Post 7 - Current Issues.

Today begins a new testing process to access to higher education, PSU test. 294,175 were enrolled this year. But what knowledge does this test measure? Today I want to talk about inclusion in education and access barriers.

How many in situation of disability students can go to university?

In 2016, the School Inclusion was published. The School Inclusion Law allows establishments to create their own admission selection for these cases, without any oversight by the Ministry of Education. An inclusive society, the right to equal opportunities and the desire to educate oneself today are threatened.

Chile, although it's attached to international agreements to protect people in a situation of disability, doesn't occur in practice. Parents are forced to try it in many schools for a place in a class.

According to the results of the II National Study on Disability, 5.8% of the population from 2 to 17 years old is in a situation of disability, that is, 229,904 people According to SENADIS data, the percentage of the population aged 4 to 17 years in a situation of disability 96.0%. The figure of 4.0% corresponding to 9,196 is outside the educational system children and youth.

The state has to take care of the problem. Must act effectively, because we are talking about the rights of people and today they're violated by this law.

POSTGRADUATE STUDIES

I am very interested on the digital way of making journalism. So I am not thinking about a specific course, but if I did a postgraduate course, I definitely would like to study something related to the digital communication or photojournalism.

The main reason to study this it has to do with the fact that today almost all the works are getting digitalized, and journalism it is not the exception. So I think it is very important to know how to inform people using all the technological tools that we have on hand today.

I will not say that I don’t want to keep the traditional trade of printing the editions of a magazine or newspaper; I think that it is a very good complement for a digital media. But I think internet it is a very powerful and useful tool that can help to expand all the benefits of the communication and that we have to make the most of it.

Searching for some courses on internet, I found one that is teached by the University of Chile, so this would be an alternative for studying here in Chile. But I want to study abroad, and take a part-time course for having a job also, maybe in Spain. I know that the Autonomus University of Barcelona gives several of these courses and some masters related to communication and audiovisual information and master of Photo Journalism.

So, the subjects that I would like to study are the use of technological tools, how to make multimedia and transmedia products to combine an entertaining way of making journalism with cultural products, especially music, and how to build and transmit this products.

MY FUTURE JOB

It is hard for me to imagine a specific job for my future, because I think that I need to try out many ways of making journalism that I have not experienced in depth yet. But currently I am working for a magazine called Bello Público, that is a website dedicated to publishing news, articles, interviews and reviews about different events and music.

I work as a writer and photographer for this site. I write articles, make interviews or album reviews and I go to concerts and then I tell that experience in a review.  So, I am sure that my future job will have to do with the cultural area and, specially, with music. Working on a radio it is an option too, but I like working behind the scenes, so I would not like to be a radio announcer.

I like working outdoors when I must go to events that include music or when I must interview bands and artists, but the rest of the work I prefer doing it sitting on my desk. In this sense, I think that a perfect work would be being part of a special and creative space to inform and entertain people, like a music magazine or radio, working both indoors and outdoors.  

In the regard of working for a magazine, I would like to create something new and, specially, to use digital communication for that.

The opportunity of traveling for work it is not so distant, because this is an area of journalism that needs the journalist to live the experience in the field, so it would be great to have to travel for knowing talented people, new musicians and different ways of making journalism.

I don’t really know what I expect from the salary of my future job, I guess because the idea that I have is still a little vague, but I would like a salary that can afford me to support this method of work, I mean creating new spaces and living from the fusion of art and journalism.

This weekend I was at Fauna Primavera taking pictures!

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EXPERIENCES

My experience with photography has grown within last few months. I have been practicing for more than 8 years and I feel that I still have many more years to go.

 My grandpa gave mer my first camera when I was 10 years old, it is my great treasure. Model is Zenit and was one of the first analogous profesional, with that camera I learned to take my first photographs and to be interested in the area. The best part is when you go to develop the roll, then the magic comes true.

Photography is part of my life, I couldn't imagine myself without it, my grandfather used to said "live to capture perfect memories" and is now my philosophy of life. 

Last year he assumed the responsibility of being a photo editor in the magazine of the university "Revista Bello Público" It has been a very satisfying experience that helped me grow as a photographer.  I have been able to portray television celebrities, influencers, and people related to the social sphere.

My last challenge was to accept a photo class for students and officials of the Faculty of Physical Sciences and Mathematics of the University, in Beauchef. Every day I strive to bring a better content to my students to share knowledge.

do you need a photo shoot? tell me! 

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