My best reporting history

As I am still in the basic cycle of journalism, I have not had many experiences reporting or rather exercising informational reporting. The subject of radio has allowed me to know a little more about the job of collecting, processing and transmitting information on the ground. The informational guidelines that I have attended, corresponded to government issues, so I met some ministers, deputies and other government actors.

Where I have had the possibility to report more deeply, it has been in advanced reporting. Among all the activities we have done for this subject, the work I liked the most was to have to make a journalistic profile about an influential person in society.

I chose Tata Barahona, I had to interview him but he didn't answer my calls. One day a friend of the university, told me that his brother could give me the Tata number. Without hesitation I said yes, on receiving your number I send you a whatsapp and within a few hours he answered me. He was very kind and he said to visit him the next day.

I went to visit him to his workshop of lutheria, located in Serrano street arriving at avenue matta. It was an old house called "mother house", there work many craftsmen of music, among them Tata barahona. Was very kind to me, we talked about his career, the feelings that causes the music in the listener, motivations of life, dreams that we have, among other things.

Was the first job in which I could choose my pattern, it was a great experience. Tata barahona left me a great impression, he is very sensitive and cultured man. I hope to continue to carry out this type of reporting throughout the year.

My favorite subject of the semester

The classes taught by Professor Ossandon are very quiet. The contents are complex, so some sleep and others listen carefully to the monologue that the teacher does. His voice is very calm, it makes the environment relax and his didactic form of teaching captivates the students who were not overcome by the dream.

I find the subject very interesting because the authors treat very sensitive issues of the twentieth century and advance many of the current social phenomena. What is enlightenment ?, mass culture, cultural industries, technical reproducibility, etc. Are some of the contents that analyze modernity, criticizing the whole structure of inequality and tyranny.

He explains that modernity is the result of four processes: "Reformation", "illustration", "French revolution" and "industrial revolution". To analyze that despite having reached the "promise" of enlightenment, where reason and domination over nature are central to the approach, we come to a twentieth century of total destruction, violence, genocide and irrationality.

I like how they unleashed historical facts to make a harsh criticism of the system. Despite being in the same historical context, they were brave. Perhaps because they were protected by the complexity of their writings, independent of that, they had the courage to divulge their works full of cultural wealth, which today should leave the intellectual circles to be read by a wider population.

I recommend "Critical Theory" with the teacher ossadon, surely you will learn a lot.

A person that I admire

Jose Carrasco Tapia was born in Santiago in August of 1943. He was a Chilean journalist who fought against the censorship imposed by the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in Chile. But his fight didn´t remain alone in the defense of freedom of the press, He maintained a political and trade union commitment as a member of the Association of Journalists, member of the Central Committee of the Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR) and part of the Popular Democratic Movement MDP). His most important job was as international editor of a magazine called “Analisis”. There he worked with journalist of the size of Maria Olivia Monckeberg or Juan Pablo Cardenas, both of them National journalism awards.  

After the ambush against the dictator Augusto Pinochet on September of 1986, on the way to Cajon Del Maipo, the command called "September 11", burst into the journalist's house to take him away. Thus, José Carrasco became one of four victims that the dictatorship chose in its reprisal, leaving it near the Park of Remembrance, with 14 bullet impacts.

I think that “pepone” left an indelible legacy marked by his fight to protect human rights and the freedom of press. 

He inspires me because he had the strength to face the system imposed, for looking for a way to change the world. and make it more democratic, fair and free.    

My favorite concert

When I was studying journalism at University of Santiago (Usach) in 2015, one of the most important groups of “The new Chilean song” where turning fifty years of career. I´m talking about Quilapayun, they prepared a tour around the country and they first stop were in Santiago.

The concert was in the constitution square, there were thousands of people waiting for the presentation. I was with two friends; we prepared for the occasion so we dressed with woolen vests and “ponchos”. The square was full of red flags and symbolisms of the Popular Unit (UP), the sensations in that place bring back a lot of memories about the Dictatorship of 1973.

The environment was cheerful, familiar and above everything magical. Because they intertwined emotions like happiness and a sense of homage, to the people who lost their lives due to the human rights violations committed by the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.  

The talent of the musicians of Quilapayun was awesome. The harmonies, the melodies, the choirs and the varied amount of wind, string and percussion instruments were beautiful. They attitude on the stage filled people with energy and they frequently asked for the participation of the public. When they played “Vamos Mujer” I was excited, I must admit that I fell a few tears. Who cares, it was an unrepeatable moment. 

A photograph I like

Annie Leibovitz, one of the most prestigious and famous photographer in the last forty years, took this photograph in 1980 hours before the murder of the ex legend of The Beatles, John Lennon.

It all started when Annie went to New York and made some photographs of John and Yoko together, for the interview that they were doing of the publication of their last disc, Fantasy Double, to Rolling Stones magazine. Annie, not satisfied with the first photographs, decides to take the photos again.

So on December 8, 1980, they meet again in their state in Dakota, with the idea to recreate something similar to the cover of the new album. John emphasized that he knew that the magazine wanted a single and special photo of him on the front page, but for him was important to be with Yoko in the session. So Leibovitz thought that a good photography could be, Yoko dressed and John naked while he curls up in she, the idea was powerful and it works.  

I like that image because it has a lot of symbolism, he looks vulnerable, refuge in the body of his love. I think this photo represents the confidence, love to the human nature, no fear to express their souls and emotions. It´s magnific portrait of a moment who inspires me a lot of serenity. 

My best drunk story

My best drunk story was the last year in my birthday.  I think so, because it was a different celebration like other years. My best friends were present (including my brother), of course my mom and dad, and a very loved married couple who are friends of my parents.

We started the birthday preparing a barbecue, there were a lot of beers and the firsts “Piscolas” of the night (a mix of Pisco and Coca Cola). After six can of beers I was a little bit drunk, but above all happy, because the people that I really appreciate were there. With some friends take out my music instruments to the yard and we started to campfire songs.

Everybody sang with the improvise band, it was really funny. While we were playing I drank 4 glasses of Jack Daniels whisky, so when we finish I was very drunk. Then we listened to the music and talked about anything, from the meaning of life to the football matches of Sundays.

Already in the morning, to finish the celebration, we ate "caldillo de congrio" and we lit the last cigarette before we said goodbye. was a drunk night but it doesn´t matter because i always drink with responsability and this was a special occasion.

The next day i woke up without hangover, it was magical since that never happens. There I could verify that it was my best drunk ever.

My favorite piece of technology

My favorite piece of technology has always been the Playstation. As a child I was very attracted to the nintendo 64, but my parents never bought it because they considered it useless. I had to wait a long time until I convinced them to buy me the playstation 2. When they gave it to me I couldn´t  believe it, I was very happy, i could finally enjoy the graphics, the movements, the dynamic and the infinite variety of games offered by the console.

Since they gave me the playstation 2, I followed their technological progress until I currently have the playstation 4. The reason for this interest is attributed mainly to sports games, especially “FIFA”, because I am a football lover and the game quality is very real. Every day I play about an hour and I like to do it online because there are very good players.

My life without the playstation would not be terrible at all. But I must admit that what I would miss the most would be playing FIFA tournaments with my friends at home.

University career

In fourth year of High school, I was so lost about what career I would like to choose. I loved the art of music and I wanted to be a composer, but I had fear of what could happened in the future been a musician and following a career that requires a lot of perfectionism and a previous musical knowledge.

Spite of I had the support of my parents, a lot of times they tried to influence me to study another career, like law or some engineering. The constants ideas that my friends and parents gave me made me hesitate. Because of that I looked professional help and I went to a youthful guiding.

The sessions with the guiding were very helpful, after a lot of psychological and vocational tests the result were journalism or cinema. I believed in the results and when I had to choose the career, I opted to study journalism at the University of Chile.

This is my second year in the career and I don´t regret of my decision.  

Blog session 1: Auto Biography

Sebastian Aedo was born in Osorno a small and rainy city located in the south of Chile. At the age of seven He and his family moved to Pto Montt, a big town who is the capital of the "Los Lagos" region, and he studied for one year in the American School primary.

His father job was in Santiago, and he with his mom and brother had to move to Chillan because his grandparents were sick. After a short time, his dad fined a better job in Concepción so they were near again.

Sebastian studied all his youth in “Padre Alberto Hurtado” school. He liked to play table tennis with his friends and he was part of the school football team.  Seba loved to listen Nirvana but he left Grunge music because he started to play guitar and his new love was Silvio Rodriguez.

After a year going to the pre-university, he started studying journalism at University of Chile and now he is passing the second year of his career.