The days pass slowly by for students returning to school after a vacation. It means returning to work and writing those papers you should have done while you were off.
Students at East Bridgewater really through themselves back in the swing of work and are now looking at course sign ups for the next year. They have to have made their preliminary decision by March third.
The next vacation is several weeks away, as well as the next day the students get off. It will be a long couple of week for students at East Bridgewater High School as well as across Massachusetts.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
soft leads from news articles
"Sled hockey is one of many winter sports becoming more popular among athletes with physical challenges, such as spinal cord injuries, limb amputations, cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis. In recent years, snow sport equipment makers have adapted equipment, and ski resorts have expanded opportunities for those with disabilities. Health experts say the trend has multiple benefits, both mental and physical."
The above is the nut graph of the paragraph because it explains what the rest of the article will be about.
For rest of article go to http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-02-22-winter-sports-disabled_N.htm
"That's a good question these days, now that thousands of people are finding themselves with pink slips and the need to let colleagues and contacts know they are moving on and -- perhaps more important for job seekers -- how they can be reached.
The farewell e-mail has suddenly become commonplace, a new art form in the electronic age. Yet like so many aspects of the Internet era -- how to unfriend on Facebook, how much to reveal on a personal blog -- the technology has gotten ahead of the etiquette. There are, quite simply, no rules."
This is the nut graph of the article because it describes what is happening and what people are doing when laid off, sending out farewell emails instead of notes.
For the rest of the article go to http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-farewell-emails23-2009feb23,0,2828454.story
"Anderson is certainly no longer a General Motors town, but it is the proud home of the Wigwam, the second-largest high school athletic venue in the world. That status -- and the bragging rights that go with it -- are threatened because the city's school district is in a $5-million budget hole. A special committee is considering shutting the Wigwam to cut costs."
This is the nut graph of the article because it describes why the Wigwam is in trouble and what it is.
For the rest of to the article go to http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-wigwam23-2009feb23,0,2625019.story
"But less than three miles south, in the once-quaint Mexican town of Palomas, a war is being waged. Over the last year, a drug feud that has killed more than 1,350 people in sprawling Ciudad Juarez has spread to tiny Palomas, 70 miles west, where more than 40 people have been gunned down, a dozen within a baseball toss of the border. More -- no one knows how many -- have been kidnapped, and the Palomas police chief fled across the border last year and has asked for political asylum.
Now Columbus is on edge. A haven for baby boomer retirees seeking cheap living, small-town values and blissful, if unpolished, solitude, Columbus can't quite believe that a bloody brawl has broken out on its doorstep. The anxiety increased recently when Columbus disbanded its five-member police force after a local political squabble, putting its safety in the hands of the county sheriff based half an hour away. Many are ruing the decision. Angry and fretful residents packed a recent village trustees meeting to argue the case."
These two paragraphs are the nut graphs because they explain what is going on in the Mexican town as well as the people of Columbus's fear of what will happen in their own town.
For the rest of the article go to http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-bordertown19-2009feb19,0,7443711.story
"The stuff is a simple mixture of table salt and tap water whose ions have been scrambled with an electric current. Researchers have dubbed it electrolyzed water -- hardly as catchy as Mr. Clean. But at the Sheraton Delfina in Santa Monica, some hotel workers are calling it el liquido milagroso -- the miracle liquid."
This is the nut graph of the article because it explains what the 'miracle water is made of, leading up to the descriptions of the rest of the article.
for the rest of this article, go to
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-magicwater23-2009feb23,0,2307567.story
The above is the nut graph of the paragraph because it explains what the rest of the article will be about.
For rest of article go to http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-02-22-winter-sports-disabled_N.htm
"That's a good question these days, now that thousands of people are finding themselves with pink slips and the need to let colleagues and contacts know they are moving on and -- perhaps more important for job seekers -- how they can be reached.
The farewell e-mail has suddenly become commonplace, a new art form in the electronic age. Yet like so many aspects of the Internet era -- how to unfriend on Facebook, how much to reveal on a personal blog -- the technology has gotten ahead of the etiquette. There are, quite simply, no rules."
This is the nut graph of the article because it describes what is happening and what people are doing when laid off, sending out farewell emails instead of notes.
For the rest of the article go to http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-farewell-emails23-2009feb23,0,2828454.story
"Anderson is certainly no longer a General Motors town, but it is the proud home of the Wigwam, the second-largest high school athletic venue in the world. That status -- and the bragging rights that go with it -- are threatened because the city's school district is in a $5-million budget hole. A special committee is considering shutting the Wigwam to cut costs."
This is the nut graph of the article because it describes why the Wigwam is in trouble and what it is.
For the rest of to the article go to http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-wigwam23-2009feb23,0,2625019.story
"But less than three miles south, in the once-quaint Mexican town of Palomas, a war is being waged. Over the last year, a drug feud that has killed more than 1,350 people in sprawling Ciudad Juarez has spread to tiny Palomas, 70 miles west, where more than 40 people have been gunned down, a dozen within a baseball toss of the border. More -- no one knows how many -- have been kidnapped, and the Palomas police chief fled across the border last year and has asked for political asylum.
Now Columbus is on edge. A haven for baby boomer retirees seeking cheap living, small-town values and blissful, if unpolished, solitude, Columbus can't quite believe that a bloody brawl has broken out on its doorstep. The anxiety increased recently when Columbus disbanded its five-member police force after a local political squabble, putting its safety in the hands of the county sheriff based half an hour away. Many are ruing the decision. Angry and fretful residents packed a recent village trustees meeting to argue the case."
These two paragraphs are the nut graphs because they explain what is going on in the Mexican town as well as the people of Columbus's fear of what will happen in their own town.
For the rest of the article go to http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-bordertown19-2009feb19,0,7443711.story
"The stuff is a simple mixture of table salt and tap water whose ions have been scrambled with an electric current. Researchers have dubbed it electrolyzed water -- hardly as catchy as Mr. Clean. But at the Sheraton Delfina in Santa Monica, some hotel workers are calling it el liquido milagroso -- the miracle liquid."
This is the nut graph of the article because it explains what the 'miracle water is made of, leading up to the descriptions of the rest of the article.
for the rest of this article, go to
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-magicwater23-2009feb23,0,2307567.story
Monday, February 23, 2009
5 Soft Leads
"Guess what poll the governor has posted?
Your opinion of a 19-cent gas tax? (Wrong.)
Your opinion of local aid cuts? (Wrong again.)
Should he run for re-election? (Still wrong.)
For the coin collectors, the governor has posted a poll asking what you’d most like to see on the back of a Bay State commemorative quarter."
From Boston Herald "A Quarter for your Thoughts" http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/news/city_desk_wired/?p=1967&srvc=home&position=recent
"It’s the kind of prim summer dress women once wore to church 30 years ago. Except Liz McDonough is standing in a dingy mob hangout, purse on her arm, white high heels on her feet. And she’s trading a coy glance with a monster named Whitey Bulger.
Two of the other gangsters flanking her in this classic state police surveillance photo are dead: Liz’s boyfriend, Angiulo lieutenant Nicky Giso, and Winter Hill front man George Kaufman.
The fourth thug is Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi, who is going to die in prison."
From Boston Herald "Emerging from Haze of Drugs, Thugs and Crime" http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1153919&srvc=news&position=4
"Maybe Thomasena A. Grant of Boston has a very hungry baby at home."
From Boston Herald "Boston Police Blotter" http://www.bostonherald.com/news/police_logs/view/2009_02_21_Boston_Police_Blotter/srvc=news&position=also
"SEOUL, South Korea — Dashing through a kaleidoscopic tour of the far East in her first outing as U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton is back in full campaign mode.
But instead of selling herself as a presidential candidate, Clinton is pitching the still-emerging foreign policy of her former rival, President Barack Obama."
From Boston Herald "Frenetic Clinton hits Asia Running"http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view/2009_02_20_Frenetic_Clinton_hits_Asia_running/
"With economic news getting worse every day, how are we supposed to stay a hopeful, resilient society?
President Obama is our chief planner (the stimulus plan is his baby after congressional Republicans renounced it), our commander in chief (he’s sending 17,000 more soldiers to Afghanistan), our chief spender ($2.9 trillion at last count). And now he is our cheerleader in chief.
From Boston Herald "Road to Recovery Littered with Speed Bumps" http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/op_ed/view/2009_02_22_Road_to_recovery_littered_with_speed_bumps/
Your opinion of a 19-cent gas tax? (Wrong.)
Your opinion of local aid cuts? (Wrong again.)
Should he run for re-election? (Still wrong.)
For the coin collectors, the governor has posted a poll asking what you’d most like to see on the back of a Bay State commemorative quarter."
From Boston Herald "A Quarter for your Thoughts" http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/news/city_desk_wired/?p=1967&srvc=home&position=recent
"It’s the kind of prim summer dress women once wore to church 30 years ago. Except Liz McDonough is standing in a dingy mob hangout, purse on her arm, white high heels on her feet. And she’s trading a coy glance with a monster named Whitey Bulger.
Two of the other gangsters flanking her in this classic state police surveillance photo are dead: Liz’s boyfriend, Angiulo lieutenant Nicky Giso, and Winter Hill front man George Kaufman.
The fourth thug is Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi, who is going to die in prison."
From Boston Herald "Emerging from Haze of Drugs, Thugs and Crime" http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1153919&srvc=news&position=4
"Maybe Thomasena A. Grant of Boston has a very hungry baby at home."
From Boston Herald "Boston Police Blotter" http://www.bostonherald.com/news/police_logs/view/2009_02_21_Boston_Police_Blotter/srvc=news&position=also
"SEOUL, South Korea — Dashing through a kaleidoscopic tour of the far East in her first outing as U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton is back in full campaign mode.
But instead of selling herself as a presidential candidate, Clinton is pitching the still-emerging foreign policy of her former rival, President Barack Obama."
From Boston Herald "Frenetic Clinton hits Asia Running"http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view/2009_02_20_Frenetic_Clinton_hits_Asia_running/
"With economic news getting worse every day, how are we supposed to stay a hopeful, resilient society?
President Obama is our chief planner (the stimulus plan is his baby after congressional Republicans renounced it), our commander in chief (he’s sending 17,000 more soldiers to Afghanistan), our chief spender ($2.9 trillion at last count). And now he is our cheerleader in chief.
From Boston Herald "Road to Recovery Littered with Speed Bumps" http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/op_ed/view/2009_02_22_Road_to_recovery_littered_with_speed_bumps/
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
Print Plus Example Article- Mild Weekend for Boston Area
Saturday Feb. 7th and Sunday Feb. 8th, the Boston area experienced the first days of over 45 degrees Fahrenheit for 2009.
In some areas, temperatures reached 50 degrees. The mild air was a welcome break from the cold weather that the area has been experiencing.
The weekend's weather makes Bostonians wonder if the groundhog saw his shadow or not on February second, Groundhog Day. A nine-year old girl commented "It smells like spring," when asked about the warm weather.
It is expected to cool down a bit on Monday before the mild air returns for the rest of the week. t the moment their is no snow in the forecast, only rain for the rest of the week.
related links:
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/Weather.aspx?location=USMA0046
http://www.wunderground.com/US/MA/Boston.htmlOn
In some areas, temperatures reached 50 degrees. The mild air was a welcome break from the cold weather that the area has been experiencing.
The weekend's weather makes Bostonians wonder if the groundhog saw his shadow or not on February second, Groundhog Day. A nine-year old girl commented "It smells like spring," when asked about the warm weather.
It is expected to cool down a bit on Monday before the mild air returns for the rest of the week. t the moment their is no snow in the forecast, only rain for the rest of the week.
related links:
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/Weather.aspx?location=USMA0046
http://www.wunderground.com/US/MA/Boston.htmlOn
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Ethics in Journalism
Today, in my journalism class, we read a story to illustrated a journalists decisions regarding his own interpretation of the code of ethics for journalism. A police officer had committed suicide while on duty in hopes of getting compensation for 'death in the line of duty.' The journalist discovered that the officer had committed suicide. He was told by the detective, though, that although the man had committed suicide, his family had been going through some tough times. If he reported the fact that it had been suicide and not murder, than the family would not receive the money an officer's family receives for their death. He followed the code of ethics and reported the truth. A journalist's job is to report the truth and not lie to the public and as a result he followed this rule and said that it was suicide.
Another rule in the code of ethics is to minimize harm. The journalist knew that the family was struggling and as a result of the death, losing a source of income. He chose to possibly cut off a source of income for the family by reporting the story. A few months later, he discovered that the family had received compensation for the death of the officer. The journalist had to decide whether or not to report this story. He chose not to because he wanted to minimize harm. He did not want to see innocent people thrown into a worse situation because he reported this story. They got help from their husband/father's former work. The journalist knew that they most likely needed help and he did not want to harm an already grieving family anymore.
Another rule in the code of ethics is to minimize harm. The journalist knew that the family was struggling and as a result of the death, losing a source of income. He chose to possibly cut off a source of income for the family by reporting the story. A few months later, he discovered that the family had received compensation for the death of the officer. The journalist had to decide whether or not to report this story. He chose not to because he wanted to minimize harm. He did not want to see innocent people thrown into a worse situation because he reported this story. They got help from their husband/father's former work. The journalist knew that they most likely needed help and he did not want to harm an already grieving family anymore.
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