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By: Jochebed Buttigieg & Jean Luke Zammit (No date a) Facebook. Available at: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1644082035806351&set=a.564307261834056 (Accessed: 30 November 2023).   The popular snack bar in Floriana, Lollies Snack Bar, has been around for 66 years and is still thriving with the new modern age. Snack bars are essential for the hectic lifestyle of today. Snack bars are widely available and affordable, making them accessible to a wide range of consumers. This makes them convenient. It saves time because you would not need to prepare it; individuals may purchase it conveniently while on the go. Snack bars are a good place to obtain good meals without spending a lot of money on dining out. The first recorded snack bar in Malta, Lollies Snack Bar has been around since 1957 and has captured the hearts of many people not only in Malta but al...

Our topic from the fields is an informational matter, and the interview that we are going to conduct is about 'Lollies Snack Bar' which is located in Floriana. We will tackle the history behind this 'famous snack bar' and how Mr George Buttigieg became the owner of the snack bar. With twenty-two years of experience, we will question Mr Buttigieg about how his journey began and how much has changed from previous years. This journey began by contacting Mr Buttigieg via email where we asked him if he was willing to sit for an interview with us and discuss his profession, the history of the snack bar, and how he became the owner. To reach out to a wide audience, we created an Instagram page, which will be used to publish our final product.  The schedule consists of a two-day filming process; the first day will be used to conduct the interview and the second will be used to gather B-roll footage. For Our B-roll footage, we will capture what it feels like to be in the snack b...

An article by Al Jazeera, published on the 27th of October, 2023, highlighted young football players' gambling struggles. Pandey, K. (2023)  Football's 'hypocrisy': Betting scandals hit the sport in Italy and beyond, Al Jazeera.  Available at: https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/sports/2023/10/27/italy-football-gambling-betting-scandal-addiction-tonali-fagioli (Accessed:06 November 2023) The 5 W's and 1 H The addiction to gambling can hinder one's life quite severely. If the addiction becomes extreme, homelessness could occur. However, when fame and fortune come in, money is not an issue. However, this does not mean that there would not be any actions taken against them. In the sporting world, advertisements help it stay afloat. Therefore, advertisements of gambling sites on players' kits and banners all over stadiums become necessary to keep the money flowing in clubs and associations. Three young football players have been investigated and two of them reprimande...

An article by Euronews, published on the 17th of October, 2023, highlighted  the tragic event of the killing of two innocent Sweden football fans. Mac Dougall, D. (2023) Brussels police kill suspect in shooting deaths of Sweden fans, euronews. Available at: https://www.euronews.com/2023/10/17/brussels-police-shoot-and-arrest-suspect-in-killing-of-swedish-football-fans (Accessed: 06 November 2023) On Monday 16th October 2023, the suspect thought to be a radicalized Tunisian national living illegally in Belgium, carried out a terrorist act that killed two people and severely injured another. A manhunt was launched in Brussels in response to the attack, and a football match between Belgium and Sweden was postponed as a precaution. the Prime Minister of Belgium called it a "brutal terrorist attack,"  and the suspect, who was known to police, was refused refuge in 2019. The suspect's radicalization and dangers to state security are mentioned in the article. Narrative Construct...

An article by Al Jazeera, published on the 27th of October, 2023, highlighted young football players' gambling struggles. Pandey, K. (2023) Football's 'hypocrisy': Betting scandals hit the sport in Italy and beyond, Al Jazeera.  Available at: https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/sports/2023/10/27/italy-football-gambling-betting-scandal-addiction-tonali-fagioli (Accessed:06 November 2023) Sandro Tonali, a Newcastle United midfielder, faced a major setback when he was handed a 10-month ban for engaging in illegal betting. This will keep him out of the team for the club season and possibly even for Euro 2024. This is part of a larger Italian football betting scandal involving players like Nicolo Zanioli and Fagioli. However, the article highlights not only the case of these players but also sheds light on a more serious issue with football as a whole. Despite some attempts to reduce it, gambling in sports has drawn attention and worries about its influence, particularly in light ...

Lesson 1 J ournalism is about people, not technology Instagram is not possible without people Films are done about people Technology is not evenly distributed. Only some have electricity. BRIC Brazil - 216m Russia - 144m India - 1.4b China - 1.4 b We are living in the age of digital Darwinism. This affects any business using digital technology to publish content, whether it’s journalism, music, movies or funny cat videos. What job can I get in journalism? With AI, we can work in any field of journalism. Use a wide-angle lens when viewing the world. Look at the world as if we are new to it. Feed your journalistic curiosity, starve your journalistic scepticism. Collaborate. Journalism has a bright future. That future is in your hands. Journalism will be better than it was before. What is a reporter? Of course not all reporters, start as, or want to be, general news reporters, and there are a number of specialists who get the thrill from reporting on sports c...