Page One Comparisons

1.    Go to www.newseum.org, and find, “Today’s Front Pages” on the right side of the page.

2.      Find “View Today’s Pages,” and click on Map. Find the Arizona Daily Star, and three different newspapers from three different states. (When you find them on the map, click on the orange dot to see the entire front page.)

3.      List the newspapers on your paper. A through C are reserved for American Newspapers, while column E is for an international newspaper:

a.       The Arizona Daily Star

b.       

c.        

d.

e.       

4.      On your paper, use the first row to list what elements are found on page one. Be sure to note the main stories, the major pictures, ad placement, and teasers and promos. Make sure you use the vocabulary words you have learned!

  

5.      After listing the elements, analyze the front page on the second row. What do you like about it? What do you not like about it? Explain why!

6.      In the final row list any changes or improvements you think should be made. Give reasons as to WHY the change should be made.

Day 2 Research Timeline Examples

Examples of Timelines!

For more examples, Google: Timelines, and search under images!

Innovation Videos

Hi Folks,

Take this quick survey here for the Cactus Chronicle!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12wHWopvjO6AQFS8_w4IxiJ-pXPvm-1l4wgOR7uUuVEk/viewform?usp=send_form

Continuing on from our talk about innovation Wednesday, here's what I want you to complete for me:

Go to this website: http://www.oninnovation.com/videos.aspx

At the top, you'll see a search bar, a list of innovators by name, and categories.

1. Use the back side of the innovation paper we started on Wednesday.

2. Pick three innovators and listen to three of their videos. You can choose from either the list of names or the categories.

3. Write the names of the innovators and the names of their videos. Give a three paragraph summary of what the videos were about, what the innovator said about innovation, and how it relates to being part of a team (English paragraphs, not journalism paragraphs).

4. Hand this in by the END of class.

Every Day Edit

The paragraphs below talk about a special date in history. Can you find and mark 10 errors in the paragraphs? Look for errors of capitalization, punctuation, spelling, grammar, and AP STYLE! (HINT: USE THE STYLE GUIDE!)

Eastern Earthquake

When you think of earth quakes in the United States, do you usually think of the western states. That don't mean earthquakes do not happen in the eastern states. On August 31 1886, the first major eastern earthquake was recorded it happened near Charleston, South Carolina. The charleston earthquake was not the first eastern earthquake, but it was the worse. Other earthquakes be recorded in the eastern United States as far back as 1638.

President Nixon Resigns

Richard Nixon became president of the United States on January 29, 1969. In 1972, a break-in was discover at the head quarters of the Democratic National Committee in Washington, D.C. Soon investigators lerned that members of President Nixon's re-election committee was involve in the brake-in, That information led to Nixon's resignation on August 9 1974. He were the first--and only--U.S. president too resign in office.

FOR NEWSPAPER STUDENTS ONLY!!!

Here's two links you may find helpful for the cover letter and resume.

Remember, you want it to pop, so that it catches the eye of your employer, especially the cover letter.

Take this seriously folks.

It's good practice in this classroom, it's even BETTER practice in the real world. This is to lead people for next semester, and I want you to start off on the right foot.

http://www.askamanager.org/2014/02/heres-a-real-life-example-of-a-great-cover-letter-with-before-and-after-versions.html

http://www.askamanager.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/resume-cover-letter.pdf

Great Inverted Pyramids of Giza

For this assignment, you will need to follow the format listed below. Follow along in your journalism notebooks.

When you get to step five, open a blank document in Microsoft Word. Write a six to seven paragraph story using the information you have already collected.

U.S. approved Ferguson no-fly area to block media

1. Review your notes:

37 square miles

After 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot by a police officer

August

Associated Press obtained recorded conversations

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

police requested  FAA to ban air traffic 

Restrictions hindered planes from landing at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport

FAA attempted to change the restricted area to allow air traffic into Lambert

12 days 

police acknowledged it was to keep news helicopters away

Ferguson, Mo. 

Freedom of Information Act used to get recorded conversations

FAA records information

FAA struggled with wording of the no-fly order to prevent media from entering the restricted airspace.

2. Break down the most important facts from the notes:

WHO:

WHAT:

WHEN:

WHERE:

WHY:

HOW:

3. Write your lead. Be sure to make the sentence flow, and include as much of the 5W’s and the H as possible:

4. Group the like information together. List the remaining facts in order of importance:

5. Type the story on a Word document. Make sure the sentences flow, and start a new paragraph every one to two sentences. 

Ducey wins governor's seat

1. Review your notes:

Early ballots and a third of precincts statewide counted

Ducey claimed governor's race

Election night

Republican Doug Ducey defeated Democrat Fred DuVal

DuVal carried Pima County, but did not pick up enough votes in southern Arizona to make up Ducey's advantage in the rest of the state.

Ducey takes office in January

Ducey won the election by a margin of 54 percent to 41 percent

The state is currently in a fiscal crisis due to lower-than expected tax revenue 

DuVal was an aide in former President Bill Clinton's administration

Ducey was state treasurer in 2010

Cold Stone Creamery was built with help from Ducey

DuVal worked on the Arizona Board of Regents, and is a former Tucson High Badger

Ducey claimed 619,000 votes

Other governor candidates, Barry Hess and John Mealer failed to gain over 5 percent of the vote

2. Break down the most important facts from the notes:

WHO:

WHAT:

WHEN:

WHERE:

WHY:

HOW:

3. Write your lead. Be sure to make the sentence flow, and include as much of the 5W’s and the H as possible:

4. Group the like information together. List the remaining facts in order of importance:

5. Type the story on a Word document. Make sure the sentences flow, and start a new paragraph every one to two sentences. 

Writing the Five (W's and the H, of course)

Find the five W’s and the H in the leads listed below (questions 1-5). Some of the leads may not have certain items in them. For questions 6-8, create your own lead with the information given.

1. Drought-starved rivers and lakes are causing trouble for everyone from recreational boaters to major shippers who use barges to haul commerce on the shrunken Mississippi River.

2. Three weeks before a Board of Health vote on the proposal, New Yorkers are less than sweet on Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s plan to prohibit sales of large sugary drinks in city restaurants, stadiums and movie theaters, according to a new poll by The New York Times.

3. Los Angeles Police Department is trying to learn more about the transient who alleged burglarized the home of actor-rapper LL Cool J.

4. A draft environmental impact statement on the proposed Rosemont Mine is "clearly deficient" and needs major revisions, opponents of the mine said Tuesday.

5. Minutes of the last meeting of the Federal Reserve reveal that many board members see the need for additional monetary action “fairly soon” to boost the pace of economic recovery.

6. Literary Society banquet

Last Thursday

School cafeteria

Parents and seniors were honored guests

“Hawaii” theme carried out in decorations, food

Program covers showed Hawaiian picture

Mr. James Wood, who lived in Hawaii for several years, was a guest speaker.

Movies of Hawaii were shown

Seniors given travel posters

7. Sachi Nakane

Won $500 cash and scholarship to the Jeffers School of Business at Carter University

For 4-year course

She wrote an essay, “Why I Am Interested in Studying Economics”

Plans to enroll in the school after graduation

After she finishes the course she wants to work for a large brokerage house as a securities analyst

Scored 800 in the math achievement test

8. Special crafts class

Producing puppet shows

Students made puppets and stage

“the Runaway Pancake” one of four plays produced

Voices are taped beforehand

Performances at Lincoln kindergarten and several nursery schools.