1. If I was the sports editor of the school newspaper and I was on the basketball team, I wouldn't write a story on the basketball because my opinion would be bias concidering that I am part of the team. I would recruit another person to write the story instead.
2. I would wait outside the room where the voting was taking place and ask as many questions as I could when the meeting let out. I would interview people as they came out the door. I wouldnt impose myself into a room where I shouldn't be. It's acceptable to wait outside for them to leave though.
3. I'm assuming that "off the record" means that it isn't acceptable for the student population to hear about it? In which case I would print the comment because the teacher would be fully aware that I am writing a newspaper article.
4. The newspaper should correct their mistake in the next issue, they should offer their apologies to the student for false information and then take care to have their facts fully straight the next time.
5. In my opinion, I think the newspaper shoudl win the case because their job is to provide the "news" for people to read. If the rock band was really crappy, then the people have the right to know. However, The article maybe didn't have to be so harsh and therefore I would look into having a lighter opinion on future reviews.
6. I think that the teacher was right in failing me. I would learn my lesson about using information from other sources and passing it off as my own. Even if it was a mistake, I would then always know that I have to site where I got my information from.
7. This is a tought decision, In my case. I would think that "yes", I would quote him although it would be depending on what was said. Anything that discriminates or puts down team players I wouldn't qoute. However, if it shows a bit of spunk and isn't that bad then I don't see any problem with reporting the authentic interview.
8.The editor would tell me that the story isn't finished because I have to get the principals side of the story first. I can't write a story with only one opinion in it. It's only fair if I give the principal a chance to redeem herself.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
Journalism 120 assignment #5
Front Page:
1. 4 items that appear on the front page of the Friday,February 29th edition of the "The Daily Gleaner" is a preview of the weather forecast, the "logo" of the paper which states in big letters "THE DAILY GLEANER", the day, date and city (Fredericton, New Brunswick) and the table of contents which shows the regular articles of the newspaper.
2. The headline of the most important story in the front page is "AGING INDEPENDENTLY" which is about demographics and how the aging population forces the province to find out ways to keep the elderly healthy.
3. The story that I would choose to eliminate from the front page of my paper would be, "PM goes on ski weekend" because it doesn't seem as important as the other headlines in which the public would most likely rather read, or acknowledge as important rather than hearing about the Prime Minister and his ski trips.
4. The three stories that would have photos to accompany them would be "Forest fire cause great damage in Northern Ontario" and "Canadian athlete sets a world high jump record at Athens Olympics" and finally "Postal are set to strike"
Hard News Stories: "Post-traumatic stress triples among soldiers"
1. The reporter is Murray Brewster.
2. The source of the story is is Veterans Affair Canada because they are the people spreading the story and providing the facts and statistics.
3. The reporter was probably contacted by the Veterans Affair Canada minister, Greg Thompson to write a story and spread the word about this serious issue.
4. The reporter tells the facts, and mostly sticks to the issue of the post-traumatic stress that the soldiers are going through. There really isn't two sides to tell.
5. I feel that the reporter should do a follow-up story in order to see the progress of the various programs and treatment that the soldiers will receive and also if there is a decline or incline of the post-traumatic stress disorder.
6. The best quote of the story is "It is the challenge of the future" which pretty much sums up everything in the article. It is said by Greg Thompson.
7.
Headline: "Post-traumatic stress triples among soldiers"
Lead: Veterans Affair Canada
Who: The soldiers of Canada that are deployed to Afghanistan.
What: The issue of numerous accounts of deployed soldiers in Canada that are going through post-traumatic stress after deployment.
Where: In Canada
When: Since December 2005 28% of 1,300 soldiers deployed to Afghanistan have reported symptoms of mental health problems.
Why: The war is the contributing factor How: The war is creating the stress because of the acts that the soldiers are forced to carry out, etc..
Opinion: "Mother of autistic child decries potential French change"
1. The opinion is offered by the mother of the autistic child.
2. The knowledge that the writer has is of what is going on in the province concerning the french program and also the thoughts and concerns of the mother.
3. The facts are that her autisic child shouldn't possibly be forced into the french program because of the hard work that he has done in order to learn his own language, also the children are being forced by the province to go into grade 5 french immersion.
4. The writer is appealing to the emotions. The writer is clearly telling the side of the mother.
5. All of the parents who oppose to the new french immersion requirments will benifit because their side of the story is being told.
Sports:
1. I calculated 10 articles from other sources other than "The Daily Gleaner", and I calculated 6 articles that were written by writers for "The Daily Gleaner".
2. There are 16 articles in "The Daily Gleaner" in the sports section ( not including the small stories on the side )
3. a) Competitor vs. Competitor: would be "V-Reds start strong but it wasn't to be" which was a volleyball game between UNB Varsity Reds against the University of Montreal Carabins.
c) Competitor vs. fan: "Renault Honoured"
which was when fans lined up in the cold to honour a hockey player who tragically died in Ontario at the age of 19 years old.
4. a)The nature of the conflict in the article called " V-Reds start strong but it wasn't to be" was that the Varsity Reds couldn't quite keep up with the other competing girls volleyball teams that came for a tournament. The article states that the Montrealers were more expirenced.
b) The names in the conflict is the Varsity reds of UNB and the Carabins of the University of Montreal.
c) The cause of conflict was that maybe the V-Reds didn't train hard enough, and the other teams trained a lot harder.
d) It just basically isn't a very good image for the women who were on the V-Reds team and might be a bit shameful for those die-hard V-Red fans who support them. Other than that, the conflict wouldn't really have that much significance on pople who weren't involved.
1. 4 items that appear on the front page of the Friday,February 29th edition of the "The Daily Gleaner" is a preview of the weather forecast, the "logo" of the paper which states in big letters "THE DAILY GLEANER", the day, date and city (Fredericton, New Brunswick) and the table of contents which shows the regular articles of the newspaper.
2. The headline of the most important story in the front page is "AGING INDEPENDENTLY" which is about demographics and how the aging population forces the province to find out ways to keep the elderly healthy.
3. The story that I would choose to eliminate from the front page of my paper would be, "PM goes on ski weekend" because it doesn't seem as important as the other headlines in which the public would most likely rather read, or acknowledge as important rather than hearing about the Prime Minister and his ski trips.
4. The three stories that would have photos to accompany them would be "Forest fire cause great damage in Northern Ontario" and "Canadian athlete sets a world high jump record at Athens Olympics" and finally "Postal are set to strike"
Hard News Stories: "Post-traumatic stress triples among soldiers"
1. The reporter is Murray Brewster.
2. The source of the story is is Veterans Affair Canada because they are the people spreading the story and providing the facts and statistics.
3. The reporter was probably contacted by the Veterans Affair Canada minister, Greg Thompson to write a story and spread the word about this serious issue.
4. The reporter tells the facts, and mostly sticks to the issue of the post-traumatic stress that the soldiers are going through. There really isn't two sides to tell.
5. I feel that the reporter should do a follow-up story in order to see the progress of the various programs and treatment that the soldiers will receive and also if there is a decline or incline of the post-traumatic stress disorder.
6. The best quote of the story is "It is the challenge of the future" which pretty much sums up everything in the article. It is said by Greg Thompson.
7.
Headline: "Post-traumatic stress triples among soldiers"
Lead: Veterans Affair Canada
Who: The soldiers of Canada that are deployed to Afghanistan.
What: The issue of numerous accounts of deployed soldiers in Canada that are going through post-traumatic stress after deployment.
Where: In Canada
When: Since December 2005 28% of 1,300 soldiers deployed to Afghanistan have reported symptoms of mental health problems.
Why: The war is the contributing factor How: The war is creating the stress because of the acts that the soldiers are forced to carry out, etc..
Opinion: "Mother of autistic child decries potential French change"
1. The opinion is offered by the mother of the autistic child.
2. The knowledge that the writer has is of what is going on in the province concerning the french program and also the thoughts and concerns of the mother.
3. The facts are that her autisic child shouldn't possibly be forced into the french program because of the hard work that he has done in order to learn his own language, also the children are being forced by the province to go into grade 5 french immersion.
4. The writer is appealing to the emotions. The writer is clearly telling the side of the mother.
5. All of the parents who oppose to the new french immersion requirments will benifit because their side of the story is being told.
Sports:
1. I calculated 10 articles from other sources other than "The Daily Gleaner", and I calculated 6 articles that were written by writers for "The Daily Gleaner".
2. There are 16 articles in "The Daily Gleaner" in the sports section ( not including the small stories on the side )
3. a) Competitor vs. Competitor: would be "V-Reds start strong but it wasn't to be" which was a volleyball game between UNB Varsity Reds against the University of Montreal Carabins.
c) Competitor vs. fan: "Renault Honoured"
which was when fans lined up in the cold to honour a hockey player who tragically died in Ontario at the age of 19 years old.
4. a)The nature of the conflict in the article called " V-Reds start strong but it wasn't to be" was that the Varsity Reds couldn't quite keep up with the other competing girls volleyball teams that came for a tournament. The article states that the Montrealers were more expirenced.
b) The names in the conflict is the Varsity reds of UNB and the Carabins of the University of Montreal.
c) The cause of conflict was that maybe the V-Reds didn't train hard enough, and the other teams trained a lot harder.
d) It just basically isn't a very good image for the women who were on the V-Reds team and might be a bit shameful for those die-hard V-Red fans who support them. Other than that, the conflict wouldn't really have that much significance on pople who weren't involved.
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