Last week was my last Independent Media class at Ithaca College. Throughout the whole semester, we’ve been discussing alternative media outlets that have worked to repair the holes in mainstream media. I think the most important thing we’ve learned is that journalists should be passionate about what they’re writing about because this will create the most thoughtful, transparent, and authentic work.
For our final project, we were asked to come up with pitches for our own independent media outlet ideas. Students from my class stood up for five minutes and discussed ideas that were personal to them, and most importantly ideas they were passionate about.
One idea that I found to be very interesting was my classmates website called riotgirlgamers.com. It was based on women’s role in the video game League of Legends. I’ve never played video games and I knew nothing about league of legends before her pitch but I immediately saw the potential for the site. I’ve always been a strong advocate of gender equality and this website does a good job at trying to achieve it. My classmate first discussed how women gamers are not as accepted as male gamers in League of Legends. They are often discriminated for their sex and sometimes even receive sexual threats. Riot girl gamers will work to repair women’s participation in the video game. It will distribute pieces about how to change the way viewers are seen and open up a platform for women to discuss instances they have experienced. I think it’s a good way to open up conversations and there is a specific audience that I’m sure will definitely visit the site as a way to connect to an emotional outlet that might help them through gender discrimination.
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