Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Writing the news articles

Citizens of Margaritaville were truly saddened, when a car accident claimed the lives of an innocent family on Monday, October 14th.
With support from the entire community, everyone is bonding as one to get each other through this tough time.
Sources say that the family had been traveling at a high speed, when a moose stepped out infront of them. This sent the car sailing into the ditch, killing all 4 members of the family instantly. The young baby was found approximately 1 km away from the crime scene, Apparently a Dingo is to blame.

Monday, 15 October 2012

Starting with the basics

For this assignment, I was asked to find and analyse three online news story.  I chose this particular one from The Fox 31 website, Which is about a woman who admitted to beating her child, and gluing her hands to a wall.


The first sentence is telling you all about the sentencing that “Elizabeth Escalona will receive for committing these crimes. They tell us all about her sentencing, and a couple of the things she said. It also lets us know how she feels about everything.

As you read on, you are given the most important pieces of information you need to remember after shutting down and walking away from your computer:
Elizabeth Escalona is pleading guilty.
She believes she has no excuse for what she did.
She does not believe she is a monster.

Next, the article gives us the Five W's of their news story.

When: This is a current news story, From October 8, 2012.
Why: The alleged abuser is getting charged with multiple accounts of abuse, and neglect.
Where:  Dallas, TX
What:  It is giving out details on the sentencing of Elizabeth Escalona
Who: A woman guilty of child abuse.
The ending is very disappointing. The woman pleads guilty and the end of the story.
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*Here is a link to the article, just in case you were interested in reading it yourself: [link]

For this assignment, I was asked to find and analyse three online news story.  I chose this particular one from The Fox 31 website, Which is about a $15 Million Marijuana crop that was found in Colorado.


The first sentence is tells you how many plants they found, who they were found by, and it also informs you that is the largest bust in Pueblo County history, and one of the largest in State history.

As you read on, you are given the most important pieces of information you need to remember after shutting down and walking away from your computer:
That it is the work of the Mexican Cartels.
That it is the 3rd biggest grow-op in the state’s history.
They seized 9000 marijuana plants.

Next, the article gives us the Five W's of their news story.

When: August 16th, 2012.
Why: The police seized 15 million dollars worth of illegal substance.
Where:  Pueblo County, Colorado.
What:  It is giving out details on what the police had found.
Who: The Mexican Cartel.
The ending just tells us who they believe to be the culprits.
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*Here is a link to the article, just in case you were interested in reading it yourself: [link]



For this assignment, I was asked to find and analyse three online news story.  I chose this particular one from The Fox 31 website, which is about a giant eyeball that washed up on a Florida beach.


The first sentence is tells you who found the eyeball, and it informs you that the man who found it is always looking for shells, fish and whatever else washes up.
As you read on, you are given the most important pieces of information you need to remember after shutting down and walking away from your computer:
He has never found anything like this before.
He believes it is from a Squid despite what the Scientists say.

Next, the article gives us the Five W's of their news story.

When: October 13th, 2012.
Why: The police seized 15 million dollars worth of illegal substance.
Where:  Pompano Beach, Florida.
What:  It is giving out details on what the man found.
Who: Gino Covacci
The ending shows Covacci telling the Scientists “It’s a Squid, not a Fish … Prove me wrong!”
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*Here is a link to the article, just in case you were interested in reading it yourself: [link]
http://kdvr.com/2012/10/13/softball-sized-eyeball-washes-ashore-florida-beach/

Thursday, 4 October 2012

First Newspaper

After taking a look at both Newspapers, I realize a lot of differences and similarities. For example: The newspapers today are much more cleaned up and nicer looking. Also at the first of every paper, the “humble servant” left a small message for the buyers to read. As far as looks, the paper was ratty; it only contained two pages, and items that would interest government officials, military personnel, and business leaders. Also the newspaper had been constructed from half of a foolscap sheet.
                No I do not believe that the government should have this kind of power today. Everybody has freedom of speech and their own opinion. Just because the government has its conspiracies, they don’t want anyone to know how bad they really are. As soon as someone says one bad thing about the government they are shunned because they believe that they have this power when really they don’t.

                I believe that this comparison was made because it is somewhat true. Back all those years ago they had no source of media other than this, but yet each and every one of us could have contributed what we thought.  I did not find this observation surprising because I completely agree with it. All we have today is basically just an updated version because we have upgraded technology. If it wasn’t for all this new media and technological devices, we would still be using only the newspaper.
                I think that these newspapers are still being published for many reasons. The number one reason would have to be that they are trying to get their points across. Another reason is that some people like to be obnoxious, so maybe they just keep the papers going because they know that they can. A lot of these editors and people working with the press do not care what other people think and don’t care if other people’s feelings get hurt.
                I would have never thought that the first newspaper in Canada would have come out in Halifax. One would think that it would have come out in a way bigger city with more people to see and enjoy it. Halifax was not settled long before the paper came out, with this being said there would have been a lot less people to see what it was. I think that it would have gotten larger a lot quicker if it would have been released somewhere else in Canada first. By the time it reached the smaller provinces, everyone would have known about it and it would have been a huge hit.