current events 5/23/14

1) http://abc13.com/pets/adorable-bear-cub-charms-police-in-oregon/74726/
police find an adorable black bear cub.
2) http://abc13.com/family/soldier-poses-as-waiter-to-surprise-mom/75002/
a soldier surprises his wife as he dresses as a waiter.
3) http://abc13.com/news/suspected-school-flasher-arrested/73746/
caught the SBISD streaker
4) http://abc13.com/news/cash-and-jewelry-stolen-from-pawn-shop/73393/
robbers caught on cam he still wanted for of course the obvious

chroncurrent events5/16/14

1) http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/
extreme weather in Houston and texas.
2) http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Man-and-woman-wounded-in-Houston-nightclub-5483061.php
man & woman injured in a shooting at a night club.
3) http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Dog-attacks-on-postal-workers-happen-most-often-5480544.php
this tells us our dogs attack post mans the most. very interesting.

Frackingeditorial. 5/13/14

       I am against fracking because it one destroys the land in most cases land was destroyed by the digging up to much land and the chemicals leaving its scar on what was or could have been beautiful land. Two it has the ability to ruin a home or land own by you, because if they have a right to dig on your land they will and you have to deal with it. Three it only gives us two things a well or a oil field you don't get paid unless you own both land and the ground. I just think its not cool having to destroy land for thing like that.
      I am against fracking because it destroy the natural environments and that can ruin the natural life styles of some plants and animals. This process is why you see some animals go extinct its because we are destroying the land they live off of. Fracking is not the only thing that does this but its almost the same as us chopping down the rain forests. just from chopping the forests we kill thousands of animals unknown and known thats not even the worst part we don't always kill animals as we chop down the land but we also kill the earth. the amount of thinks killed are numerous but worst of all in most cases the land will never restore, Digging to much will kill the land and it can make the soil inhabitable to any plant causing the land to have to take time and recover.

I see fracking as something we do for resources. But is it really worth it. is slowly destroying the planet a good thing for things we could ohhh i don't know find a way to make solar or water powered devices, but no we humans are a greedy race and the big oil and other companies only care for money over this planet we live on.

current event 5/12/14

1)   http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9534621
A story on a boy who disappeared on valentines day he was going to deliver a gift to his girl and wrecked his car he wasn't found until the found a body in the Houston ship channel
2)  http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9533758
exactly s the title is a driver drove strait into a Whataburger he ment to reverse.
3)http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9532941
 sex assault of a child by a drama teacher. 16 year old claims to love him
4)http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9532740
man was ran over by car then shot to death in parking lot.
5)http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9531204
 man killed by ongoing traffic hit and killed walking on the highway
6)http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9530508
man his people with his car cause they teased him to much about his killer son.

current event 5/8/14

1) http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9531684
a humble ISD teacher caught with new and used needles 7 guns and $10,000 in cash a teacher by day a drug dealer a night.
2) http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9531587
a story of a man who drive into a crowd claims he was harassed till he took action.
3)http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9531204
a story of a man who was hit and killed jay walking a beltway
4)http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9530731
a story about a man named francisco cruz charge with animal cruelty agains a poor pony.
5) http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9531021
parent sue fort bend ISD for child's death.
6)http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/national_world&id=9531697
a huge quake happened in mexico city.

headlines exercise 5/5/14

1) http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Snapped-clamp-eyed-in-circus-accident-2-critical-5452895.php  dangerous circus stunt gone wrong.
2) http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/College-Station-man-plunges-to-death-on-Lake-5452058.php from man up top to man below lake conroe
3) http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/Fort-Worth-vet-admitted-keeping-five-caged-dogs-5454052.php animal cruelty at vet in ford worth.

headlines 5/1/14

1) its got to sell the story, tell the facts, be accurate. 

2)be objective don't editorialized, simple but precise, make tone fit content.  

3)make it creative like if it involves soccer make it involve soccer. 

4)avoid passive verbs in headlines.

5)when separating two sentences in a headline do with a semi-colon(;)

6)the main headline should never depend on a kicker or other secondary headline 

Ex. if elected in november, obama 

Says he will get U.S. out of iraq (incorrect)

Ex. Getting out

Obama promises to end iraq war (correct)

homecoming feature story

   Homecoming the time of year many students gather and have a big party or a dance. Its the time to find some friends or an date and plan to have a great time. its not the worlds best party but its a time where you can hang with friends and have fun. If you never plan to go to a homecoming I say you should at least go to one, don't know what to do don't worry i can assist you.
 
   having a plan for homecoming is one thing that is necessary if you don't things might not look good for you, you could piss off the father of your date and your date or even your friends. so  the  best way is to have a plan.if you can make a plan here is a short average grade c.

  First of all things you want to get your friends or a date. "if you can not get a date at least find some friends to go with its always funner when you have a group of people who you can hang or have fun with"said george from the previous homecoming. then if you have a date you will need to discuss when you are getting or going to get picked up. "you will need proper attire" said jose who last homecoming wore sweat pants and a bandana and got kicked from his dates home by the father.
finally come to the location of your homecoming and enjoy your day.

 

featurewriting4/24/14

1) The lead should open with the specific, then go to the general.
2)twist mood to surprise reader
3) dont state the obvious
4)starting statement creates drama.
5)tie ending with the lead

current events.4/22/14

powdered alcohol the new product accidentally released. it is a add water to make like alcoholic substances. it is now going to be tested it might get recalled and  if released it can become the new drug of the century it is un powder for and has unown effects on the body though snorting don't say it cant get snorted or who is stupid enough because human are stupid enough to snort dirt.
2)nasa. to celebrate earth day nasa is asking you to take selfies on twitter # global selfies to see how many they can get.
3 south korea ferry sinking. in korea a ferry sunk killing 104 with a few hundred missing. this one of the top boat related deaths.

texting and driving 4/15/14

In many cases mankind has grown to attached to their technology way to attached to be safe anymore.           people and their phones are extremely hard to take away if you're helplessly addicted to it.  In todays generation we are on our phones 24/7 we use them to play music all day,  we take selfies and play our apps to points where they ignore their surroundings and get in trouble and if you take this bad habit into a car I wonder what trouble you could get into while doing that.  It doesn't take a genius to know while on the road you have to pay attention to what is around you.  Do you think its ok when you look at those texts and reply to them.  Do you think its ok to kill someone or endanger your own life. there are on average 330,000 injuries in a texting related accidents. this is telling us texting is becoming more important than you're own life and others lives. technology is addicting i know that but it should be something you can set down for at least an hour long drive. 
Why is technology so addicting that it can in some situations you put it over you own lives? Its because it is a tool to push away your boredom. when teens with phone are bored what do they usually do. They pull out their phones and do what they do. This habit is a thing that is harmful to us when we drive. Driving is fun for the first few times but it gets old and boring and with that habit you have you will most likely pull out your phone and do what you do when ever you get the chance. thats why texting is especially bad when driving. driving require 100 percent of your focus to minimize accidents. 

 

top5tipseditorial.4/14/14

1) don't be a preacher.
2) write in third person.
3) pick a stance or side.
4)be mature fair and reasonable.
5) try to create original thoughts.

editorial blog 4/10/2014

1) http://www.newbernsj.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-bullying-has-no-proper-place-1.231533
in this story he is is arguing that bullying has no place.


2) http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/pro-life-movement-wont-stop-fighting-abortion/2013/03/01/94083902-6cd2-11e2-bd36-c0fe61a205f6_story.html
 the writer is  pro life abortion or anti abortion and talks about the facts of abortion and why their against it.
3) http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20121018/life04/121019298/1057
this writer is for dress code and says it doesn't bother them.

4) http://www.dailytargum.com/opinion/editorials/students-should-watch-more-basketball/article_871df8b0-8548-11e2-98a3-001a4bcf6878.html
this is an editorial on this persons believe students should watch more basketball.

5) http://www.denverpost.com/editorials/ci_24888422/third-dui-should-count-felony
a editorial on this persons belief on drinking and driving should count as a felony.

6) http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/protect-the-endangered-species-act-editorial/
a editorial on his or her opinion on why we should protect the wildlife.

A mighty heart questions 4/7/14

1) after watching the movie "a mighty heart", what do you think about the risks that journalists take in order to cover a story in a hostile country?

2) do you understand from watching the movie how complicated other cultures are?

3)can you name one more example of a journalist that was killed in another country while covering a story?

                                                                         Answers

1) I believe that the pursuit of a great scoop comes with a price from a bullet hole in a war story to being killed by the subjects people. there are many was to be harmed and if not in home terrain your death may not be avenged cause in some cultures they can get very secretive.

2) Yes I now see that cultures are very different than ours and the difference could be fatal.

3)Remi Ochlik a photographer killed in syria. 

current event 3/28

1)district police chief fired http://www.koat.com/news/new-mexico/albuquerque/aps-police-chief-steve-tellez-fired/24975934 

2)i-10m drug hall. http://theadvocate.com/home/8727614-125/state-police-targeting-illegal-drug

3)katy man terrorism   http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Katy-man-arrested-in-terrorism-case-5357016.php?cmpid=htx

4)malaysia plane objects http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/28/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-plane/

5)georgia  teen 31,000$  http://abcnews.go.com/Business/ga-teen-spends-31000-mistakenly-deposited-account/story?id=23086244

newswritingmarch27/2014

five things i learned


1) leads need too focus on the future and most important new info.

2)leads summarize 5 W's and H that starts off with the most important.

3) rarely use who, when and where leads

4)direct quotes elaborate on the paragraph before them.

5)direct quotes should not repeat the transition or lead before them.

blog 3/4/14 class assignment

If i caught my friend plagiarizing i would first tell him/her i can't publish it even if they beg because on it copyrighted. I would tell them to rewrite it or not get the story at all. Before I would first check to find the article is not theirs by typing it in the computer most times you find it if you type its content. if I find the article they copied i would tell them to write a new one or not at all. As a punishment if i found out later would be at the school level would be a small suspension for getting the school sued and if not caught then lucky you.

current event2/24/14

1) Christopher Paterson
2) they are having a coup de'etat also food shortage something about Maduro.
3)Joaquín el chapo.
4)extending breakfast hours.
5)toddler.
6)hackers warning.
7)net-flex.

current event 2/18/14

1) ice dancers win for the first time.
2) snow board
3) school closure
4) leader of black panther.
5) they on a man hunt
6) he collapsed
7) the bachelor

top6features.2/14/14

1)primary text frame thing
2)font list
3)content collection mode
4)liquid layout
5)alternate lay out.
6)?

My favorite of the features is content collector I think it will be most helpful because if you have multiple pages of a certain emblem than you could simple drag it out.

top things i've learned about IN design 1/31/14

The 5 thing i learned
1) put in layers
2) how to put in layer
3) set up the page
4) how to mess with the texts
5) how to take color from pic to text.

1/14/14headlines

1)one thing that i learned from this power point was that a headlines is a small sentence that summarized the story.
2)there are many combination of these title.
3)that you could give a heading to almost anything.
4)they require a subject and a verb
5)it has to make sense  it cant be a story like man kills woman that would be to easy but it cant be man stabs wife with multiple stab wounds because she slapped him. it should be something like man kills wife for slapping him.

news writing info.1/13/14

The five things i learned today in the slide show are 

1)I learned that political cartoons are used to evoke peoples emotions.

2) I learned how a newspaper article should look like. 

3) I learned what a news article should have.

4) I learned the three main sections of an editorial.

5) I learned the part to a news story.

current event 2014 jan 7

 1) chicken wing are shown to have far less availability than almost all snacks
2)
3) bill, O brein http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/07/bill-obrien-expected-to-add-several-penn-state-assistants-to-houston-staff/
4)http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9384527
5)http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9383797