Monday, June 8, 2009
news lead
Lately throughout America there is an economic recession, people are being laid off and being forced to find money any place they can. People who should have already retired are having their retirement money stripped away from the stock market and 401k's, 70 year olds and older are now having to work at places like walmart. This is mostly because of people buying houses they cant ever afford, Bush Jr. approved a bill to make real estate companies legally sell you a home you will eventually have to give up to forclosure. Also another reason is people are scared, scared to spend money to get it flowing back into circulation. Scared and pulling all of there investments in companies and stock out because the interest rates are down for a day or two. But what happens when everyone pulls their money out? The interest rates go plummeting even further into the abyss. When you take all your money back when the interest is low on stocks, you will abviously get less money, so why even do that? You might as well wait until the interest rates go up (like they allways do). If everyone didnt pull out so early, i bet that 401k's would be worth more. Consequently because of this ressesion, revenue in business is down and businesses are trying to meet the minimal requirement of the amount of people in their stores. This makes it extremely difficult to find a job, even at a fast food place.
Peer review news leads
Andy Shaefers news review.
It covers the who, what, where, why, and when, of the swine flu outbreak, spreading to minnesota. it answers the how in the second paragraph.
More details are provided.
I read everthing i needed to know about the flu, I dont have anymore questions.
There isnt much he could do to improve the article.
Cory Meyer Peer review
It says the 5 W's and the H in the first paragraph.
I think he could have said more about the rest of the team besides only a few people.
I want to know more about his position on the baseball team.
He could improve this by speaking more about himself.
It covers the who, what, where, why, and when, of the swine flu outbreak, spreading to minnesota. it answers the how in the second paragraph.
More details are provided.
I read everthing i needed to know about the flu, I dont have anymore questions.
There isnt much he could do to improve the article.
Cory Meyer Peer review
It says the 5 W's and the H in the first paragraph.
I think he could have said more about the rest of the team besides only a few people.
I want to know more about his position on the baseball team.
He could improve this by speaking more about himself.
Friday, June 5, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Editorial pre writing
1. What is a problem/issue that our entire student body (our school, community, country, etc.) faces today?
Censored T.V. that uses annoying sounds etc. to edit out bad words.
2. What is your view/position on the problem or situation?
I believe they should leave everything uncensored do to the fact that Digital cable has access to uncensored stuff and everything will be digital cable soon this year.
3. What would you like to achieve with your editorial? (What is the desired result?)
To persuade people to think that bleeping out and editing things on television generate worse thoughts then they are actually saying, and more.
4. How will you persuade your audience to adopt your viewpoint as theirs? List at least 4 persuasive points.
1.Kids already know swear words
2.Digital cable will have lots on uncensored content, and parental control.
3. Bleeping noises trigger thoughts of worse words.
4.Mostly everyone swears and doesn't make a big deal out of it. Majority rules.
5. How will you motivate your readership to action in your conclusion?
Give them ideas about what they can do to prevent kids from access to these channels and pursuade them into believing and taking my side.
6. How will your editorial serve a public purpose?
Educate people on better ideas on censorship.
Censored T.V. that uses annoying sounds etc. to edit out bad words.
2. What is your view/position on the problem or situation?
I believe they should leave everything uncensored do to the fact that Digital cable has access to uncensored stuff and everything will be digital cable soon this year.
3. What would you like to achieve with your editorial? (What is the desired result?)
To persuade people to think that bleeping out and editing things on television generate worse thoughts then they are actually saying, and more.
4. How will you persuade your audience to adopt your viewpoint as theirs? List at least 4 persuasive points.
1.Kids already know swear words
2.Digital cable will have lots on uncensored content, and parental control.
3. Bleeping noises trigger thoughts of worse words.
4.Mostly everyone swears and doesn't make a big deal out of it. Majority rules.
5. How will you motivate your readership to action in your conclusion?
Give them ideas about what they can do to prevent kids from access to these channels and pursuade them into believing and taking my side.
6. How will your editorial serve a public purpose?
Educate people on better ideas on censorship.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Editorial opinion (T.V. Censorship)
Lately I have been watching television. I was watching a show called "Room Raiders," the show where parents hate a girlfriend or boy friend and decide to pick out new contestants for their girl or boy to start dating. Then they show a corny date for each contestant desperately trying to get the girl or boy to like them and to pick them as a new girl or boy friend. For a short disturbing period of time while i was watching i kept hearing bleeps instead of "bad words" while some guy was talking trash to his girlfriends dad. Instead of thinking nothing of it every time i heard the all censoring beeping noise, I started thinking of the worst possible words that the guy could have been saying.
I noticed at one point in time that they didn't censor out the word ass, but censored out the word hole (which I noticed by a facial reading). Which got me really thinking of what he could have possibly said that was more of a swear word then ass.
In my opinion, television shows should not censor anything, just cut out absurd gestures if needed, and add a higher age limitation on certain shows with more profanity. This year every one has to switch to digital cable anyways, where there is uncensored channels already on the digital cable channels, so why not do what those channels do and put specific age restrictions. Not PG-L because there is a lot of swearing but it is beeped out. Once the kids that are not supposed to be watching shows with profanity in it learn swear words and understand they are censoring them, I'm willing to bet a majority of them will replace the bleeping noise with even more vulgar comments. For example, a man on a reality show is very upset about a cheeseburger with pickles at McDonalds because he ordered the burger "ketchup only," so angry that all you hear is, what the bleep bleep, there is bleep pickles in my bleep burger. Even a 8 year old could fill in the blanks with his favorite (or not so favorite) curses or racial slurs just because some guy was upset about a burger. If your about to censor that guy for swearing at his burger (which never happened, it was just an example), you might as well take out the whole scene. Another way of censoring shows is to take a swear word and change it into family friendly words (usually laughable different sounding voices) Example, what the heck you air head, in replacement of hell and the f word.
The opposing side of this topic has only 2 main reasons why they want things censored, because they dont want their children to hear it, which is going to happen no matter what and is irrelevant because the majority of people swear. Also another reason is they dont want to hear it, but are to stubborn to change the channel. But lets face it, if you cant handle the words, dont watch the show, it wasnt made for you anyways if you cant bear it. Just keep watching re-runs of "Seinfeld," or "Barney and friends" if your into shows that are not good and never use foul language.
Like I said before, this year everyone will be switching to digital television, which will feature channels of the most profanity your kids senstive ears will ever hear, and they can watch them over and over again for free any time on "On Demand" usually. Its like satin wispering foul langauge into their ears extending their vocabulary to unholy lengths. Maybe not, but instead of blaming the T.V. for ruining you childrens innocence that they will eventually lose anyway, you can be a real parent and check in on them to make sure they are watching appropriate shows, or with the digital cable box, block certain channels from existance (high five). So lets stop blaming the T.V. for spewing out words you dont enjoy, and place blame upon yourselfs. Bleeping out swear words generates more thoughts about swear words then if someone were to be swearing the words, ultimately making your potty mouth boys and girls say more swear words, or maybe even invent more ways to say swear words. So lets do the right thing and uncensor T.V. like it should be and place age restrictions on shows, or let the parents ban shows they deem inapropriate for their household. Just bleep do it, bleep.
I noticed at one point in time that they didn't censor out the word ass, but censored out the word hole (which I noticed by a facial reading). Which got me really thinking of what he could have possibly said that was more of a swear word then ass.
In my opinion, television shows should not censor anything, just cut out absurd gestures if needed, and add a higher age limitation on certain shows with more profanity. This year every one has to switch to digital cable anyways, where there is uncensored channels already on the digital cable channels, so why not do what those channels do and put specific age restrictions. Not PG-L because there is a lot of swearing but it is beeped out. Once the kids that are not supposed to be watching shows with profanity in it learn swear words and understand they are censoring them, I'm willing to bet a majority of them will replace the bleeping noise with even more vulgar comments. For example, a man on a reality show is very upset about a cheeseburger with pickles at McDonalds because he ordered the burger "ketchup only," so angry that all you hear is, what the bleep bleep, there is bleep pickles in my bleep burger. Even a 8 year old could fill in the blanks with his favorite (or not so favorite) curses or racial slurs just because some guy was upset about a burger. If your about to censor that guy for swearing at his burger (which never happened, it was just an example), you might as well take out the whole scene. Another way of censoring shows is to take a swear word and change it into family friendly words (usually laughable different sounding voices) Example, what the heck you air head, in replacement of hell and the f word.
The opposing side of this topic has only 2 main reasons why they want things censored, because they dont want their children to hear it, which is going to happen no matter what and is irrelevant because the majority of people swear. Also another reason is they dont want to hear it, but are to stubborn to change the channel. But lets face it, if you cant handle the words, dont watch the show, it wasnt made for you anyways if you cant bear it. Just keep watching re-runs of "Seinfeld," or "Barney and friends" if your into shows that are not good and never use foul language.
Like I said before, this year everyone will be switching to digital television, which will feature channels of the most profanity your kids senstive ears will ever hear, and they can watch them over and over again for free any time on "On Demand" usually. Its like satin wispering foul langauge into their ears extending their vocabulary to unholy lengths. Maybe not, but instead of blaming the T.V. for ruining you childrens innocence that they will eventually lose anyway, you can be a real parent and check in on them to make sure they are watching appropriate shows, or with the digital cable box, block certain channels from existance (high five). So lets stop blaming the T.V. for spewing out words you dont enjoy, and place blame upon yourselfs. Bleeping out swear words generates more thoughts about swear words then if someone were to be swearing the words, ultimately making your potty mouth boys and girls say more swear words, or maybe even invent more ways to say swear words. So lets do the right thing and uncensor T.V. like it should be and place age restrictions on shows, or let the parents ban shows they deem inapropriate for their household. Just bleep do it, bleep.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Editorial review
Donnie Ealey op-ed review
1. Is there a clear point of view? (position)
Yes it is clear that peoples houses are being foreclosed
2. Does the Op-Ed state the problem and solution simply?
It states the problem, but it is an editiorial cartoon which doesnt need to have a solution.
3. Does the piece address the counter arguments? No, cartoons dont need to.
4. Is the Op-Ed interesting? Yes, its pretty funny.
5. Are the paragraphs organized logically?It is a cartoon.
6. Does each paragraph develop an idea to support the thesis?
No paragraphs just drawing.
7. Is the writing clear?
Yes, its pretty awesome.
1. Is there a clear point of view? (position)
Yes it is clear that peoples houses are being foreclosed
2. Does the Op-Ed state the problem and solution simply?
It states the problem, but it is an editiorial cartoon which doesnt need to have a solution.
3. Does the piece address the counter arguments? No, cartoons dont need to.
4. Is the Op-Ed interesting? Yes, its pretty funny.
5. Are the paragraphs organized logically?It is a cartoon.
6. Does each paragraph develop an idea to support the thesis?
No paragraphs just drawing.
7. Is the writing clear?
Yes, its pretty awesome.
Editiorial peer reviews
Aaron Stevens editiorial review
1. Is there a clear point of view? (position)
There is a clear point, that exercising and doing activities reduces teen obesity.
2. Does the Op-Ed state the problem and solution simply?
Yes, it has the solution of dieting and exercising to make people not lazy and fat.
3. Does the piece address the counter arguments?
There is no counter arguements.
4. Is the Op-Ed interesting? Its interesting and simple, but allmost abvious.
5. Are the paragraphs organized logically?
Yes they are.
6. Does each paragraph develop an idea to support the thesis?
Yes.
7. Is the writing clear?
It is very clear.
1. Is there a clear point of view? (position)
There is a clear point, that exercising and doing activities reduces teen obesity.
2. Does the Op-Ed state the problem and solution simply?
Yes, it has the solution of dieting and exercising to make people not lazy and fat.
3. Does the piece address the counter arguments?
There is no counter arguements.
4. Is the Op-Ed interesting? Its interesting and simple, but allmost abvious.
5. Are the paragraphs organized logically?
Yes they are.
6. Does each paragraph develop an idea to support the thesis?
Yes.
7. Is the writing clear?
It is very clear.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Feature story (video game violence)
Do you play violent video games? Do you reanact killing sprees from Grand Theft Auto? No? I didnt think so, there is no case that has ever occured that leads anyone to believe that violent video games have ever caused someone to commit violent acts. The only time that anyone blames violent acts on video games is when they need an escape goat (something to place blame on). Some people criticize video games saying that they make kids prone to violent actions. However, many major studies by groups such as The Harvard Medical School Center for Mental Health "concluded that there's no data to support the notion that violent video games cause the kids who play them to act out violence in real life, contrary to the vast majority of media outlets that would have the public thinking otherwise (http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-9942041-1.html)." Kids use violent video games to relieve stress, A harvard phsycologist "steven Johnson"(one of the "fifty people who matter most on the internet") Concluded that violent video games have a positive effect on your brain. Kutner and Olson (Journalists) have documented their findings in Grand Theft Childhood: The Surprising Truth About Violent Video Games, Where they researched and stated in a nut shell that people who dont play violent video games are more violent then people who dont. "The U.S Secret Service intensely studied each of the 37 non-gang and non-drug-related school shootings and stabbings that were considered “targeted attacks” that took place nationally from 1974 through 2000. (Note how few premeditated school shootings there actually were during that 27-year time period, compared with the public perception of those shootings as relatively common events!) The incidents studied included the most notorious school shootings, such as Columbine, Santee and Paducah, in which the young perpetrators had been linked in the press to violent video games. The Secret Service found that that there was no accurate profile. Only 1 in 8 school shooters showed any interest in violent video games; only 1 in 4 liked violent movies."(Kutner and Olson)
With those facts, It is safe to say that media places blame on video games in order to explain crazy actions commited by mentally ill people. If video games caused people to act out what the see in them, wouldnt there be a guy in a "master chief" Halo suit going on killing sprees trying to see how many head shots he can get? Or some guy running around New York blowing everything up with grenades and shooting random people with machine guns like in Grand Theft Auto? Abviously not considering nothing remotely simular has EVER happened.
There is no evidence to correlate video game violence and real life violence. Blaming video games for violent actions is like blaming war in the middle east on the video game "Medal of Honor." Video games are not made fun by the notion that you are killing people, but by the notion that you are winning the game, doing cool looking action moves, looking at intense awesome graphics, and much more.
With those facts, It is safe to say that media places blame on video games in order to explain crazy actions commited by mentally ill people. If video games caused people to act out what the see in them, wouldnt there be a guy in a "master chief" Halo suit going on killing sprees trying to see how many head shots he can get? Or some guy running around New York blowing everything up with grenades and shooting random people with machine guns like in Grand Theft Auto? Abviously not considering nothing remotely simular has EVER happened.
There is no evidence to correlate video game violence and real life violence. Blaming video games for violent actions is like blaming war in the middle east on the video game "Medal of Honor." Video games are not made fun by the notion that you are killing people, but by the notion that you are winning the game, doing cool looking action moves, looking at intense awesome graphics, and much more.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
News story, job hunting.
Lately throughout America (and the world), there is an economic recession, people are being laid off and being forced to find money any place they can. People who should have already retired are having their retirement money stripped away from the stock market and 401k's, 70 year olds and older are now having to work at places like walmart. This is mostly because of people buying houses they cant ever afford, Bush Jr. approved a bill to make real estate companies legally sell you a home you will eventually have to give up to forclosure. Also another reason is people are scared, scared to spend money to get it flowing back into circulation. Scared and pulling all of there investments in companies and stock out because the interest rates are down for a day or two. But what happens when everyone pulls their money out? The interest rates go plummeting even further into the abyss. When you take all your money back when the interest is low on stocks, you will abviously get less money, so why even do that? You might as well wait until the interest rates go up (like they allways do). If everyone didnt pull out so early, i bet that 401k's would be worth more. Consequently because of this ressesion, revenue in business is down and businesses are trying to meet the minimal requirement of the amount of people in their stores. This makes it extremely difficult to find a job, even at a fast food place.
Its been months now since I've had a job, its not that i havent been looking for one, it is because no one seems to be hiring.
Eastview senior Andy Schafer when asked about his current job situation said, "I have been looking off and on for a while now for a job, but I cant seem to find one."
Eastview senior Aaron Stevens when interviewed about his job status replied, "No, I dont have a job, I have been looking for a couple months and nothing has happened yet."
In conclusion, Jobs are very hard to find at this point in time, and for anyone trying to find one, good luck.
-Jason Higgins
Its been months now since I've had a job, its not that i havent been looking for one, it is because no one seems to be hiring.
Eastview senior Andy Schafer when asked about his current job situation said, "I have been looking off and on for a while now for a job, but I cant seem to find one."
Eastview senior Aaron Stevens when interviewed about his job status replied, "No, I dont have a job, I have been looking for a couple months and nothing has happened yet."
In conclusion, Jobs are very hard to find at this point in time, and for anyone trying to find one, good luck.
-Jason Higgins
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
interviewing notes
choose 3 intyerviewees
schedule interviews (24+hours)
Give a heads up on interviews
conduct backround research
write interview questions (10-15)
-Why prepare questions?
1st impressions.
nervous.
higher quality questions.
Preperation in a guide, not a limitation.
revealing qoutes
Said by interviewee
gives readers insight to personality
portraiture
Description created by writer
based on observations of interviewee
relevant to topic
Types of questions
Opener: beggining question/remark
ex. cute pictures. are those your children?
First Step: asks about interview topic
ex. I wanted to talk to talk to yuou about your upcoming fundraise, can you tell me exactly what your doing?
Qualifier: find out if source is qualified
"what is your role in the fundraising efforts"
Routine factual: 5 W's and h
who is on the committee? when will the fundraiser be?
numerical: statuistacal info.
G-O-s-s-e-y: goals, obsticles, solutions, start, evaluation, why?
Responder: clarification
Soliciting a qoute: a specific questions "tell me exactly what your hope is for this fundraiser."
Imaginative: strays from the routine "Does your team have any superstitions"
Recover from grenade, a neutral question "any last minute stradegy before the game.
concluding the interview, "thank you," sign documentation sheet, further questions?
Beware, not everyone is a great interviewee.
schedule interviews (24+hours)
Give a heads up on interviews
conduct backround research
write interview questions (10-15)
-Why prepare questions?
1st impressions.
nervous.
higher quality questions.
Preperation in a guide, not a limitation.
revealing qoutes
Said by interviewee
gives readers insight to personality
portraiture
Description created by writer
based on observations of interviewee
relevant to topic
Types of questions
Opener: beggining question/remark
ex. cute pictures. are those your children?
First Step: asks about interview topic
ex. I wanted to talk to talk to yuou about your upcoming fundraise, can you tell me exactly what your doing?
Qualifier: find out if source is qualified
"what is your role in the fundraising efforts"
Routine factual: 5 W's and h
who is on the committee? when will the fundraiser be?
numerical: statuistacal info.
G-O-s-s-e-y: goals, obsticles, solutions, start, evaluation, why?
Responder: clarification
Soliciting a qoute: a specific questions "tell me exactly what your hope is for this fundraiser."
Imaginative: strays from the routine "Does your team have any superstitions"
Recover from grenade, a neutral question "any last minute stradegy before the game.
concluding the interview, "thank you," sign documentation sheet, further questions?
Beware, not everyone is a great interviewee.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
journalism
Definition: current events that are newsworthy that are printed in a magazine newspaper or internet.
6 criteria of newsworthiness
TITLE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
1.Timelyness care about things that are current, (swine flu, airplane scare)
2.Proximity,care about things that are close to us (weather, local news)
3. significance, major events. (hurricane, presidential elections)
4.prominance, people that impact a lot of people. (celebrity)
5. Unusualness: Things that dont happen often. (octuplates)
6. Human interest (a feel good story to put a positive spin on news that has been so bad).
What are the advantages of print journalism?
1.Being able to jump around to places to choose what you want to read.
2.It is more detailed.
3.easier to archive
What are the advantages of broadcast journalism?
1.It is faster.
2. more current.
3.dont have to pay.
Why has online journalism (convergent media) become so popular?
Its free, more current. I could go to many different sites. You can read news anytime.
6 criteria of newsworthiness
TITLE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
1.Timelyness care about things that are current, (swine flu, airplane scare)
2.Proximity,care about things that are close to us (weather, local news)
3. significance, major events. (hurricane, presidential elections)
4.prominance, people that impact a lot of people. (celebrity)
5. Unusualness: Things that dont happen often. (octuplates)
6. Human interest (a feel good story to put a positive spin on news that has been so bad).
What are the advantages of print journalism?
1.Being able to jump around to places to choose what you want to read.
2.It is more detailed.
3.easier to archive
What are the advantages of broadcast journalism?
1.It is faster.
2. more current.
3.dont have to pay.
Why has online journalism (convergent media) become so popular?
Its free, more current. I could go to many different sites. You can read news anytime.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Dr.Fury beverage advertisement
1.This product is a generic (way cheaper) brand of dr. pepper. Kind of like mountain lightning for mountain dew. In the photo there is an explosion in the backround meaning there is an explosion of taste. It says "D.F is your B.F," and that means Dr. Fury is your best friend which will attract people to buy it.
2.The target market would be anyone who drinks Dr. Pepper. And people who can understand aim talk.
3.This would advertise in a car or mens magazine most likely.
Friday, April 17, 2009
super bowl commercials answers.
1.nfl gameday
2.video games sport players.
3. Some guy grabs the last slice of pizza, his 3 buddys tackle him in a furious manner.
4. i dont remember the camera shots.
5.Live in your world, play in ours.
6. I guess, they said there is 300 new tackles so the tackle part at the beggining works...
1.budwiesser
2.people over 21
3.someone calls a zebra a jackass, other guy says "nope, I believe thats a zebra."
4.there was only a couple camera shots one of a zebra in a replay booth, other of two guys watching horses lurking around..
5.wasnt a slogan.
6.message not effect
1.chrysler
2.girls into celine and cars
3.persuasive because celine was in it as a celebrity.
4different shots of the car going with the beat, celine driving in car with close up of her singing.
5.dont remember slogan.
6.message was not effective, i have no interest in her music or the car she was driving.
1.pepsi
2.kids to adults
3.persuasive because it was funny.
4. The editing that unzipped the pepsi into a pepsi twist, and the editing that unzipped the osbournes into the osmonds was good.
5.dunno
6.Not really, the didnt even say what a pepsi twist was.
1.ford
2.People looking for cars
3.used humor as a example for how fast it was, so fast you dont need the himlich manuever.
4.camera angles made the car seem like it was going faster
5. grab life by the horns
6.message not effective.
1.gatorade
2.sports or basketball players
3. used a celebrity for a persuasive message.
4.camera angles of dunking and such.
5.?
6. Message makes it seem like you can play forever if you drink gatorade
2.video games sport players.
3. Some guy grabs the last slice of pizza, his 3 buddys tackle him in a furious manner.
4. i dont remember the camera shots.
5.Live in your world, play in ours.
6. I guess, they said there is 300 new tackles so the tackle part at the beggining works...
1.budwiesser
2.people over 21
3.someone calls a zebra a jackass, other guy says "nope, I believe thats a zebra."
4.there was only a couple camera shots one of a zebra in a replay booth, other of two guys watching horses lurking around..
5.wasnt a slogan.
6.message not effect
1.chrysler
2.girls into celine and cars
3.persuasive because celine was in it as a celebrity.
4different shots of the car going with the beat, celine driving in car with close up of her singing.
5.dont remember slogan.
6.message was not effective, i have no interest in her music or the car she was driving.
1.pepsi
2.kids to adults
3.persuasive because it was funny.
4. The editing that unzipped the pepsi into a pepsi twist, and the editing that unzipped the osbournes into the osmonds was good.
5.dunno
6.Not really, the didnt even say what a pepsi twist was.
1.ford
2.People looking for cars
3.used humor as a example for how fast it was, so fast you dont need the himlich manuever.
4.camera angles made the car seem like it was going faster
5. grab life by the horns
6.message not effective.
1.gatorade
2.sports or basketball players
3. used a celebrity for a persuasive message.
4.camera angles of dunking and such.
5.?
6. Message makes it seem like you can play forever if you drink gatorade
Thursday, April 16, 2009
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