Optimism: Fueling Innovation.

For this Unit in Journalism, Sound, we learned about different types of music and how to create our own podcasts. In class, we were taught about Ira Glass and his ideas around storytelling, and how to formulate a good story. For our Field Experience, we went to Columbia College, where we learned about their Journalism department and how they operate everything on their end. For our Action Project, we were assigned to choose a specific figure from the  20th century whose voice had a lot of impact to the century. With this person, we needed to tell a story through our own podcast/interview. I chose Bill Gates, because I view him as one of the biggest innovator in the business and technology industries. Not only did he build one of the biggest companies from the ground up, but he became known as one of the biggest innovators in the world. With my story, I wanted to tell the story of innovation, and how he's built this entire empire. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy my project.

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0:04 0:20 1:01 1:09 1:19 1:42 1:53 2:25 2:29 2:53 2:57 3:20 3:23 3:49 3:55	Bill Gates Sam Bill Gates Sam Bill Gates Sam Cowell Edwina Cowell Sam Cowell Edwina Cowell Sam Cowell Edwina Cowell Sam Cowell Edwina Cowell Sam Cowell Edwina Cowell	Whether you’re a scientist with a new discovery, or working in the trenches to understand the needs of the most marginalized. You’re advancing amazing breakthroughs in what human beings can do for each other. Hi, this is Sam from GCE Lab School in Chicago. Today we’re going to be talking about Bill Gates and his impacts on the 20th century. Bill Gates is an American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist. Gates’ story began after dropping out of Harvard University in 1975 to pursue his ambition of starting a company with his business partner, Paul Allen. Microsoft rose to become one of the biggest companies in our society today. Although Gates was not in the public eye as he was making impact, his voice and character alone is something that has shaped the way we live our lives today. Innovation can solve almost any problem. Before we begin with the interview, I’d like to take the chance to ask that you think about the ways Bill Gates has impacted your life while you’re listening Even in dire situations, innovation fuels innovation and leads to new approaches that eliminate suffering. But if you never see the people who are suffering, your optimism can’t help them; you will never change their world. Today we have EC with us. Because you’ve gotten the chance to see Bill Gates progress over the past 40 years, I want to ask you what impact you’ve seen him make throughout the 20th century? He was the father of a vast amount of the technology we use today. When I was young, we didn’t have computers at all, so we weren’t able to use the tools most children have for education today. Although I didn’t see Bill Gates himself as a famous figure changing the world, I was able to see his impact through the electronics evolving around me. Are there any specific ways that he’s made an impact on your life? Absolutely. Almost all the work that I do today, and most of the work that I did in my 30s and 40s were done on Windows computers. I used to do some desktop publishing almost 20 years ago, and I remember using Microsoft Publisher to create newsletters for the animal shelter I volunteered at, and I was able to do them right from my desk at home. In what other ways do you think he has impacted the world around us? Not only did he make these revolutionary innovations in technology, but he became a leader in business itself. Not only was he able to create the foundation for a company that’s turned into one of the biggest companies today, but he has become, i guess you could say, a universal icon for innovation and business. Have you seen Gates change society for the better? Well, what I think most impresses me about Gates is that as he became more wealthy and powerful, he really became more philanthropic, and started to use his wealth and celebrity to help people everywhere. He and his wife created a foundation that is trying to eradicate poverty and improve health all around the world. Alright, well thank you EC for sharing your thoughts with me today, and thank you to those listening. You’re very welcome.