my final

Twilight
By: Dominique Handy

Twilight has become the number one young adult novel and now made its way to a major film hit, revealing a mortal and a vampire’s exquisite love.

The thing that makes Twilight so special is the non-stop increasing romance. The characters are unique in their own way. Edward is both mysterious and calm, while his soul mate Bella is determined and eager. The story takes place in a little town in Washington called Forks. Where Bella meets the beautiful Edward. Their relationship prospers into this bond that is so strong. Edward is constantly trying to ignore the fact that Bella doesn’t just have the sweetest personality, but the sweetest flesh he’s ever come across.

He fights with himself everyday giving up his desire to have something much more, the love of his life for the first time in 90 years. Bella struggles with the fact that she’s getting older while Edward will stay the same age forever. The question is, will Bella soon become one of Edwards kind. This film reveals a teenage girl adjusting to a new place and then wanting to adjust herself of being the girlfriend of a vampire who just can’t stay away from her. He shows he love and protection. He’s just afraid of one thing, Bella getting hurt and ending her life, which means starting the life of forever with him.

Stephenie Meyers was interviewed and explains every missing detail that is not completely understandable in her book. Twilight was brought to her attention through a dream. She hadn’t written anything in years, but twilight kept eating at her. So finally she sat down at the computer and put her brain to work.

The title was first called,” Forks”, but it didn’t give the story much attention. So it then turned into Twilight. Twilight became something more than just a written book, but something close to her. Bella and Edward became apart of her.

The film was indeed a major hit, but a lot of scenes were changed, but the most important thing is that the story was brought to life. Fans are hoping that,” New Moon”, will soon become a live film too, but what fans are even more excited about is for Stephenie Meyers fifth book. Praying that this breathtaking story continues in some shape or form.

This film caught everyone’s attention because of the romance and the supernatural involvement. A vampire falling in love with a human is something that doesn’t happen in everyday life. So people want to know what and how a love story like that could ever work or couldn’t. A lot of people were blown away by this beautiful story. It creates love, friendship, and forever.

Kanye West's cousin under investigation in death of the rapper's mother

Kanye West's cousin under investigation in death of the rapper's mother

Stephan Scoggins, a registered nurse, cared for his aunt after she returned home from cosmetic surgery. She died the next day.

Kanye West is a powerful rapper and his mom was very close to him and it just breaks my heart that she died like that. Looking at this photo just makes me wonder where do Kanye get all his courage and strenght from. He's still making hits and focusing on his dream.

Economy could make it hard for L.A. LIve to be the life of the downtown party

Economy could make it hard for L.A. Live to be the life of the downtown party
Expectations for the high-end entertainment complex have been high since work began three years ago, but the downturn is putting more pressure on it to be a success.

The economy is really tuff nowa days and a place like Los Angeles, Californiais a hard and high place to live. The entertainment neverstops though. I personally think that LA was made for entertainment and celebrations. This picture stands out because how beautiful that panorama looks.

Zimbabwe villagers face starvation

Zimbabwe villagers face starvation

Crop failure and economic collapse have left the nation without food. Millions survive on nothing but wild fruit. 'Children are dying out in the bush,' one foreign doctor says.

Seeing this picture makes me so thankful for all the things I have now in my life. These people live off of fruit and insects, and are dropping dead each day. I consider myself very blessed tobe clothed and healthy today because i know it could be even worse than i thought.

More troops leave for the Gulf Coast

More troops leave for the Gulf Coast

John Austria of the Navy says goodbye to his 3-month-old daughter as he prepares to deploy with the Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron at Naval Station on Coronado, Calif.

I picked this picture because to me it's sad. I hate the thought of him having to leave his newborn baby to go fight and probably lose his life. This picture of this man and his child makes me really reognize how serious war is and also how unfair it is.

Lakers blows big lead and lose to Pacers

Lakers blow big lead and lose to Pacers
Darron Cummings / Associated Press
Lakers Kobe Bryant drives to the basket against Danny Granger of the Indiana Pacers during the first quarter Tuesday in Indianapolis.
After a 17-0 run gives them a 15-point lead heading into the fourth, Lakers stop playing defense and watch as Troy Murphy tips in the winning basket as time expires. Kobe Bryant leads L.A. with 28 points.

I'm from California, Los Angeles and over there everyone is a big basketball fan. So i picked this picture specifically because it reminds me of how far Kobe has come since he's been a pro basketball player. He's been committed to his team for over 7 years now,and it amazes me how much he loves basketball and works as hard as he ever did before.Even if it isn't enough.

Caption Picture

Give and you Shall Recieve
Tuesday, Oct. 13 6:30 a.m. Student Council President Jill Cavness donated a share of her blood in the small gym of her school to in the future help someone who really need it. "It hurt a little when the needle went in. And I didn't particularly like watching my blood flow through the tube, but it was for a good cause," Cavness said. The Student Council was attempting to collect 30 points of blood in one day to help flood victims after the flash flooding that occured in late September. Picture by Justin Grimm.

Caption Picture

Almost Doesn't Count
Curt Arnette and his teamates played the game of their lives at the Alamo Dome hoping that Taylor Highschool would go out with a bang at the last basketball game of the season on Friday Feb. 13."We played hard," Curt said. "We hustled the ball up and down the court. We played probably harder than we ever played before. And that's what it takes to be a district champ. Picture by Joey Lin.

Caption Pictures

Fly High
Reminiscing his childhood passion on, May 29 Chris Wright road the roads that he discovered with his friends one last time before it's turned into a middle school. "This was one of our favorite places to go off-roading," said Wright. "Dozens of us would spend hours each weekend riding our bikes. Now we'll just have to find someplace else." Picture by Emma Juneke.

Caption Writing

Caption writing is a mini story. Something that gives out all the news in a short amount of sentences. Usually one or two. In caption writing it's important to include why the picture is important, who is in the picture, and what's going on in the picture. Even though caption writing isn't really short, every detail needs to be included.

Vetting Hillary Clinton

Who is involved? Obama and Hillary.
Who does/did the situation affect? The USA.
Who said so? Brian Todd.
What is happening? Hillary might get accepted into becoming the secretary of the United States.
What did happen? Hillary is going through the vetting.
What are the consequences? Hillary not winning the spot as secretary.
What is different about this? What's different is that Hillary was running as President until she dropped ont now she running as secretary.
What are the choices? Hillary to do all she can to beome secretary and be by Obama's side to help make our world a better place.
When did or will this happen? Obama has his old friend Tom helping Hillary with becoming secretary.
When was this discovered? November 19, 2008
Where did or will this happen? This will happen very soon.
Why did this happen or will it happen? This happens because since Obama is President he need his main people to be with him halping run to country.
How did it or will it happen? this will happen through votes.
How much does it cost? nothing.
How many people does this affect? millions.
How do you feel about this? I feel that if Obama thinks Hillary will be the best person to be secretary of this countrty, then she should be.

News

11/18- Rewriting

Getting it right-part1: The first step is all about gathering all your information and putting it into this great piece of work. You will have to do plenty of ruff drafts. Some you will make little changes and others you will have changed lots of things. You will have to go over and over your work to get it just right. Meaning, reading between every line.

Getting it right- part2: The thing with the second step is making sure your work makes sense. Giving every word a strong meaning to get your point across. Verbs and nouns are the most important things now. Your whole sentence has to be built upon it. It'sgoodto do a lot of comparing, quotes, and examples.

Libel: This is all about making sure you don't hurt anybody's reputation. You can say what you want but do it in a respectful way. Itreallymeans false. Don't lieabout anything, because the whole thing will blow up in your face. This can effect your writing for better or for worst.

Ethical: Behavior and the enforcement you have upon your writing are strong points. Write the truth always. Get into details about things. Do research. This part can be tricky so it's better to know every single piece or none at all.

11/07/2008

Writing- Writing is something that can be really hard or really easy. The first thing that matters is having a good story to write about. Once you got a good story focus on the theme. It's very important to focus on that part because you want to gets the most interesting thing so people would enjoy it. When writing make sure you write everything out then go back and revise to make your story greater than before.

Getting Organized- To have a good story and to put the pieces together, organization has a big impact on your story.It's good to take a lot of notes and all the ideas you have. It's good to focus on all the strong point's of your story.It's also good to start writing out the story in your head getting it ready.

Story Structure- There's a certain way your story shold be put in. Which is in some kind of structure,like an inverted pyramid. It gathers your information in way that shows you that what should be where, and it gets straight to the point, but it doesn't give a clear ending. It's all about the beginning, bringing to readers in.

The News Lead- Part 1- The lead is a sentence that explains what the story will be about. You have to pull out all the important and interesting words and qoutes from the stroy and choose which ones to use to put them in a sentence.

The News Lead- Part 2- A second lead is mostly used in stories. Its shows the feeling of the story, the attitude. When a lead isn't that strong, it's good to make sure in about the first four paragraphs your story is really exciting.

The Rest Of The Story- This section has to do with the quotes, all the things that brings the story alive.Romantic novels brings a lot of that out. It has to make the reader imagine something that could be so real.

Tools Of The Trade- This links to your five senses. Letting the reader be the character in the story. The observation is a strong point.you have to be able to describe the character nd everything around.

The Election

1. What historic event happened yesterday? Yesterday Barack Obama was elected as the 44th President of the United States.
2. How will this effect your life? This will effect my life because things will start to change for the better. Since Obama is President almost everything in going to change because Bush is no long President.
3. How will this effect our country's future and the future of it's citizens? This will ffect our world because it is now in Obama's hands and he's going to do everything he can to make this a better world. Some of the choices he may make we all might not be happy with but we have to trust that he knows what he's doing.

10/30

Three People
-The team
-The Parents
-The teachers


Questions
-How do you think football is effecting the team's education?

-Is a player committed to school like they're committed to football?

-How are the player's grades?

-Is a player always tired and sleeping in class?

-How can the player's grades come up and at the same time still do good in football?

-Should practices be cut shorter?

-Should players get extra tutoring?

-If one of the player's wasn't in football, do you think that their grades will be higher?

-How oftend does a player study?

-Is the team getting as much rest as needed?

10/28

1. Choose Topic- Football.
2. What is the issue? How much time practice takes away from learning/homework.
3. Who is involved? The parents, the team, the coaches, and the principle.
4. Who could you interview for more information? The teachers.
5. Is your topic relevant? Yes.
Will faculty, students, parents care about the issue? Yes, they will actually have an open mind to it, especially since education is the most important thing.

part 2:10/24

School Articles:

1. Sports updates
2. caffeteria food
3. dress code violations
4. college visits
5. class tutors

10/24-Transplanted cornea still sees after 123 years

Who is involved? Bernt Aune.
Who does/did the situation affect? The one with the old eye.
Who said so? Bernt Aune.
What is happening? She is seeing how long can a organ live.
What did happen? After 123 years of being alive someone can still see.
What are the consequences? The treatment not working.
What is different about this? People usually die at the age of 100 and this person is 123 and still can see and is alive.
What are the choices? To take the treatment and hope that it works or don't take it.
When did or will this happen? This began to happen in 1958 .
When was this discovered? Thurs., Oct. 23, 2008
Where did or will this happen? Namsos Hospital, Mid-Norway.
Why did this happen or will it happen? This happened because the man was loosing his sight and he didn't want to loose all of it so he went through a treatment.
How did it or will it happen? This began to happen because the man was aging.
How much does it cost? This is really expensive to get.
How many people does this affect? Only the people that gets it.
How do you feel about this? I feel that it's good that theres something out there that can help elderly people see better wen they're aging.

10/20 Prewriting

1. In "To be a successful reporter" what are the six qualities a good journalist must possess? A good reporter is a generalist, quick, curious, pleasant, honest, and courageous. Do you agree or disagree? Explain your answer for each. I agree because being a generalist you must have plenty of strong ideas that back up your story. You also have to be quick so you can get the best news. Being curious has alot to do with being a reporter because to make your story even more interesting you have to start thinking of the what if's. Pleasant- people are willing to give out more information to people that are kind while doing their job. Being honest is the most inportant thing, always make sure you don't lie about anything or keep something out that should be there. Having courage is having faith that you know you can do the job, and we all need that.

2. In "The nature of news" what is Charles A. Dana's definition of what is news? "Anything that interests a large part of the community and has never been brought to its attention before." What are the seven main factors that help them determine if an event has consequence? Impact, Proximity, Timeliness, Prominence, Novelty, Conflict, and Audience.

3. In "The art of interviewing—part 1" and "The art of interviewing—part 2" what are the three ways to gather information? Research, Observation, and Interviewing. What are the 23 helpful ways to get a good interview? Being prepared and having a good interview, ask good questions, choose a topic that you're comfortable with and know you can come up with plenty questions, phrase your questions in a neutral way, decide how you will dress, think of interview as a friendly conversation, try to establish a rapport with the person early on, look the subject in the eye and listen carefully to his/her answers, when the source is speaking seem really interrested, observe and record the person's body language, mannerisms, dress, physical features, distinctive characteristics and interactions with others, Focus on what the source is saying, not on what you will ask next, don't interrupt, don't ask long questions, don't talk too much, don't challenge too early in the conversation, control your physical actions and mental attitude, begin with easy questions, perhaps biographical ones, if the subject takes the interview in an unexpected direction, go with her/him, make accuracy your goal, tell the subject you will be calling back later to check facts, tape record the conversation if time permits and the story demands, Assume that the conversation is "on the record", direct quotes from your subject are essential for your story, make sure the quote is revealing of your subject, often the advice given for interviewing makes it sound like a game of wits with your subject, and figure that there is material that your subject knows, will tell you and will let you report.

4. Summarize, in your own words, "Harvesting the news". Must be 5 sentences. In Harvesting the news it really gets down to business finding hard evidence. It shows what a good story is and not. It gathers lots of informaton. It has all the levels to confind you what's the best. It's basically here to ask the 5 W's.

5. Summarize, in your own words, "The human touch". Must be 5 sentences. In The Human Touch you must be really friendly and can talk piltely with others. You have to be really careful not to get too attached to the story also. It's good to have an opinion but don't take it any further than that. You will have to translate a lot of jargon. Take down all the information you get, because it could be strong enough to change your whole story.

Happy Canadian Teenagers Shed Angry,Rebellious Image

SOFT: Kids now a days are big risk takers. They get peer-pressured into doing a lot of things they're not suppose to do like smoking and drunking and skipping school. The kids who have a good relationship with their parents are shown to be harder workers in school and behave even better because they want their parents to continue trusting them and they don't want them to be disappointed.

Ban Food Advertisements Aimed At Kids

SOFT: Kids who end up smokers or fat usually just sat in the house watching television everyday. Its because of the adverticement that kids decide they want to eat more. It's not fair to the kids and what it wold do to their health. All the lossing weight commercials aren't helping either, it's basically saying eat unhealthy until you're obesity then come to us and we'll get you skinny again. A lot of people fall into that trap then discover that all the advertisement wasn't what it was said to be.

Get Bodies In Motion

HARD:Kids are becoming obesity because in their childhood all they really do is eat and play. Where is the exercising? Where is the sports? Kids think that sports is basically all around being fit and not having fun. That is indeed true, but it also creates a balance. A balance between work and play. Eeveryone doesn't like to get into sports too, but exercising is never wrong. Obesity lowers self confindence and to gain that self confidence the only key is, physical activity.

Teens Hardwire To Sleep More

HARD:Teens are not getting as much sleep as they need to due to the fact of homework and after school activities. Parents are being to soft. It's all about finding out the solution to this kind of problem. Parents need to find out what activities are keeping their child up. Teens don't care about what time they go to bed, but what kills them is what time they have to get up.

G.O.P. Facing Tougher Battle for Congress

Who is involved? Senator Elizabeth Dole.

Who does/did the situation affect? The People of the United States.

Who said so? CARL HULSE and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN.

What is happening? As the election day get closer Obama and McCain is trying to win as many votes as possible.

What did happen? Democrats could gain as many as six to nine Senate seats and 25 to 30 House seats.

What are the consequences? It would push Senate Democrats tantalizingly close to the filibuster-proof 60-vote majority that has eluded Senate leaders since the late 1970s.

What is different about this? Many people are changing their vote.

What are the choices? To Vote for Obama or McCain.

When did or will this happen? October 2008.

When was this discovered? October 8, 2008.

Where did or will this happen? North Carolina, Kentucky.

Why did this happen or will it happen? This is happening because the candidates are being pressured because the election day is almost here.

How did it or will it happen? The candidates are testing each other.

How much does it cost? One candidates role.

How many people does this affect? The USA.

How do you feel about this? I feel that it is important to the candidates to speak what they believe in and trty there best to get people to see it there way too.


THEIR LEAD: The economic upheaval is threatening to topple Republican Congressional candidates, putting more Senate and House seats within Democratic reach less than a month before the elections, lawmakers and campaign strategists say.


MY LEAD: Things are starting to become more difficult as Senate and House seats within Democratic is less than it was a month ago.

NEWS

Playing Roles for a Real Education

Who is involved? International Baccalaureate Organization
Who does/did the situation affect? Kids all over the world
Who said so? Christina Shunnarah
What is happening? The International Baccalaureate Organization is changing the education technique, focusing on how they can interact with the kids to make learning easier and more rememorable. This also helps the kids that are going through a lot in there life.
What did happen? They started the new learning technique and seen great improvement for the kids.
What are the consequences? There are not any consequences.
What is different about this? The kids are actually learning more,through just playing games and communicating with others more.
What are the choices? To see how this learning system works, or just stick to the way the kid used to learn.
When did or will this happen? A couple of years ago.
When was this discovered? It began to grow when the learning system was really working and schools were adopting the new system.
Where did or will this happen? This happened in Manhattan.
Why did this happen or will it happen? The International Baccalaureate Organization thouoght that it had to be a different way to teach kids who weren't learning the usual way.
How did it or will it happen? They had a meeting discussing all the new ways they could teach kids who found it difficult to learn.
How much does it cost? A leap of faith
How many people does this affect? Every child that isincluded in this new learning system.
How do you feel about this? I feel that itis good thatsomeoneisstarting to realize that there needs to be a new way of leaning for people who just don't catch on as easily as others, but at the same time aren't being labeled as slow.




Their Lead:This past weekend my colleagues and I gave a presentation at the Performing the World conference in Manhattan, which brought together educators, artists, therapists, scholars and activists from dozens of countries who are interested in using performance and drama in a variety of ways.

My lead: I have gathered educators, artists, therapists, scholars and activists to give a presentatiion at the Performing the World conference in Manhattan to come up with anew way to teach kids.


Editorial

Obama leads in spending as well as polls

Who is involved? Obama and McCain
Who does/did the situation affect? The people of the United States.
Who said so? The Associated Press
What is happening? Obama and McCain are goign head to head in a debate.
What did happen? McCain accuses Obama of being associatedwith a terrorist, Obama says that McCain is just trying to score cheap points.
What are the consequences? The consequences were Obama letting McCain know the truth and letting him deal with the rest.
What is different about this? The election is getting so close and they are trying to win over the people with all they got.
What are the choices? To play by the rules or not.
When did or will this happen? Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
When was this discovered? Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2008
Where did or will this happen? On a TV advertising
Why did this happen or will it happen? They are trying to put everything out for the election on November 4, 2008
How did it or will it happen? Obama and McCain were having a debate
How much does it cost? One of the canidates points too go down
How many people does this affect? Everyone in the USA
How do you feel about this? I feel that it's good that they are putting everything onthe table,because its better to get everything thing cleared up before the election.


Their Lead:WASHINGTON - Democrat Barack Obama is far outspending Republican John McCain in TV advertising, allowing him to better target the swing voters who will decide the presidential election and to take a more positive pitch as his lead widens in the polls.

My Lead: Democrat Barack Obama is spending a lot more money on TV advertising, allowing him to get more people to vote for him.While McCain is behind Obama trying to score as many cheap shots as possible.


NEWS

Types of Article

1. News-Campaign '08 http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/
2. Editorial-Sticking it to California http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-pact6-2008oct06,0,1816550.story
3. Feature-Painted with light http://articles.latimes.com/2008/mar/27/home/hm-arnoldi27

warm up 10/07

1. lead- to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort
2. body- the principal part of a speech or document, minus introduction, conclusion, indexes, etc.
3. quotation- something that is quoted
4. transition- movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, subject, concept, etc.
5. inverted pyramid- a metaphor used to illustrate how information should be arranged or presented within a text
6. feature- a column, cartoon, etc., appearing regularly in a newspaper or magazine.

The Art of the Interview, ESPN-Style

1. You are hoping that the person being interviewed is a good talker
2. Knows how to do something with your inept question
3. Keep questions short and avoid charged words

Student Profile

1. What are your goals for the future? Going to college
2. Do you have an afterschool job? No
3. What's your favorite class? Criminal Justice
4. What's you favorite elective? Journalism
5. Are you in any afterschool programs? Yes
6. Are your grades good? So far yes, and I plan on keeping it that way.
7. What do you think makes a successful person? What ever that personn think successful means to them. Meaning for instance, I think education makes a person successful, but someone else may think a job makes them successful
8. Name three things you like about your school? First off I love the food, second the courses, there's a lot of options to choose from, and last but not least, my friends.
9. Are you a person who gives to the community? How? Yes, Im in a program called RAK. And in the program we go to senior citizen home and serve food and read books. It's really enjoyable.
10. What do you think is your weakest subject? Geomentry
11. What is you strongest subject? Biology
12. Do you plan on going to college? Yes, but im not sure which college I want to go to yet.
13. Are you a study freak or a party animal? Im really something in the middle. I don't really party but I hang out with friends a lot, but I try my best to study.
14. Do you have any role models that you look up to when it comes to education? Mom, she's always there when I need her.
15. What are you studying to become? Photographer
16. Do you have people supporting oyur goals? How? Yes, my father. He's always buying me things that help me move farther in the major I want to take up.
17. Do you play any sports? No, not at the moment.
18. Are you a team player, not just in sports, but in everything you do? Yes
19. Would you call yourself a role model? Why? Sometimes, because I try to set an example by always putting school first.
20. What do you think makes a good student? Someone who has educational goals.

The Interview: School Uniforms

-List three different sources you could interview for this topic.
1. The School Board and Mr.Girard
2. Students
3. Parents

- Create 20 questions you could ask each source. It will be the same 20 questions for each.
1. Why should the students wear uniforms?
2. How do you think uniforms would affect the students?
3. How do you think uniforms would help the students?
4. Do you think uniforms would be cheaper?
5. Do you think uniforms might help student in the future?
6. What are the consequences if the students do not follow the Dress Code?
7. Why should students start wearing uniforms now?
8. Do you think the students behavior problems will increase due to forcing them to wear uniforms?
9. Do you think that parents and teachers will agree upon the fact that students should wear uniforms?
10. Is it possible that the uniforms could change the Dress Code Violation that many students tend to break?
11. How do you think most of the students will react to uniforms?
12. Will the faculty have to wear uniforms as well?
13. Do you think that uniforms will help the students become more safe?
14. Will the students have any say in if they should wear uniforms or not?
15. Do you think the students will follow the Dress Code?
16.Is Akins Highschool the only school that has to wear uniforms?
17. How do you think the parents will react towards uniforms?
18. Will the Princible have any say in wether the students should wear uniforms or not?
19. What were the Princibles reactions towards uniforms?
20. Do you think The School Board has a good reason to make students wear uniforms?

Assignment 09/23

A candidate for public office, a reporter discovers, was put on trial for alleged aggravated robbery almost 15 years ago. He was acquitted. Is this of relevance to the media during the current election? What obligation dos the media have to report such things?


This statement could be very effective to the candidates election.
When people starts to hear about what the reporter has come up with.
People starts checking backgriunds and asking questions. Making things
harder than it was before. The reporter must have got hard evidence to
put something that serious in the paper, knowing it cold ruin the
candidates election.

Warm Up 09/23

ethics- a system of moral principles
libel-defamation by written or printed words, pictures, or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures.
slander-defamation; calumny
public figure-A famous person whose life and behavior are the focus of intense public interest and scrutiny.
private citizen-a citizen who does not hold any official or public position.
Hazelwood case-the Hazelwood case was about a school district telling the stories of teen pregnancy and kids that have divorced parents. They were basically backing up the First Amendment.

Father Was a Spy, Sons Conclude With Regret: Lead

Lead:

They were the most famous orphans of the cold war, only 6 and 10 years old in 1953 when their parents were executed at Sing Sing for delivering atomic-bomb secrets to the Soviet Union.


Robert and Michael were famous orphans during the time of the cold war,1953 on behalf of their parents execution at Sing Sing for exchanging secrets to the Soviet union.

Father Was a Spy, Sons Conclude With Regret

Who?
Who is involved? Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and their two sons
Who does/did the situation affect? The two brothers, Robert and Michael
Who said so? Sam Roberts
What?
What is happening? The sons were trying to get to the truth about their parents death.
What did happen? They found out that their Dad was a spy and he had been doing some spying.
What are the consequences? The death of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
What is different about this? The brothers kept finding out more and more even know they were not hearing the answers they wanted to hear about their parents.
What are the choices? To have a better life with their children or put them throught what their parents put them through.
When?
When did or will this happen? In 1973
When was this discovered? September 16, 2008
Where?
Where did or will this happen? Sing Sing
Why?
Why did this happen or will it happen? Because Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were giving out sevrets to the soviet union.
How?
How did it or will it happen? This happen because they were spies
How much does it cost? It cost them their lives and their two sons lives with out them.
How many people does this affect? Their family
How do you feel about this? I feel that they should have been punished for what they did but they didn't deserve to die for it.

Bear repellent causes vet clinic evacuation: Lead

Lead:
A canister of 'Super Magnum Bear Spray' spurred the evacuation of animals and employees from a local veterinary clinic Tuesday.

A new invention of bear pepper-spray was spread throughout a local veterinary clinc Tuesday causing employees and animals to evacuate the building as quickly as possible.

Bear repellent causes vet clinic evacuation

Who?
Who is involved?Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services, Rachel Henry, animals, and Curtis Sanders
Who does/did the situation affect? Henry, the animals, and the employee's
Who said so?Laura Heinauer
What?
What is happening? The pepper spray for bears was spreading in the buliding and people couldn't brreath or see
What did happen? The spray had got knocked over and opened
What are the consequences? Henry and along with other employee's and animal had to get medicated care.
What is different about this? Nobody makes Bear pepper spray.
What are the choices? To not produce andymore, and if you do then have it in a safe place.
When?
When did or will this happen? Tuesday, September 16, 2008
When was this discovered? Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Where?
Where did or will this happen? A veterinary technician at Capital Veterinary Clinic on South Congress Avenue.
Why?
Why did this happen or will it happen? Sanders thought that instead of buying a gun for protection the pepper spray was just as harmful but didn't cost that much.
How?
How did it or will it happen? This happened because the bottle somehow got knocked over
How much does it cost? A couple of hundreds
How many people does this affect? Only the people who were inside the building
How do you feel about this?I tihnk that its good to have something to prevent bears from attacking you but if it effects you as well then why would you want to put yourself in that position. You might as well just let the bear attack you.

Palin: wrong woman, wrong message

Who?
Who is involved?Palin, McCain, and Women
Who does/did the situation affect? Women
Who said so?Palin
What?
What is happening? Palin is talking about how people are sending out the wrong messages for women and how men don't think women could amount to them.
What did happen? She explaining how women are starting to take a stand slowly.
What are the consequences? Women getting trearted unfairly.
What is different about this? She's not as popular and she speaks on behalf of an everyday woman that don't agree with how things are for women.
What are the choices? To start standing up for women or just let men continue to do the job.
When?
When did or will this happen? This have been happening for many years.
When was this discovered? September 4, 2008
Where? At a conference meeting.
Where did or will this happen? This happens all over the world.
Why?
Why did this happen or will it happen? This continues to happen because men don't think that women should be able let alone could do a man's job.
How?
How did it or will it happen? It started a long time go. When people discovered that men were stronger, men started getting better jobs than women.
How much does it cost? This cost women independence.
How many people does this affect? Women all over the world
How do you feel about this? I feel that women should be treated the same as men. Nobody ever thinks that a woman should become president but maybe a woman is exactly what this world needs.

Hurricane Ike

What do these images say to you? The images represents pain and sorrow.
What do you see? I see people's houses destroyed and lost forever.
Describe the pictures in your own words.The pictures of Hurricane Ike is basically sad. You can just look at it and think about how the people who live there feel. They have to start a whole new life. The picrtures aren't saying enough. I feel like there's so much more damage beyond the pictures.
What element of news is Ike to you? Horrible
What is the element of news? The element is the distruction of a town where people lived.

Blogger Removed From Shelter

Who?
Who is involved?Sara Foley, A reporter with The Galveston County Daily News,Red Cross officials and a City of Galveston public information officer, and Austin School District
Who does/did the situation affect? Sara Foley
Who said so?Sara Foley
What?
What is happening?Sara is getting kicked out of the shelter because they think she is ther under false pretense.
What did happen? Sara got kicked out and had to go and stay with a friend.
What are the consequences? Sara not being in the shelter
What is different about this? Someone getting kicked out of a shelter
What are the choices?To either fight back or just leave
When?
When did or will this happen?September 13th, 2008
When was this discovered?September 15th, 2008
Where? A shelter
Where did or will this happen?Austin, Texas
Why?
Why did this happen or will it happen? The officails of the shelter thought that Sara Foley should not be there.
How?
How did it or will it happen? It started to happen because Sara made a comment about being in that shelter was like being in jail.
How much does it cost? It doesn't cost anything
How many people does this affect? This effected Sara and the friend she had to go stay with. It also may effected some of the people that still stay in the shelter.
How do you feel about this? I think that if a person is homeless and needs a place to sleep and eat, then they shouldn't be turned down just for saying a comment.

Elements of News

Elements of News

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• Prominence: Common takes a break from the screen and returns expressing his thoughts through words.
• Timeliness:Umphrey's McGee at 9pm, come join the fun
• Oddity:Andrew Zimmern, the host of “Bizarre Foods”, eat just about anything. From maggots to intestines.
• Consequence: Judge blocks release of Austin men
• Conflict: Transit budget increases 8%
• Human interest: A Portion of Zilker Park is closing for renovation

Hurricane's

Houston, Galveston vulnerable to Ike's fury

Who?
Who is involved? Peolple in the city of Huston.
Who does/did the situation affect? The People who live there.
Who said so? The forecast and Jeff Masters
What?
What is happening?People were leaving from their homes to go someplace safer.
What did happen?The hurricane was moving closer to Huston.
What are the consequences? Homes are getting trashed because of the Hurricane.
What is different about this? Hurricanes usually happen 80% of the time in the south.
What are the choices? To stay there and get killed or move to a safer place
When?
When did or will this happen? In the next couple of days
When was this discovered? August 2008
Where?
Where did or will this happen?In Huston to Corpus Christi, texas
Why?
Why did this happen or will it happen?Hurricanes initiate from an area of thunderstorms.
How?
How did it or will it happen?The thunderstorm got too big and to became a spreading hurricane
How much does it cost? Peolple's lives and hometowns
How many people does this affect? Millions
How do you feel about this? I think that its really sad. Some people has been somewhere since forever and to just have to leave it and see it get destoyed is terrible.

Babies Kidnapped

5 Ws and the H
Babies Kidnapped
The basic news questions provide the skeleton for stories.
Who?
Who is involved? Infant Babies
Who does/did the situation affect? The Parents
Who said so? Jonel Aleccia
What?
What is happening? Babies were getting kidnapped.
What did happen? Strangers were taking babies that weren't theirs.
What are the consequences? Parents w/o their child and the child w/o the parents, and some parentts and children end up dead.
What is different about this? Well I thought that kids from 6-11 were on the top of kidnapps, but it came out to be infants are.
What are the choices? To Look for the child or wait and see if the person who took them give them back.
When?
When did or will this happen? Between 1993 and 2006
When was this discovered? 1983
Where?
Where did or will this happen? They are usually taken from hospitals, homes, and public areas.
Why?
Why did this happen or will it happen? The people that take them because they can't withhold a child.
How?
How did it or will it happen? They get close to the family and act like their a nurse or doctor.
How much does it cost? Basically stocking the family.
How many people does this affect? A whole family and the child tooken.
How do you feel about this? I think that its sick. Its so wrong to just steal someone's baby like that, and I knoe that its a tragic to the parents. I learned that when ever i get pregnant to look out for those kind of people.

Big Brother

5 Ws and the H
The basic news questions provide the skeleton for stories.
'Big Brother'
Who?
Who is involved? Traders From China
Who does/did the situation affect? The Xiguang
Who said so? State media reports
What?
What is happening? The Xiguang was given drugged bananas.
What did happen? They were becoming addicted.
What are the consequences? They became addicted.
What is different about this? Animals usually don't get addictions they humans get.
What are the choices? To take the animal to rehab.
When?
When did or will this happen? 2005
When was this discovered? 2008
Where?
Where did or will this happen? In Southwest China
Why?
Why did this happen or will it happen? The traders wanted to control the animals.
How?
How did it or will it happen? The traders put drugs in bananas.
How much does it cost? Almost the animals lives.
How many people does this affect? I think around 40%
How do you feel about this? I feel that it is wrong to harm an animal that way.

Who are the democratic and republican presidential and vice presidential nominees? Give a brief summery of each one's background.

The democratic nominees are; US Sentaor Barack Obama. The Republican presidental nominees are; US Senator John McCain. The vice president nominees are; Governor Sarah Palin and Us Senator Joe Biden. US Senator Barack Obama was born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Obama is married and has two daughters. He is also a church man. Right no he attends United Church of Christ. Obama also went to Columbia University and Harvard Law School. He graduated with a B.A. US Senator John McCain was born on August 29, 1936 in the Panama Canal Zone. He's married with seven children. McCain is a Baptist, he attended National War College, and graduaed with a B.S. Governor Sarah Palin was born on February 11,1964 in Idaho. He is married with five children. Assemblies of God. She went to the Universary of Idaho and graduated with a B.S. US Senator Joe Biden was born on November 24, 1942, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He is also married and have three children. He is a Roman Catholic. Biden went to University of Delaware and graduated with a B.A.

What individual is responsible for writing the First Amendment? James Madison
List five facts about the First Amendment.freedom of religion, petition, press, assembly and speech.
What document lists the First Amendment? the bill of rights
How many words are in the First Amendment?45 words
Define libel.the act or crime of publishing it.
Define slander. defamation and calumny
What is the Pulitzer Prize? How much money does an individual win?The puiltzer prize award is the highest national honor in newspaper journalism, literary, achievements and musical composition. Each person wins 10,000.
Name the movie which reveals the press's role in uncovering a story that forced a president to resign. All The Presidents Men.
Who is Mike Barnicle? From what newspaper was he fired and why?Mike Barnicle is a newspaper writer and has been a newspaper columnist. He was fired from The Boston Globe because he was being blamed for plagiarism.
Identify each of the following journalists and why they are famous.
Bob Woodward-Bob Woodward is an assistant managing editor of The Washington Post. He is famous for the watergate papers.
William Randolph Hearst?-William Randolph Hearst was the leading newspaper publisher. He was famous because of his father, which was a millionaire.
Helen Thomas- Helen Thomas was an American news service reporter, a columist for Hearst Newspaper, and a member of the White House Press Corps. She was famous for being the first woman in clubs associated with the president, and she wrote four books.
Who is Tom Brokaw and what books did he write?- Tom Brokaw was a television journalist and author. He wrote books like,"The Greatest Generation: Letters and Reflections",and "A Long Way from Home: Growing Up in the American Heartland".
Who is Alan Diaz and why is he noteworthy?- Alan Diaz hispanic journalist. He is noteworthy because he won the Pulitzer prize in 2000.
What motto does The New York Times print in its upper left corner? Excelsior
What is The Associated Press?- The associated press is a news organization where people gather around transmit there news, then broadcast it so that other organizations.
What is Gannett?-Gannett is the largest news paper publisher in the United States.
What is Knight Ridder? Knight Ridder is an American media company that produces newspaper and Internet publishing.
What is The Freedom Forum?-The Freedom Forum is a international foundation that allow people freedom of speech.
What is the American Society of Newspaper Editors?-A organization of newspaper editors.
Who is the founder of USA Today and where is he from (provide city and state)?- Bob Sema is the founder of USA today. He is from Brazil.
How many newspapers does our school library carry?1
What is the difference between a publisher and an editor?- The publisher decides if the book is good or not. The editor is the one who checks for mistakes and errors.
Define yellow journalism.- The journalistic practices of Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst.
Define censorship.- When the Government monitors your tv, radio, and computer.
List five books that have been censored.- The Bible, Comics, Mythology, Literature Classics, and Poetry.