-the-taliban-response/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Lisa Lynch Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:16:17 +0000 http://leducale.edublogs.org/?p=4#comment-3 Good comments -- you're right in noting that preparing the researcher to do his job well is really at the core of this piece. Good comments — you’re right in noting that preparing the researcher to do his job well is really at the core of this piece.

]]> Comment on Me vs. Technology by Lisa Lynch http://leducale.edublogs.org/2009/01/06/alex-leduc-is/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Lisa Lynch Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:14:51 +0000 http://leducale.edublogs.org/?p=3#comment-2 Good to know that you've been blogging. Are you thinking of trying to pitch a political story for the class? I can imagine a great piece on the first 50 days of the Obama administration, from the Canadian side. Good to know that you’ve been blogging. Are you thinking of trying to pitch a political story for the class? I can imagine a great piece on the first 50 days of the Obama administration, from the Canadian side.

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