Jonesboro Shooting

I learned that a 13 year old and an 11 year old shot a school and killed 4 females and 1 teacher and wounded 9 students and 1 teacher. They only got jail time for 7 years. They believe that the 11 year old could be a serial killer because he once shot a hid in the face with a pellet gun and killed a cat one time.

10 Steps to Writing a Story

1. Find a Topic.                                   Sports, classes, students
-What is your favorite story?
-Who is your audience?
-Why is this story important to you audience?
2. Find an angle-
-What about your topic?
-What is important about your topic?
-Summarize in 3 words: sbuject, verb, object
3. Collect Information-
-Who are the experts for this story?
-What interview questions should i ask?
-What research should be done to complete the story?
4. Conduct the Interview-
-Ask open-ended questions
-Rule of Threes
-Filling the Silence
-Non-Question Question
5. Shoot your reporter Stand-Up.
-Should have good idead what story is about
- Stand-Up should provide information that audience doesn't know
- Use Stand-Up for transition from one location to another
- No first person: I went
- In MIDDLE fo story
6. Organize your sound bytes.
- What quotes should I use?
- How can I organize the quotes to tell a story?
-What are my gold nuggets?
7. Write segues in your story.
- Use words that tie the interviews together
- What other information can I add to the story?
- Can the story stand on its own?
8. Write the beginning and end of your story.
- Write body first
- Best sound bytes for beginning and end
- Paraphrase a sound byte at the beginning
- Leave them with strongest sound byte at end
- Leave them with hope
9. Write the anchor ______________ and ________________ (if necessary).
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10. Collect ___________ to add to your story (throughout steps 4-9)
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*Steps 4-8 in your story are called the ____________________.

Penguins acquire Kovalev in trade with Senators

This article is about the Pittsburgh Penguins getting forward Alex Kovalev, but in exchange the Penguins have to give up a 7th round pick in the NHL Draft. The 38-year-old Kovalev is a 17-year NHL veteran, who played for the Penguins from 1998 through the 2002-03 season before being traded to Montreal. The deal was announced Thursday and that was the team's second in four days to get new teammtes to improve the banged-up line up they have right now because so many people are out for injuries.

Which court standard did someone follow or break in your article?
I think the court standard that was borken was the search warrant one which i believe is the 4th amendment.

Do you agree with the decisions in your article?
I don't agree with the kid that took the pictures off of facebook and put them into his presentation, but if i were the teacher or principal i would do something about it too.

What do you feel should have been done in this instance?
I feeel that the kid who put the pictures in the presentation should have been punished and not just the kids that were in the pictures.

What do you feel will be the future of rights in today's digital age?
That teachers and staff members can't go into their students facebooks and kids can't take pictures from facebook to put into school work.

What rights do you have inside of school?
You can't disrupt any class or school event going, from speaking badly about the school to wearing something that disrupts class work.

What rights do you have outside of school?
You have all your rights.

Notes on First Amendment

1. What are the 5 freedoms of the 1st amendment?
- speech, religion, assembly, petition, and press.

2. What is the Tinker Standard?
- Doesn't disrput class or school.

3. What is the Frasier Standard?
-Vulgar or indecent

4. What is the Hazelwood Standard?
- related to legitimate pedagogical (teaching) concerns

5. What is the Frederick Standard?
- schools cant censor students actions and speech outside of school.

6. What is the definition of libel?
when you give a false statement that is defamatory about someone. It must actually harm the reputation of the other person. Must be published to be libel.

Wisconsin Power Play

I didn't understand this article because I'm not really into politics and whats going on in Wisconsin so it was hard for me to read this article without being distracted. I understanding that there is a bunch of protesting going on about budgets and the governor wants to bust the unions. I think that a bunch of people who didn't agree with it fled the state or something like that.

First Amendment Quiz

Thank you for using the SPLC's Test Your Knowledge of the First Amendment. You answered 13 of 30 questions correctly.

I didn't like taking this test becasue I'm not in a good mood today and i don't feel like reading so I didn't read like half of the questions and I just guessed.

Albert Pujols, Cardinals Contract Deadline Passes With No Deal

This article is about the contract with the St. Louis Cardinals and Albert Pujols reaching s deadline. The Cardinals did not renew the contract so for now Pujols is a free agent after this season. Pujols said he doesn't want to negotiate during spring training or the season. The Cardinals say they are open to talks. Pujols has been very successful during his carrier with the Cardinals being a three-time MVP. He said in the past that he wants to stay with the franchise for the rest of his career. Pujols doesn't want to discuss his contract publicly during spring training or the season. Cardinals chairman William DeWitt Jr. said  "We will revisit it again following the 2011 season, at which time we will again make every effort to keep him as a Cardinal."

Kissable Chapstick!

Gas pump prices highest ever for this time of year

This article is about how gas prices are the highest ever for this time of year. The national average hit $3.127 per gallon on Friday, about 50 cents above a year ago. In the article it says how oil demand will slide in the U.S. by May. Oil traders are more cautious because after getting burned  when oil plunged to $33 per barrel in early 2009, just six months after hitting $147 per barrel. It is expected that gas is supposed to get up to $3.50- $3.75.

Meet the Bieber: Idol hits big screen

This article is about Justin Bieber's new 3D movie coming out tomorrow called Never Say Never. It shows his life story and about how he was pretty much found on YouTube from Usher and Justin Timberlake. It shows how he goes through everything with his single mom and all the behind the scenes things!

Meet the dog who knows 1,022 words

This article is about a dog who knows 1,022 words. The owner will say a command to go get something and out of about 25 different items the dog can go and pick out the right item with just hearing the name of what the item is.  On the Today show, Chaser, the dog,  demonstrated that dogs may have some of the same capability to learn as human children. The dog knows a lot of nouns and verbs and can do anything it is asked on command.

Fate of High School Basketball Team Uncertain Over Star Player's Immigration Status

This article is about a serior boy at Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School who plays basketball and is supposedly an illegal immigrant. This is a problem because they are saying that he isn't allowed to play for the school's basketball team because of him being an illegal immigrant. It is playoff time and they say that the team wont' be elligable to play in the playoffs becasue they mgiht have to forfeit the 19 games that the senior illegal immigrant played in.

Questions About the Super Bowl Commercials

We will watch Super Bowl commercials today in class.

What is the company?
Chrysler
Who is the target audience:
Younger generation, Male, Ages 25- 35.
What persuasive method used (humor, action, celebrity, human interest, etc.)?
Celebrity and motivatioal attitude
How were camera shots and editing used to enhance the message?
Different views of the cars and parts of Detroit
What is the slogan/message for the company?
 Imported from Detroit
Was the message effective? Why or why not?
Yes becasue it showed how things made in America are good and worth buying.

What is the company?
Volkswagen
Who is the target audience:
Middle aged, Males, 30-50
What persuasive method used (humor, action, celebrity, human interest, etc.)?
Humor, well known figure
How were camera shots and editing used to enhance the message?
Quick camera shots to tell the story
What is the slogan/message for the company?
All new Volkswagen
Was the message effective? Why or why not?
Not really because it didn't catch many peoples attention.


What is the company?
Doritios
Who is the target audience:
Young adult, Male, 18-25
What persuasive method used (humor, action, celebrity, human interest, etc.)?
Humor
How were camera shots and editing used to enhance the message?
Qucik shots to make the story
What is the slogan/message for the company?
Dotitios
Was the message effective? Why or why not?
Yes becaseu it was funny and everyone loves Doritios

How the Social Media World Reacted to Super Bowl Ads

According to this article, the commercail with Eminem and Detroit was the most buzzed about commercial, at least on twitter. The trailer for Transformers 3 was the second most watched one. The Doritios commercials were very popular too becasue there were really funny. The Volks Wagon Darth Vador co0mmercial was funny and it was talked about a lot online. According to TiVO the commercial that was most rewinded and played again was the Snickers Logging commercial and the Best Buy commercial with Justin Bieber. The Pepsi Max commercials were also very popular.

Notes on News

NOTES ON NEWS

Define “Broadcast Journalism” in 1-3 sentences.
Broadcast has 3 main forms to instantaneously broadcast information. Television, radio, and internet.
Journalism is reporting curretn events. For example, newpapers.


List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.

TITLE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
1. Unusualness: News is the different, the unusual, the out of the ordinary. Unusual is more often found in bad news. Example: Church roof collapses.

2. Significance: Important events that affect many people. Example: Taxes, elections, wars

3. Timeliness: Old news isn't news: its history. Example: People want to hear about the fllod that just happened, not the month after.

4. Proximity: People want to know about Nearby events. Examples: Local school gang activity, new state tax law.

5. Prominence: When well- known people, buildings, or places are involved, that is news. Example: If Zac Efron is arrested, its news.

6. Human Interest: Stories about ordinary people or animals, humorous or dramatic. Heartwarming or Heart-wrenching stories. Example: Fire man saves a cat that was up in the tree.




What are the differences between print journalism and broadcast journalism?
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Jersey Shore

This article was about the espisode of Jersey Shore last night. The person who wrote it said some of their own opinions. For example, they said how they aren't surpsrised to see Sam and Ronnie fight, which is true. They summarized the episode which was very eventful. From Ronnie getting super drunk and throwing up in a bad, which supposedly had a pair of yoga pants in them according to the person who wrote the article, all the way to Pauly D actually inviting his stalker Danielle to the house! No one could believe he did that. Also Snooki found a guy at karma who she really liked and spent the night with. She took him to walk along the boardwalk the next morning but after she found out he was pretty much engaged she got mad and wanted to move on. He didn't and after calling her many times, Pauly D finally told him off and that was the end of that.

Quiz

Allen, Lucas H- knows how to swing dance
Blanchard, Derek J- cheerleader from Austrilia
Boese, Sara M- 75% German
Brazelton, Keely R- 32 siblings
Buchanan, Tiarra S- wants to be chowder
Carlson, Devony R- in a commercail as a child
Cordova, Christian J- wants to be a forensic scientist
Cox, Derrick D- takes vehicle class at rosemount
Devries, Peter T- genius
Erickson, Nathaniel P- got a hole in one
Felker, Marisa L- going to be an exchange student in Sweden
Fraki, Hannah R- knows how to knit
Groskreutz, Jackson H- role model is john lennon
Jones, Nadia S- 9 siblings
Kading, Caroline E- almost died in a car accident as a sophomore
Kane, William M- goes by his middle name
Lafontaine, Kristin D- hyper extended spine
Lesch, John R- plays the bagpipe
Mcgroarty, Cody J- on world champion cheerleading team in Arizona
Mitchell, Alexander C- irish and scotish
Morrissey, Gretta E- can cross eyes on at a time and can whistle with her hands
Pelant, Benjamin M- has diabetes
Rasugu, Billy P- writes his own music
Reagles, Alex J- hardcore snowboarder
Rosario, Brian L- going to the U.S. Marines
Schiebel, Derek M- went to Coopers town for baseball
Schlotfeldt, Katherine A-
Smith, Madison B- can twist her arm all the way around
Strusz, Ashley E- On tv for a dance recital
Sytchev, Vladislav- born in Russia, then lived in Canada, and then came here
Thompson, Collin P- has an identical tiwn
Wangler, Matthew J- broke his nose this year
White, Hannah Y- born in red Wood City, CA
Wunderlich, Benjamin D- born in Chicago on the hottest day of the year.
Zemien, Brianna J - 100% polish

Evgeni Malkin returns on Friday

This article is about Evgeni Malkin of the Pittsburgh Penguins NHL team. He has been out for a couple of game with a bad sinus infection and a problem with his knee. Hti swill be a really good thing for the Penguins because both Malkin and Sidney Crosby, the two best offensive players for the Penguins. In previous times when Malkin has been out for injury, he has come back and done really well. The bad thing about this article is that the Penguins are now losing Mark Letestu becasue of knee sergury for about 4-6 weeks. He is a big help to the Penguins and it will be hard without him and Crosby.