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Inside the dimmed forum of McCormick Foundation Center, 84 cherubs relived some of the greatest moments of journalism as they watched reporters investigate a president, a media tycoon and a case of sexual abuse.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cherubs experienced multiple tension-filled moments as they watched \u201cAll the President\u2019s Men,\u201d \u201cCitizen Kane\u201d and \u201cSpotlight.\u201d Behind this cinematic journey is instructor John Kupetz, who has led this tradition of movie screenings and discussions for more than a decade.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI hope that they take away some of the journalistic principles that are shown in these movies,\u201d Kupetz said. \u201cThese are films that are about journalism, but they’re also great films at their own rate.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

These movie nights have been a cornerstone of the cherub experience, teaching invaluable lessons about journalism.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMovies definitely need to be part of the cherub experience because we may be learning about how to be journalists right now, but it’s also fun to look back and see what other journalists have done in the past,\u201d Jacqueline Caglar of Barrington, Illinois, said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Though the films may all be journalism-themed, Matthew Kim of Los Altos, California, said each movie offered him a different perspective on journalism.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI appreciated how much and how well \u2018Citizen Kane\u2019 explained that journalism is something powerful, and it can corrupt you,\u201d Kim said. \u201cFor \u2018All the President\u2019s Men,\u2019 I really liked how it spent time focusing on how hard journalism is but also how rewarding it can be.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The movie experience doesn\u2019t end there. A discussion about takeaways from each movie follows each screening.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is very exciting as a teacher because I’m with really bright students who are coming to great art for the first time and hearing their reaction is a real pleasure for me,\u201d Kupetz said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cate Bouvet of Bothell, Washington, said the analysis and commentary from her peers and Kupetz opened her eyes to aspects of the film she hadn\u2019t seen before.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI thought the discussions were really helpful to see what other people were interpreting,\u201d Bouvet said. \u201cJohn pointing out what to look for, like the lighting in Citizen Kane, was a fun experience.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Kim said he appreciates Kupetz\u2019s movie nights that leave a lasting impression on what it means to be a journalist.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s clear that John’s a really big film nerd, so I really liked hearing him geek out,\u201d Kim said. \u201cBoth movies showed the full breadth of how hard it can be to be a journalist and the kind of good work you can see.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ready, set, action: Movies introduce new aspects of journalism to cherubs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1793,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[184],"class_list":["post-1011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics"],"acf":[],"authors":[{"term_id":184,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"cap-jchun","display_name":"Jaimie Chun","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1011"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3145,"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011\/revisions\/3145"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1011"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=1011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}