Jonesboro Massacre

-2 students opened fire in a school
-Mitchell Johnson, 13 and Andrew Golden, 11
-4 students and a teacher were killed, 9 other students and a teacher were wounded
-Took weapons from Grandfather's house
-Pulled the fire alarm, hung out in the woods and opened fire

Story

10 Steps to Writing a Story – Broadcast Journalism

1. Find a topic. Basketball, hockey, interesting people at EVHS, interesting stories of people at EVHS
-What is your story about?
-Who is your audience?
-Why is this story important to your audience
2. Find an angle.
-What about your topic?
-More specifically, what is important about your topic?
-What should the reader learn?
-Summarize in 3 words: Subject, Verb, Object
-Wife awaits soldier
-Shayna survives fall
3. Collect Information.
-Who are the experts for this story?
-Do you need opposing points of 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
-Filling the silence
-The Non-Question/Question
-Get good sound bytes. A PIECE OF AUDIO THAT CAN STAND ALONE
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 bytes.
-What quotes should I use?
-How can I organize the quotes to tell a story?
-What are my gold nuggets?
-Sprinkle the nuggets throughout the story
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 ____________________.

Wisconsin governor duped by prank phone call

The governor or Wisconsin was duped into discussing his strategy to undercut public employee unions. In the call which lasted about 20 minutes he describe ways he would pressure the democrats back into the statehouse. I think that this is sort of funny that he was talked into his plans by just a random reporter from a liberal online newspaper.

Which court standard did someone follow or break in your article?
The frasier standard
Do you agree with the decisions in your article?
I don't think they should be able to suspend somebody for making a group like this
What do you feel should have been done in this instance?
Made her delete it, nothing further
What do you feel will be the future of rights in today's digital age?
Privacy
What rights do you have inside of school?
Just can't disrupt class
What rights do you have outside of school?
First Amendment

First Amendment Notes

We will take notes on Broadcast Journalism Law/Ethics

1. What are the 5 freedoms of the 1st amendment?
Speech, press, religion, assembly, grievances
2. What is the Tinker Standard?
It doesn't disrupt class
3. What is the Frasier Standard?
Censor things vulgar or indecent

4. What is the Hazelwood Standard?
Can censor student expression when related to teaching concerns

5. What is the Frederick Standard?


6. What is the definition of libel?
Needs to be a defamatory statement
Needs to be published to at least one other person
Needs to be concerning the plaintiff

Wisconsin Power Play

In this article, they are talking about the protesting going on in Wisconsin due to the governor trying to take out unions. I think that this should not be what they should take out and they should increase education funding.

First Amendment Quiz

I got a 25 out of 30 on the quiz. I was pretty suprised with my score I guess, because I didn't think I knew that much about this stuff but whatever. I am considered a genuine First Amendment Freedom Fighter in the making.

Apple's 2011 Supplier Report Reveals Child Workers, Bribes, Unsafe Conditions

After ten suicides at the Chinese Manufacturer Foxconn last year, Apple published a new list of rules and responsibility practices to help fix these poor working conditions. They hired psychological counselors and a 24 hour care center to help these people. One of the factories over in China had over 90 underage employees and they plan on putting a price to punish the companies that do hire underage kids and make them work over 60 hours a week.

Invention

$3.7 Trillion Budget for 2012

Obama unveiled a $3.73 trillion spending budget for 2012. The spending budget has declined one trillion dollars over the last four years. He plans on doing this through tax increases and spending cuts.

Metrodome needs new roof completley

Engineers reported to the metrodome to see if the roof was going to be able to be fixed in just that certain spot, but they found out that this will not be able to be the case and they will need to build an entire roof for $18 Million. Now it is just sort of a which one to choose either pay $18 Million for a new roof or just get a new stadium altogether, which a lot of fans would like to see due to the fact the team has had thoughts on moving to Los Angeles.

How a white man became black overnight

Michael Fosberg, an actor, writer, producer, and storyteller recently discovered he was actually a black man, overnight. He was adopted by a white family when he was five and never knew his biological family. He then one day discovered his real father, an african american. He was shocked to discover that this was the case.

Bag-Swinging Granny Fights off Jewel Thieves in England

In Northhampton England, a woman fought off armed robbers with sledgehammers with simply just her handbag. Automatic shutters were released to protect the windows of the shop so this woman swung away until the robbers left the store trying to get away on scooters. Two of the men then fell off of their scooters and the granny continued to hit the robbers instead of grabbing the jewelry.

In class commercials

We will watch Super Bowl commercials today in class.

What is the company?
Chrysler
Who is the target audience:
25-40, Male
What persuasive method used (humor, action, celebrity, human interest, etc.)?
Celebrity/Human Interest
How were camera shots and editing used to enhance the message?
Make the car look really nice
What is the slogan/message for the company?
Imported from Detroit
Was the message effective? Why or why not?
 Yes

We will watch Super Bowl commercials today in class.

What is the company?
Volkswagon
Who is the target audience:
30-50, Male
What persuasive method used (humor, action, celebrity, human interest, etc.)?
Humor
How were camera shots and editing used to enhance the message?
Quick shots
What is the slogan/message for the company?
Das Auto
Was the message effective? Why or why not?
Not too effective

We will watch Super Bowl commercials today in class.

What is the company?
Doritos
Who is the target audience:
Male, 20-30
What persuasive method used (humor, action, celebrity, human interest, etc.)?
Humor
How were camera shots and editing used to enhance the message?
Quick shots, quick story
What is the slogan/message for the company?
Doritos
Was the message effective? Why or why not?
Yes, it was funny

Super Bowl Commercials

I didn't get to watch the super bowl itself or see most of the commercials because of work, but the commercials that I did see weren't too funny and from what I've heard were some of the worst commercials that have been aired on the super bowl in all time. Supposedly the Pepsi Max commercials had the same punchline in two seperate commercials, which isn't clever at all. The best commercials were the Doritos commercials, and the anticipated Darth Vader commercial that was supposed to be so good was leaked to Youtube a couple days before the Super Bowl itself.

Notes

Define “Broadcast Journalism” in 1-3 sentences.
Reporting of Current Events.



List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.
1. Unusualness - News is the different, the unusual, the out of the ordinary. Ex: Church Roof Collapsing
2. Significance - Important Events, ones that affect many people, are news. Ex: Taxes, Elections, Wars, Scientific Discoveries, Economy
3. Timeliness - Old news isn't news: it's History. Ex: People want to hear about the flood while it's happening, not a month later
4. Proximity - People want to know about nearby events. Ex: Local School gang activity, local fire
5. Prominence - When well-known people, buildings, or places are involved, that is news. Ex: Zac Efron being arrested
6. Human Interest - Stories about ordinary people or animals, humorous or dramatic. Ex: Stories that are hearwarming or heart-wrenching
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What are the differences between print journalism and broadcast journalism?
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Why are reporters being attacked?

In this article it's just basically talking about why these reporters are getting attacked. There was a video attached to the article which was about how Anderson Cooper recently got attacked again and he was explaining a little about what it was like but didn't go into much detail for his own safety. The people of Egypt do not want these reporters to come into their country and write stories about what is happening because they want their privacy. So they have harming journalists so that the word doesn't come out of the journalists mouth and also to strike fear into other people into not coming to Egypt and making a story.

Quiz

Allen, Lucas H - Swing Dance
Blanchard, Derek J - Australia
Boese, Sara M - 75% German
Brazelton, Keely R - 32 Siblings
Buchanan, Tiarra S - Wants to be chowder
Carlson, Devony R - In a commercial
Cordova, Christian J - Forensic Scientist
Cox, Derrick D - Takes auto class at Rosemount
Devries, Peter T - GENIUS
Erickson, Nathaniel P - Got a hole in one
Felker, Marisa L - Going to be foreign exchange student in Sweden
Fraki, Hannah R - Can knit
Groskreutz, Jackson H - John Lennon is role model
Jones, Nadia S -9 siblings
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 - World champion cheer leading team in Alabama
Mitchell, Alexander C - Irish and Scottish
Morrissey, Gretta E - Can whistle with fingers / eye move
Pelant, Benjamin M - Diabetes
Rasugu, Billy P - Writes own music
Reagles, Alex J - Hardcore snowboarder
Rosario, Brian L - USMC
Schiebel, Derek M - Went to play baseball in Cooperstown
Schlotfeldt, Katherine A - "Magma rock knee"
Smith, Madison B - Can twist arm all the way around
Strusz, Ashley E - On TV when was younger
Sytchev, Vladislav - From Russia to Canada to US
Thompson, Collin P - Twin
Wangler, Matthew J - Broke nose
White, Hannah Y - Born in Redwood, CA
Wunderlich, Benjamin D - Born in Chicago on hottest day of year
Zemien, Brianna J - 100% Polish

Guantanamo Prisoner dies article

During exercise at the Guantanamo Detention center, an afghan prisoner, Awal Malim Gul, accused of being a leader of the Taliban and a part of the Al Qaeda, collapsed and died. He was using a stair-stepping elliptical machine and legal reports state that he collapsed during exercise, but the military claims it was after he was exercising and was showering at the time of the collapse. Awal was the seventh prisoner to die to come to this detention center, one died of colon cancer, the others of suicide.

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