Jonesboro School Shooting 2/28/11

The Jonesboro school shooting happened on March, 24th, 1998, in Arkansas. Two middle school boys pulled the fire alarm and shot at fellow classmates and teachers. Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden were the shooters. They killed four classmates and one teacher.

NOTES 2/24/11

10 Steps to Writing a Story – Broadcast Journalism

1. Find a TOPIC.
-WHAT IS YOUR STORY ABOUT?
-WHO IS YOUR AUDIENCE?
-WHY IS THIS STORY IMPORTANT TO YOUR AUDIENCE?
Ex. Eastview Lunch, Driving in the snow, Snow Days, In state colleges
2. Find an  ANGLE
- What about your topic?
- More specifically, what is important about your topic?
SUMMARIZE IN THREE WORDS; SUBJECT, VERB, OBJECT
3. Collect INFORMATION
-Who are the experts for this story?
-Do you need opposing points or view?
What interview questions should I ask?
What other research must be done to complete the story?
4. Conduct the INTERVIEW
- ASK OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS
-RULE OF THREES, FIL IN THE SILENCE, NON QUESTION QUESTION
5.  SHOOT YOUR REPORTER STAND-UP:
 Should have a good idea what story is about
 Stand-Up should provide information that audience doesn't know
 Use Stand-Up for transition from one location to the next
 No first person: I went
 In MIDDLE of story!

6. Organize your sound bites
- 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 ____________________.

Turkey can be 'inspiration' for Arabs: Erdogan 2/24/11

Turkey has been the example that Islam and democracy can be mixed and do work together. Turkey has had strong religious belief and a democracy for years and it has been fine! I think this is a great article. Many countries are having problems with religion and democracy intercombined. Now I feel like all  I'm hearing about are the Islam countries revolting against their leader.

Facebook Photos Land Kids In Trouble 2/23/11

In 2008 about 100 students from Eden Prairie got in trouble for having party pictures on their Facebook. I understand that the students that are involved in sports or clubs got in trouble, or suspended for a couple days. I do not agree with the students that are not involved in school getting in trouble. I would be upset if the school looked on my Facebook, that to me is an invasion of privacy. I think in the future schools will be more strict with students posting pictures of them engaging in illegal activities. Basically once you enter school you loose all your rights. They have the right to search you and your car if they feel it is necessary. You have way more rights outside of school.

Notes 2/22

1. What are the 5 freedoms of the 1st amendment?
                  Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition

2. What is the Tinker Standard?
                  does not disrupt class

3. What is the Frasier Standard?
                  vulgar or indecent                 

4. What is the Hazelwood Standard?
                 censorship of school sponsored student expression is permissible when school officials can show that it is "Reasonably related to legitimate pedagogical concerns"

5. What is the Frederick Standard?
              rights have been revoked once inside school  
[SCHOOLS CANNOT SENSOR STUDENTS ACTIONS AND SPEECH OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL.]          

6. What is the definition of libel?
            legal terms for falso statements of fact about a person that are printed, broadcast, spoken or otherwise communicated to others. [IT MUST ACTUALLY HARM THE REPUTATION OF ANOTHER PERSON]

[ELEMENTS OF LIBEL: A DEFAMATORY stamement. PUBLISHED to atleast one other person (other than plantiff). THE STATEMENT IS FALE.]

(gotta proove that its false and they knew it; difficult to prooveeeee)

Malice: With knowledge that they are false and you do it anyway.

Wisconsin Power Play

The article is confusing and boring. In Wisconsin they are trying to save money and cut teachers pay. Many people are upset about this. Lots of teacher are calling in "sick". One person compared this to Cairo, Egypt. Which is a very off colored remark, I think. This is nothing compared to Cairo. Paul Ryan, who said that, should really think before he talks.

First Amendment Quiz

I got a 15 out of 30 on the quiz on the First Amendment. I clearly need to brush up on my laws since I got 50%. I guessed on most of the questions. Some questions I knew because I remembered it from freshman year Government Class.

Corporations begin spending cash 2/16/11

Corporations were hoarding their cash in the last quarter. With the economy how it is everyone is trying to stay ahead of the game, even large companies. More and more companies are investing more money in equipment and such, which is good! Hopefully that will create a little more work out there for the many Americans that are out of work. The unemployment rate has gone down from 9.4% to 9%.

St.Louis Park Schools Shut Down 2/14

Public schools are shut down in St. Louis Park. They believe that there is asbestos from kids walking in the schools with so much dirt and salt on their shoes. The tiles are degrading and they did test positive for asbestos. The schools will be cancelled tomorrow. All after school activities were cancelled too. That is good that they figured out what was going on with the tiles in the school. Hopefully the school won't be closed for too long, but I'm sure the kids don't mind.

Egypt Military Takes Charge 2/10/11

Chaos is still happening in Egypt. Now their military has stepped in. The United States is still not doing anything drastic. We are supporting the transition to democracy. President Mubarak will likely step down and let someone else take over soon; as he told the protesters that their needs would soon be met.

Lindsey Lohan Charged With Grand Theft 2/9/11

Lindsey Lohan, actress, 24 years old, is formanlly charged with grand theft now. She is still on probation from a drunk driving incident in 2007. She stole a necklace from a jewlery store that was $2500. Apparently friends of Lindsey Lohan say that she thought the necklace was loaned to her. That is too bad for her, she has been in trouble with the law for a couple years now and this is not going to help. She has been in jail three times in the last three years and will probablly be going back.

Romania may get even tougher on witches. 2/8/11

Not too long ago Romanias government put higher taxes on witches and fortune tellers. There is a new bill that threatens witches and fortune tellers with fines and possibly prison time with bad predictions. The witches argue that the new bill is unfair and it is not their fault, but the cards fault, if the predictions are false. I understand that the government needs to get money. I do not think it is fair though to put crazy taxes on the witches and fortune tellers.

More Super bowl commercials

What is the company?
chrystler
volkswagen
doritos
Who is the target audience:
male, 25 and up
parents
young adults
What persuasive method used (humor, action, celebrity, human interest, etc.)?
eminem
humor
humor

How were camera shots and editing used to enhance the message?
make features on the car look good
quick camera shots on the car and kid
What is the slogan/message for the company?
imported from detroit
the new volkswagen

Was the message effective? Why or why not?
yes. you rememeber it, more because of eminem
yes, its cute

Super Bowl 2011 Commercials

Many people were slighty disappointed in the commercials shown last night during the game. Companies are spending more and more money on advertising now. My favorite commercial was the one with the kid in the Darth Vadar costume trying to start his dad's car with the force. Then the dad started the car from inside the house with the automatic starter. That commercial was clearly for Volkswagen. They used humor to get the point across.

Notes

Define “Broadcast Journalism” in 1-3 sentences.

Broadcast Journalism means to air news happenings enstaintanenously; such as, TV, radio, and internet.

List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.

TITLE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
1  Unusualness- news is the different, unusal, out of the ordinary. A roof caved in on a church.

2. Significance- Important events that affect many people. Elections, Taxes, Economy

3. Timeliness- Old new is not news, its history. Valentines Day next week, not Halloween.

4. Proximity- People want to know about NEARBY events. Local school, state tax law

5. Prominence-  When well-known people, bulidings, or places are involved, that is news. If you are arrested for shoplifing, if Zac Efron is, that is news.

6. Human Interest- Stories about ordinary people or animals, humorous or dramatic. Heartwarming or Heart-wrenching stories.




What are the differences between print journalism and broadcast journalism?
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How is the Internet impacting broadcast journalism?

Why are reporters being attacked?

Many reporters are being attacked in Cairo Egypt. Anti Bubarak people are protesting to get him out of office. A Sweedish reporter was stabbed. Lots of cameras have been taken, reporters have been assulted, and some even threatened with guns pointed to their heads. I think what is going on in Egypt is awful, espically with attacking the reporters. They are just trying to show the rest of the world what is going on. People have the right to know and seek out information without being attacked.

Quiz

Allen, Lucas H  can swing dance
Blanchard, Derek J  cheerleader from Australia
Boese, Sara M  75% German
Brazelton, Keely R 32 brothers and sisters
Buchanan, Tiarra S wants to be chowder
Carlson, Devony R in a commercialf or the childrens hospital
Cordova, Christian J wants to be a forensic scientist
Cox, Derrick D takes a class at rosemount
Devries, Peter T is a genious
Erickson, Nathaniel P got a hole in 1
Felker, Marisa L going to be a foreign exchange student in Sweeden
Fraki, Hannah R knows how to knit
Groskreutz, Jackson H role model is John Lennon
Jones, Nadia S has 9 brothers and sisters
Kading, Caroline E almost died in car accident
Kane, William M goes by middle name
Lafontaine, Kristin D hyper extended spine
Lesch, John R plays bagpipes
Mcgroarty, Cody J on an allstar cheerleading team in Alabama
Mitchell, Alexander C irish and scottish
Morrissey, Gretta E can whistle loud
Pelant, Benjamin M has diabeties
Rasugu, Billy P writes own music
Reagles, Alex J snowboarder
Rosario, Brian L going into the marines
Schiebel, Derek M went to cooperstown to play baseball
Schlotfeldt, Katherine A volcano rock in her knee
Smith, Madison B twist arm all the way around
Strusz, Ashley E on tv for a dance show when little
Sytchev, Vladislav from Russia and Canada with love
Thompson, Collin P a twin
Wangler, Matthew J broke nose
White, Hannah Y born in california
Wunderlich, Benjamin D born in chicago on hottest day of the year
Zemien, Brianna J 100% polish

Gunfire, clashes erupt as night falls in Cairo. 2/3/11

Panic spreads all over Egypt. The people of Egypt want their president of over 30 years, Mubarck, out of office. The government has made very little effort to help out the people with unemployment. Protests are going on and a total of 13 people have been killed so far. There are raging fires going on around town burning stores and hotels.