Basic News Writing

Teacher Job Cuts

• Who?Austin school district administrators.
• Who is involved?parents and employees of AISD
• Who does/did the situation affect?Teachers, many will be layed off to help close the debt
• Who said so?school board
• What?The districts cutting of 1,153 jobs
• What is happening?teachers are being let go to help clos a shortfall in money
• What did happen?Administrators just informed everyone involved on their plans
• What are the consequences? Less teachers, more students per classroom, less 1X1 time.
• What is different about this?We shouldnt be closing school down, we should be putting money into education
• What are the choices?Cut teachers and close schools or fall under budget
• When?June 2011
• When did or will this happen?June 2011 and will happen agoing 2012-2013
• When was this discovered?At the end of the 2009-10 school year
• Where?AISD
• Where did or will this happen?AISD
• Why?to close an anticipated $94.4 million shortfall
• Why did this happen or will it happen? Over spending without insurance that the debt could be paid
• How?Investing in thing that are not very essential to education and/or
• How did it or will it happen?Teachers one by one will be told to leave
• How much does it cost?Not much at all
• How many people does this affect?Very many, students, parents, and the teachers families.
• How do you feel about this?It is unnecessary and should be happening in the first place, but there is now nohting we can do about it.

• BARRY BONDS CASE
• Who? Randy Velarde
• Who is involved? Greg Anderson, Barry Bonds, Jason Giambie, Jeremy Giambi, Marvin Benard
• Who does/did the situation affect?Randy Velarde and the MLB.
• Who said so?U.S. District Judge Susan Illston
• What?Illegal use of performance enhancing drugs
• What is happening?
• What did happen?
• What are the consequences?
• What is different about this?
• What are the choices?
• When?
• When did or will this happen?
• When was this discovered?
• Where?
• Where did or will this happen?
• Why?
• Why did this happen or will it happen?
• How?
• How did it or will it happen?
• How much does it cost?
• How many people does this affect?
• How do you feel about this?

 

Student Of The Month

1. How do you feel being named student of the month?
2. How do you think you managed to get that title?
3. What do you think you did that would make you a canidate for this award?
4. Would you consider yourself a "Nerd" for being named student of the month?
5. Now as student of the months are more girls/boys trying to talk to you?
6. Would you like to be named student of the month again?
7. If you were not to have been ever named student of the month would it bother you at all?
8. Is this the first time you have ever received a title for exceeding expectations at school?
9. What would you say is most likley the reason you are student of the month?
10. Now that you are student of the month do you think you will be more involved in school activities?
11. Do you think your academic performance had anything to do with your nomination?
12. Do you think you are setting a good example for the rest of the student body?
13. Is being student of the month a big accomplishment to you?
14. Now that you are student of the month are your goals set even higher?
15. Does this nomination spark your interest in being a politician what so ever?
16. Do you think you have a good chance at being named student of the YEAR?
17. If someone else wanted to be named student of the month what advice or help would you give them?
18. Do you think as student of the month that your teachers expect more from you?
19. Why do you think a student would want to be student of the month?
20. Did you ever think you would be student of the month?

ANSWERS

1. I feel very good about it, very proud
2. My awesome grades
3. Being extremely smart academic wise
4. I would laugh at their immaturrity
5. No there is no noticable difference
6. It doesnt matter to me very much at all
7. I would be slightly jelous but still happy for their accomplishment
8. Yes
9. I am an excellent student in every way
10. Soccer, NHS, band, and yes i plan on joining more
11. i maintain a 3.6 GPA
12. I am setting a very good example
13. not really, it was bound to happen one day
14. I have much higher goals
15. yes i think i have a very high chance

CORRECTIONS

4. How would you react if someone called you a "Nerd" for being named student of the month?
7. If you were not to have been named student of the month but your best friend was, how would that affect you?
10. What extracurricular activities are you involved in and now that you are student of the month do you think you will be more involved in school activities?
11. How are your grades and do you think your academic performance had anything to do with your nomination?
14. Now that you are student of the month are in what ways have your goals changed?
18. As student of the month how do you think that your teachers expect more from you?
20. What advice would you give someone who wanted to be named student of the month.

School Uniforms

Sources-

• Mr. Girard
• Coach Williams
• Arnulfo Escamilla

Questions-

1. Have you ever had to wear a uniform at a school you have attended?
2. Do you believe that uniforms can help the learning environment?
3. What are the advantages to wearing uniforms?
4. What are the DISadvantages to wearing uniforms?
5. Do you think that uniforms deprive students from being able to freely express themselves?
6. Would you like to have mandatory uniforms at your school?
7. What kind of uniform would you recommend?
8. Do you believe that uniforms will cut down the rate of fights or confrontations between students?
9. How do you think the economy will be effected if every school in the U.S. has mandatory uniforms?
10. Will uniforms stop gang activitiy on school campus?
11. What do you think you will dilsike most about mandatory uniforms?
12. Do you think uniforms will help students out financialy?
13. Should teachers have a dress code as well if we are required to?
14. If the school is making their students wear a dress code should the students be required to buy a uniform up to the schools expectations or should the school provide the uniforms?
15. How do you think the student body will react to the change?
16. why do you think the school board made the change?
17. If you disagree with the unifrom policy how would you try to fight it?
18. Do you think students resistant to the uniform policy will go as far as starting their own little "Revolution" against the policy?
19. Should the uniforms be the school colors?
20. Do you want to have uniforms at your school?

The Sport Pros

-Travis Haughton
The focus of the the portfolio is of an ordinary persons everyday schedule activities
Problems-

• Over Cropped
• Bad Timing and not using the best angle
• No variety;Same Lense

Positive Features-

• Good lighting
• No blur at all

I overall liked a lot of the photos, I think the shots of athletes in action came out really good, but, the photographer also took a lot of useless photos for example the one of a man trying on a halloween mask of a golf ball.

-Nick Adams
The focus of this portfolio is the struggles and let downs of peoples lives.
Problems-

• Too many kids
• Over cropped
• Terrible angles

Positive Features-

• Good Timing
• Great Lighing

I thought this portfolio was okay, there were more bad pictures than good, but the good pictures ended up coming out great so they kind of compensated for the bad pictures. I liked the location of many of the photos like, the beach, home, and the football field.

-Jordan Murph
The focus of almost the entire portfolio is SPORTS!
Problems-

• Bad Lighting

Japans Earthquake

This photo really caught my eye because it covers a lot of ground, and it almost looks as if the coast of Japan  is being swallowed whole by the ocean.  The waves are pushing really fast and really far into Japan. Its kind of hard to imagine being there while this wave of destruction is charging towards you.

This photo of one of the Tsunamis waves hitting the beach and coastal neighborhoods caught my attention because I can already imagine the destruction of the land, trees, and houses. Just the force of the impact can tear some of these houses down, yet they are being constantly hit and flooded by the Tsunamis waves.

This is a photo of a whirl pool right off the coast of Japan.  Its size is incredible judging by how close to land it is, and its currents are destroying buildings along the coast. This whirl pool maybe caused three times the amount of damage in its area then just the 1st wave did.

 

 

Touching People

1. I think this project is a pretty easy one to do but can be pretty time consuming trying to get two strangers to touch each other to take a photo. Over all I think the photographer did a pretty good job and got some excellent shots of strangers touching each other.

2.If someone approached me with a camera and asked me to participate in a photo shoot where I had to touch a complete stranger I think my decision would depend on how the stranger looks, a pretty looking women is going to be a lot more appealing than a smelly hobo. I would also want to know if the photos were to be published anywhere such as a magazine or billboard/

3.I Think an unusual photo shoot similar to this one that I think would be fun to go and shoot would probably be of all the different festivals that happen here in Austin such as South by South West, Mud, Marley Fest, Kite Festival, and all the other fun events that are going on.

4. I don't think the photographer thought very much about the rules of photography because in every picture the people are in the dead center of the frame, but in alot of the photos the background of the pictures is very blurred putting the viewers entire focus on the two strangers touching each other just barely giving the viewer an idea of the persons general location such as the beach or a busy New York street.

Cool Advertising Idea

This AT&T advertisment is my personal favorite.  The reason i like it more than the rest is because back when I was a little chap in elementary school i would make this same shape with my hands and would cast a shadow that would look like an elephant.  So this picture brings back some memories from the good old days and its funny to think that AT&T might have stolen this idea from me!