Alika Journalism 1 blog: September 2018

Monday, 24 September 2018

Huntington Story

Janice Jones was shot in the right leg around 10 p.m. Wednesday.

"Her dog knocked a 9mm gun that then fired and hit her leg and the side of her car," Police Officer Rye said.

Jones then was transported to Huntington Beach Hospital.

"She had a bone fracture," Huntington Beach Hospital spokesperson Jim Washington said. "She will be out as soon as it is treated."

Janice Jones is being questioned if to be charged for the gun accident.

“Jones doesn’t have a gun permit,” Rye said. “She’s also hasn’t paid for expired plates so I assume she will be charged for this.”

Jones' dog, Tombo, was transported to the Huntington Beach Animal Control. Jones is being investigated for animal abuse charges.

"Tombo has fresh cigarette burns all over its body," Animal control officer Janet Ngo said.” It could have done with a little less abuse and a few more pork chops.”

Monday, 17 September 2018

Student of the Month Interview

1. Why did they announce you as student of the month?
2. How did you achieve student of the month?
3. Who helped you get this?
4. Why do you think you deserve this?
5. Where were you born?
6. What is your full name?
7.What do you do for enjoyment?
8. Why do you or don't like school?
9. Do you have any siblings?
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20. What else do you want to add?

Wednesday, 12 September 2018

Inverted Pyramid and Writing Structures

1. How Lead, Why Lead, What Lead

2. These leads are good because you give a story that has more detail and just presents the facts.

3. A direct quote is a quote that links on the previous paragraph.

4. The quote elaborates on the previous paragraph.

5.“Giving free Wi-Fi to our students will enable them

to do research, read the news or even watch educational

videos each day,” Superintendent Kelli Putman said.

“This change will have a positive impact on academic

productivity.”

6. An attribution is the noun then verb rather than verb then noun.

7.An attribution takes place after the first sentence of the quote.

8. Links the paragraphs together.

9. The three types of transitions are fact, indirect quote, or partial quote.

10.Are the most important and recent facts first?

Is the story accurate? Are the sources identified

fully?

Are the paragraphs short?

Is the sentence structure varied in the story?

Is the story neat and double-spaced so that it is easy

to read?

Does your story flow? Did you use the transition/

quote formula?

Did you use active voice?

11. Editorializing - Keep your opinion out of the

story

Using first and second person - Keep yourself out of the story. Common error: “our school”

Messy handwriting, poor grammar and spelling

Paragraphs too long

Misspelling names in the story

Trying to use all of the information

Contest Day:

Monday, 10 September 2018

CE 1.2

1. 3 inches
2. Barbara P. Mink, Mitch Fuller, Betty W. Hwang, Douglas Gibbins, Sarah Mills
3. Transocean, Technip FmC, and Diamond Offshore Drilling
4. Novak Djokovic
5. The Big Chill, The Right Stuff, and Jurassic Park
Big Response:
1. A military contractor named BAE is allowing bees to do their thing tp integrate bees into cities.
2.140 acres
3. TRIGR is a laser targeting device.
4.10
5. The survival of bees is important to humans because they pollinate many of our flowers and plants.
6.I think what BAE systems is doing good with the bees idea and other companies should follow suit. Why I say that is because bees are very important to our survival due to them pollinating plants.

Ethics

Controversy Over a Concert: Former members of the Eagles band had a concert in 2004 to raise money for a U.S. senator. John Temple, who is a editor and publisher of the Rocky Mountain News, told his reporters to not go to the fundraising concerts. He didn't want his employees from making political donations. His staff members thought that their boss didn't trust them.
My Opinion: I think that you should attend events that may have a political purpose. I think that because as long as it doesn't affect the news story covering the event then it is acceptable.

Offensive Images: There was a cartoon that caused lots of controversy. The cartoon started at a Danish daily newspaper. The cartoon caused lots of riots and killing in Islam. The violent reaction caused many people to check out the cartoon.
My Opinion: I think that they shouldn't have published the cartoon because instead of letting people know what is happening in the world it seems they are attacking the Islamic community. Also it caused more riots to happen in the Islamic world.

Aaargh! Pirates! (and the Press): A band called The Ting Tings' had one of there albums leaked a month early which caused the sales of the album to not sell very well. This situation has been an issue for a long time. Despite causing people to be more aware of music, sites like Rolling Stone and Billboard use leaked music and can cause sales to suffer for albums. I think that there shouldn't have leaked music cause it can cause worse sales for the artist.