missjournalist Female • 18 • Columbus, OH  • United States
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My name is Taylor. I'm Iranian-American. My passion is journalism. I love music. I love people, well most of them.
Last On: 08/26/08 PST

About me

My name is Taylor. I'm Iranian-American. My passion is journalism. And I mean I eat, breathe, and sleep journalism. I will someday be a broadcast journalist -- but not the kind that you see reading from the teleprompter or reporting from the salt barn about how much snow we have. I am interested in in-depth stories, similar to the work of Christiana Amanpoure from CNN, and I will do whatever it takes to get me there.

I love music, particularly rock. Some of my favorite bands include Incubus, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, John Mayer, and Stone Temple Pilots, but there are many many more.

I'm interested in learning about all people. I don't believe in discrimination and I believe that everyone should have a voice. I'm passionate about diversity.

Aside from that, I'm very easy to talk to, very optimistic, and I am generally nice to everyone.


Interests

Music

,Incubus,John Mayer,Led Zeppelin,The Beatles,Eric Clapton,The Rolling Stones,Stone Temple Pilots,Red Hot Chilli Peppers,Goo Goo Dolls,AC/DC,Van Halen,The Who,Pearl Jam,Foo Fighters,Mat Kearney,

Books

,Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseni,A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseni,

Favorite Journalists

,Christiana Amanpour,Peter Jennings,Katie Couric,Richard Lui,Anderson Cooper,Barbara Walters,Joie Chen,Mike Wallace,Pierre Thomas,Keith Olbermann,

Enjoyments (I'm not sure if that's a word, but now it is)

,Friends,family,laughing,working out,traveling,

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Apr 01, 2008 - 05:52 PM PST
Alexy
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missjournalist
missjournalist
I assume you're studying there now?
Apr 01, 2008 - 05:51 PM PST
Alexy
Alexy
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missjournalist
missjournalist
I went to Mizzou. Graduated in '05.
Mar 29, 2008 - 12:53 AM PST
Franchise
Franchise
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missjournalist
missjournalist
How did your music video assignment go? Did ya pick one of my suggestions?
Mar 24, 2008 - 07:16 PM PST
The_Catalyst
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spontaneity & classes
Ha! on my first take!! welcome to qL

Mar 24, 2008 - 07:04 PM PST
The_Catalyst
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feedback is appreciated.
about time we got a journalist on the site.

I'm glad to see you around maybe you should visit the videozine thread...As far as I know I'm in charcge of that project but we haven't got it on it's feet yet.
Mar 24, 2008 - 05:08 PM PST
BLA
BLA
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missjournalist
missjournalist
Thank you.
Mar 22, 2008 - 11:45 PM PST
writtenonthecor
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Nice piece. Well written. The program seems to be worthwhile. And the article doesn't seem to have much controversy in it (only a little uncertainty). I can't stand newspaper articles that stir up controversy and and don't offer a solution! Again, nice piece from what I can tell.
Mar 22, 2008 - 08:01 PM PST
dex2988
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missjournalist
missjournalist
nice new photo!
Mar 21, 2008 - 10:32 PM PST
writtenonthecor
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Dear Missjournalist,

First off, Welcome to Quarterlife.

Secondly, nice piece.

Thirdly, so much more. At the risk of sounding smug, American democracy is so much more civilized than "democracy" in Middle Eastern countries that have a legal tradition based on Islamic law and the Code of Hammurabi, codes which are much more barbaric than even anything which George III imposed on the Colonials ca. 1776.

The chaos and danger of the Middle East is rooted in thousands of years of savage tribal traditions which the misinterpretation of the Koran merely stoked the fires of. While Westerners should be more aware of the dangers of being a journalist in the Middle East, nothing the international community can do, short of upholding the tradition of tolerance central to every great religion, will do anything to mitigate the danger journalists face in the Middle East.

Short of making people more aware of the plight of Middle Eastern journalists, which may merely worry factually powerless Western readers, what you propose be done about the violence these journalists face?

This ends my letter to the editor.

Respectfully submitted,

Cor

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