An introduction

This blog has originally been created for news editing (JRN 375) at the University of Michigan-Flint, taught by Christofer Machniak. It is part of a class project to understand the fundamentals of writing and editing text, audio and video for the web.

What I hope to get out of this class is the knowledge to spot mistakes in various forms of journalistic media without having to double-check every single word or punctuation. I want it to be intuitive and second nature for me. In the fast-paced world of journalism, it will be a vital skill for me to have. I also hope to learn how to apply AP-style and editing to the Web, which will probably be aided by working on this blog throughout the semester.

This blog itself will talk about Hollywood as a whole and also relate a lot toward the movie business in mid-Michigan. You may ask, "What movie business in mid-Michigan?" The truth is, Michigan is seeing a lot of movie productions coming their way lately, and the number looks to only get higher in the future as more are announced.

Some movies have shot in various locations around Flint in the past, but the 2006 comedy "Semi-Pro" starring Will Ferrell and Woody Harrelson really put the town on the movie map. After this, Michigan began to give heavy discounts to movie productions that came to the state to film, which was enacted in 2008 by Governor Jennifer Granholm. I believe this will not only lead to notoriety, but also will become a big help to our economy.