Nancy’s Journalism Blog: 2013

Monday, December 2, 2013

Movie Review Exploration

Name of publication: Nebraska.
Name of writer: Rotten Tomatoes
Grade or score for the movie review: 91%
High Points of the movie (performances, cinematography, plot, etc.):10
Low Points of the movie (performances, cinematography, plot, etc.):8.1
Quote a paragraph from the review that you that expresses the overall opinion of the reviewer about the movie: Elegant in its simplicity and poetic in its message, Nebraska adds another stirringly resonant chapter to Alexander Payne's remarkable filmography.

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Opinion notes.

Characteristic of column

A column expresses the personal viewpoints of an individual.
Includes research and facts.
Should be fair and accurate in the information they use.
includes point of view on subjects.

Common types of columns

News columns: focus on a recent news event.
Profile columns: focus on an outstanding individual.
Fashion and fad columns: focus on trends.
Club Columns: Focus on activities of campus clubs.
News maker columns: highlight prominent students, teachers and administrators.

Vary your subject matter.
Look for oddities and the unusual.
Use an offbeat style.
Keep it short and to the point.
Admit when you make a mistake.
Have a genuine interest in your readers.
Write for your readers instead of yourself.

Don't

Embarrass anyone without real reason.
Assume that you always know best.
Claim all the credit.
Overuse the word "I"
Assumes that your ideas and experience are always fascinating to others.
Hesitate to give both sides of the story.

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

How to do an interview: Tyler Hamilton interview

Describe the style of the interview? The style of the interview is Interrogation.
Why is Tyler Hamilton answering the interviewers questions? Because after years wants to break the silence
Are the questions accusatory? Some, but he admits that the accusations are true.
Does the interviewer make Hamilton feel bad about what he did? I think so, because his face shows this difficulty responding to questions.
How does the interviewer let Hamilton tell his story?Let him tell his what happened and then the interviewer starts asking questions
Record one quote from Tyler Hamilton that really stands out. This quote should be transcribed from the interview with word-for-word accuracy. "there is a lot of other cheaters too is not just Lance"

The Do's and the Don'ts of Interview Questions

1. Barack Obama - Who or what was your biggest inspiration in life to reach where you are now?

2. Daniel Girard - What do you see as the biggest challenge working with high school students?

3. Adolph Hitler - What advice do you have for people who want to bring back the glory days of the 3rd Reich?

4. Tyler Hamilton - Why did you dope?

5. Lance Armstrong - After returning from cancer, how did you justify putting banned drugs in your body?

Monday, November 4, 2013

Using Quotes Notes

Rules for Using quotes

if a source expresses opinion, use a quotation.
A major or complex story needs more than one quoted source..

Information that contains facts (Who, what, when. where, how, or why) should normally be used as unquoted material.

Attribution

Make sure the speaker of all quotations is properly identified.
Use " said" as the verb to attribute the quote

Direct Quotes

the exact, word for- word account of what a source said, enclosed in quotation marks and attributed to source.

Indirect Quotes ( paraphrases)

A summary of whatt the speaker said reworded by the reporter

Partial Quotes

A combination of a direct quotation and a paraphrase, attributed to the source.

Fragmentary quotes

A singe word or shord phrase used by a source that is included in a paraphrase, enclosed in quotation marks and attributed to the source

When to Use Different Quotes

Use direct quotations to express a speaker's unique point of view, personality or manner of speaking
Use indirect quotes when you need to rephrase what the speaker said to make it more clear to the reader
Use partial quotes to make colorful or memorable words stand out. But overuse can make writing seem jumpy and too cute.

Thursday, October 17, 2013

The Eagle’s Eye Leads

Finland, Germany, Italy, and Norway. These are the countries from which Akins has welcomed foreign exchange students this year.

a. Who: exchange students

b. What: Akins welcomed foreign students this year.

c. Why: They managed to come to texas for organizations

d. When:this year

e. Where: Akins high school

f. How: Are exchange students from Finland, Germany, Italy, and Norway.

5. How many sentences is the lead? 2

6. Is the lead interesting? yes it is.

7. Does it make you want to read more of the story? Why or why not? Yes, because interest me to know who these students are.

8. What is the "news" of this story?what they think about to be studying here.

9. Students journalists tend to have a hard time to write without including opinion. Read the article closely to detect OPINION. If you see anything that you believe to be opinion that is unattributed (not in a direct or indirect quote) to a source, copy the sentence that contains the opinion on your blog.

Explain why you believe this section of the article is opinion.
Explain how the writer could have avoided using opinion in the article.
Explain whether you think the writer is biased or just sloppy with their writing.

60 Minutes Interviews Preview

What is the name of the interview subject? The 9/11 Museum
What is this person known for? are relatives of the victims of the attack of the 9/11
What is a memorable quote from the interview? not talking about a simple little thing happened, we talking about a brutal attack on our country.
What question prompted the memorable quote? Even it is painful for children in future generations?
What did you learn? how felt the families of the victims and that the museum will be amazing. The journalist asked good questions.

types of questions

Closed- Ended Questions: A question that allows the interviewee to answer with a yes- no or one word answer.

Open- Ended Question: A question that force the interviewee to answer with more than a yes - no or one word answer.

Follow-up Question: A question that originates from listening to something the interviewee says.

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

60 Minutes Interviews Preview

Monday, September 30, 2013

Lead Writing Practice

A 13 year old boy driving in the wrong direction and speeding, collided into a vehicle driven by an elderly couple sending them to the hospital right away, at the time of 4:45 in the interception of slaughter Ln and First street.

Current Events Options List

Technology -- 1
Professional Sports -- 2
Human Interest -- 3

Lead Writing for News -- The Three Little Pigs

Who: three little pigs and wolf

What: the wolf collapsed houses of the three little pigs.

When: Tuesday

Where: pigsland

How: blow and destroyed two houses of the little pigs

Why: because the wolf likes to eat little pigs

The big bad wolf was found dead on Tuesday after two little pigs found dead under the rubble of their houses.

My Top Story of the Century.

titanic Giant white Star liner sinks after collision with iceberg on her maiden voyage, and 1800 lives were lost in Worlds greatest marine disaster.

Titanic was the one of the largest passenger steamships built at Harland & Wolff in Belfast and the ship was going to be unsinkable. Sadly it hit the iceberg and proved that it was not unsinkable.

It was an important event because so many people died when the ship sank, partly because of the lack of lifeboats, after the sinking no ship was allowed to set sail unless there were enough lifeboats for everyone on the ship. It was called one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters.

Friday, September 20, 2013

Important People in Journalism.

What they are know for:

Why are they important

Diane Sawyer
12/22/1945
ABC news
write his memoirs
worked for the president
CBS news
2007 she went interviewed President
In januanry of 2010 she replaced charles
she was the first woman to work in

Noah webster
was an american lexicographer, journalism, textbook author, and spelling reformer
Noah created the American dictionary

John Peter Zenger
was a german immigant
he came to america in his early teens
Zenger wanted freedom to write what he wanted
truth as the defense

Richard f.
born january 14, 1863 died september 25
worked in new york
his most important contribution was the yellow kid
humor magazines
he became one important entrepreneur.

Oprah Winfrey
se got her own network own

William Randolph Hearst
was born in April 29, 1863
he made news papers exiting for California, he gave news a new name

Katharine Graham
published her memoirs, Personal History, in 1997
2002, was named as one of the international
press institute's 50 World Press Freedom Heroes
2002, Katherine
Nations legendary leader in journalism
The only woman to be in such a high position
at publishing company.
Had a difficult time
Her family's newspaper, The Washington post.

Benjamin Day
best known for founding the New York Sun, the first penny press newspaper in the United States
sold his paper

Charles Buchan
News chronicles
first world war buchan joined the Grenadier Guards.
was offered a job writing about football for the Daily Chronicle

Anderson Cooper
lived in Vietnam
broadcast journalism
author talk show host
game show host
Anderson cooper 360
Cooper's media

John Campbell
Boston News letter first edition
maintained publication of news letter for 17 years
his news letter was the first continuously produced newspaper of British

Micheal Allen
political Journalism
he has inside information that other people wanna know.

Horace Greeley
editor of the new yorker.
founder and editor of the New york Tribune
The New York Tribune was in partnership with the whig Party until
1850.
publications helped sway and effect political nominations and decisions

Barbara Walters
worked mostly in New York
first worked as an assistant to publicity

Walter Cronkite Jr.
helped launch the CBS Evening News in 1962 and served as its news anchor until his retirement
in 1981.