1. ABC News, CBS News, PBS
2. The Week, Daily Beast, The Atlantic Vox
3. National Review, The Weekly Standard, Reason.com
4. Liberal: Palmer Report, Patribotics; Conservative: Info Wars, Conservative Tribune
5. Facts: Information that is true and have realistic supportive evidence
6. Opinion: Biased information that is formed from emotions or assumptions that can be both proved and disproved
7. Informed Opinion: Biased information that is formed from experience and knowledge but isn't 100% true
8. You could find facts from authorities or spectators who were present somewhere and know what exactly happened for an event, or you could find video events or accurate documents that contain facts.
9. Informed opinions could come from authorities who are knowledgable in a specific area relevant to your research such as a coach for a football team or the leader of a construction project.
10. You could easily be writing how positively people feel of someone or how people feel about something else, and you may incorporate yourself into that group saying that someone is amazing instead of saying that people are always saying how amazing this one person is.
11. You can look for verbs such as "is" or "should" and see if they have any sort of adjectives following them and make sure that they have factual evidence proving that the description fits.
12. The First Amendment
13. "Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;"
14. In today's world, the media has 2 main purposes. The first one is to make information about major or minor topics readily available to the public so that they are informed and aware of what is happening in the world around them. The other one is to influence the public morphing their stories in a way to convey a certain response or emotion from their audience.
15. All 3 headlines seem directed in different ways. The Reuters seems liberal, the Los Angeles Times seems conservative, and NPR seems neutral.
16. Yes, the bias of the media is very obvious from different sources. You can have one liberal media source focusing on the wrongs done by someone more conservative and use this to attack them. You can also have another media source at the same time showing the remorse or opinions from another side while showing how liberal sources are trying to use this to push an agenda. This can also be vice versa.
17. Conservative sites like Fox probably show other parts of the story you wouldn't see from a liberal perspective because showing the same information as a liberal source could really be confusing because they would have to try to show a different perspective while using data that goes against what they side with.
18. I don't think that all media should treat the coverage the same. The reason they choose different approaches to events or situations is because there is always more than one side to a story. If all media sites treated the information the same, there really wouldn't be any point in using different sources, and everything would be one sided. There is no way everyone can agree on a single view for an event, so they need to approach the situation differently to convey what they want to.
19. It's definitely ok for sources to be slanted either way, liberal or conservative. The reason we have different media sources is because different people have different opinions. These opinions could easily translate into how they word their story, and just giving facts can still give of a singular opinion that some people don't agree with. It's good if sources go left or right. It gives the readers options a larger picture of an event, and it gives them variety for influence.
20. Yes, it's good to see a different view of a story that doesn't quite fit with yours or your preferred media source's. It allows you to get a broader view of the situation and make more accurate opinions about it off more background.
21. I think the media can accurately provide information about what is happening around the world if they first acknowledge the neutral, no-sided facts and then word their writing in a way that gives broader range of information, maybe even acknowledging what the other side believes, and show what facts prove their side of the story. If both sides do that, we have a hopefully even playing field for people to choose from for choosing sides and views.
Monday, September 30, 2019
Monday, September 23, 2019
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Current events quiz 1.2
1. 13 total, 7 Republicans, 6 Democrats
2. Osoka, Nagoya, and Tokyo
3. 11 years
4. 10.46 yards
5. 25 locations
Long Response:
1. I haven't really seen more homeless people because I don't travel around much, but I've heard it's horrible, especially downtown. I feel that Austin is just improving homeless people's state of poverty instead of giving them opportunities to get out of it.
2. I definitely feel that eliminating the area's where homeless people can stay will get rid of homeless people in Austin, but they'll most likely just move somewhere else staying homeless. Austin needs to get homeless people who aren't disabled or mentally ill and need assistance to get jobs and pay for their own homes instead of just being given them or living wherever.
3. I feel that a possible answer to homelessness in Austin is to get those who can work to get jobs and ban certain areas for camping. Why would people not be poor or homeless if they are just given money from government programs or allowed to stay wherever they want for free? They will just want to not work. The way to get homeless people to not be homeless is to make them choose not to be. If they are given everything they need, they won't work for it and will just stay homeless.
4. The best way to serve both homeless and constituents is to get homeless people to become constituents. There are people who can't work and pay for a home and need special care, but a lot of homeless people choose to be because their lazy and don't wanna work. The goal of Austin shouldn't be to pay to make them not homeless, it should be to get them to work for not being homeless.
2. Osoka, Nagoya, and Tokyo
3. 11 years
4. 10.46 yards
5. 25 locations
Long Response:
1. I haven't really seen more homeless people because I don't travel around much, but I've heard it's horrible, especially downtown. I feel that Austin is just improving homeless people's state of poverty instead of giving them opportunities to get out of it.
2. I definitely feel that eliminating the area's where homeless people can stay will get rid of homeless people in Austin, but they'll most likely just move somewhere else staying homeless. Austin needs to get homeless people who aren't disabled or mentally ill and need assistance to get jobs and pay for their own homes instead of just being given them or living wherever.
3. I feel that a possible answer to homelessness in Austin is to get those who can work to get jobs and ban certain areas for camping. Why would people not be poor or homeless if they are just given money from government programs or allowed to stay wherever they want for free? They will just want to not work. The way to get homeless people to not be homeless is to make them choose not to be. If they are given everything they need, they won't work for it and will just stay homeless.
4. The best way to serve both homeless and constituents is to get homeless people to become constituents. There are people who can't work and pay for a home and need special care, but a lot of homeless people choose to be because their lazy and don't wanna work. The goal of Austin shouldn't be to pay to make them not homeless, it should be to get them to work for not being homeless.
Friday, September 13, 2019
How to write in Journalism
1. "How Lead", or the beginning how of the story.
"Why Lead", or the beginning cause of the story.
"What Lead", or the beginning fact of the story.
2. The reason the leads listed above are better than "Who, When, and Where" leads because they give the reader significant reason for the story. A who, when, or where lead mostly gives simple information. A how, why, or what lead allow for an introduction with significance and broadness, not just plain info.
3. A direct quote is an exact phrase or sentence(s) said by an individual inside of quotation marks. It is also exact context from another source.
4. Quotes allow writers to either use exactly what a someone wrote or said as evidence while giving credit to whoever said it. They also used to show that someone wrote or said something concerning the topic being written about.
5. "This is the correct way to format a quote," said Max, "but you can do it other ways such as a split like this."
6. An attribution is the words you use before, after, or in-between a quote to convey who it belongs to and how they conveyed it whether its by writing or saying.
7. Noun then verb such as "Quote," exclaimed Bill Hudson.
8. A transition is the part of a writing in-between two different parts of writing that cleanly links the two together from the first to the next.
9. You can transition with a Fact, a direct or indirect quote, or just part of a quote.
10.
Are the most important and recent facts first?
Is the story accurate?
Are the sources identified fully?
Are the paragraphs short?
Is the sentence structure varied in the story?
Is the story neat and double-spaced so that it is easy to read?
Does your story flow? Did you use the transition/ quote formula?
Did you use active voice?
11.
Editorializing - Keep your opinion out of the story
Using first and second person - Keep yourself out of the story. Common error: “our school”
Messy handwriting, poor grammar and spelling
Paragraphs too long
Misspelling names in the story
Trying to use all of the information
During the 2010-11 school year, our schoolhas reported
22 fights so far. Last year, the school had 18 total fights.
“One of my friends got in a fight, but he didn’t start it. He was defending himself,” said freshman Andy Opel.
In response to the escalating fights, the school district hired the Teen Conflict Resolution Team to help students solve disagreements through non-violent solutions.
After March 23, any student caught fighting on campus must complete a TCRT non-violence workshop, in addition to normal disciplinary actions.
“Students have to learn how to solve life’s problems without violence, and this program will teachour students [them] just that,” said Mr. Brown.
“Now students will get suspended and be forced to attend
this program,” Opal said. “That’s just too much.”
Fights were escalating at the In-a-State Middle School, and the school couldn't control them. In the past two years, a total of 40 fights have taken place. Most of the time, students were attacking out of a sense rage or revenge. To deal with this, the school district hired the Teen Conflict Resolution Team to help students resolve disagreements in a civilized manner.
Mr. Brown, the Principle of the school, explained, "Students have to learn how to solve life’s problems without violence, and this program will teach them just that."
After March 23, 2013, the faculty began to enforce anti-violence policies. Anyone who takes part in a fight and gets caught is required to attend an on-campus TCRT non-violence workshop, in addition to normal disciplinary actions.
"One of my friends got in a fight," said freshman Andy Opel, "but it wasn't his fault. He was defending himself, but he still got suspended and forced to attend this program. This is way too much."
Many students are outraged at the severity of the punishments, and bullies attack weaker students just to put them through the TCRT workshop. According survey was taken by one student, approximately 37% of the students who were in the workshop were merely defending themselves, and 79% of them want the workshop to be removed from school all together. This is currently being debated by the City Council, but until then, students are being especially cautious not to be part of any sort of fight.
"Why Lead", or the beginning cause of the story.
"What Lead", or the beginning fact of the story.
2. The reason the leads listed above are better than "Who, When, and Where" leads because they give the reader significant reason for the story. A who, when, or where lead mostly gives simple information. A how, why, or what lead allow for an introduction with significance and broadness, not just plain info.
3. A direct quote is an exact phrase or sentence(s) said by an individual inside of quotation marks. It is also exact context from another source.
4. Quotes allow writers to either use exactly what a someone wrote or said as evidence while giving credit to whoever said it. They also used to show that someone wrote or said something concerning the topic being written about.
5. "This is the correct way to format a quote," said Max, "but you can do it other ways such as a split like this."
6. An attribution is the words you use before, after, or in-between a quote to convey who it belongs to and how they conveyed it whether its by writing or saying.
7. Noun then verb such as "Quote," exclaimed Bill Hudson.
8. A transition is the part of a writing in-between two different parts of writing that cleanly links the two together from the first to the next.
9. You can transition with a Fact, a direct or indirect quote, or just part of a quote.
10.
Are the most important and recent facts first?
Is the story accurate?
Are the sources identified fully?
Are the paragraphs short?
Is the sentence structure varied in the story?
Is the story neat and double-spaced so that it is easy to read?
Does your story flow? Did you use the transition/ quote formula?
Did you use active voice?
11.
Editorializing - Keep your opinion out of the story
Using first and second person - Keep yourself out of the story. Common error: “our school”
Messy handwriting, poor grammar and spelling
Paragraphs too long
Misspelling names in the story
Trying to use all of the information
During the 2010-11 school year, our school
“One of my friends got in a fight, but he didn’t start it. He was defending himself,” said freshman Andy Opel.
In response to the escalating fights, the school district hired the Teen Conflict Resolution Team to help students solve disagreements through non-violent solutions.
After March 23, any student caught fighting on campus must complete a TCRT non-violence workshop, in addition to normal disciplinary actions.
“Students have to learn how to solve life’s problems without violence, and this program will teach
Contest Day
Mr. Brown, the Principle of the school, explained, "Students have to learn how to solve life’s problems without violence, and this program will teach them just that."
After March 23, 2013, the faculty began to enforce anti-violence policies. Anyone who takes part in a fight and gets caught is required to attend an on-campus TCRT non-violence workshop, in addition to normal disciplinary actions.
"One of my friends got in a fight," said freshman Andy Opel, "but it wasn't his fault. He was defending himself, but he still got suspended and forced to attend this program. This is way too much."
Many students are outraged at the severity of the punishments, and bullies attack weaker students just to put them through the TCRT workshop. According survey was taken by one student, approximately 37% of the students who were in the workshop were merely defending themselves, and 79% of them want the workshop to be removed from school all together. This is currently being debated by the City Council, but until then, students are being especially cautious not to be part of any sort of fight.
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Student of the Month
Sources:
Most Recent Student of the Month: Abbie Brien
Most Recent Student of the Month's Mom: Cheri Brien
Abbie's Classmate: Bob B. Robert
Questions:
For Abbie:
For Abbie:
1. What is the student of the month award?
2. Why do you feel that this award is significant?
3. What are some aspects that help determine the student of the month?
4. How do you feel about being the student of the month?
5. Who do you think was your biggest supporter this past month?
6. Do you feel proud for being student of the month?
7. Is this award special to you?
8. What have you learned or grown in from this past month?
For Mrs. Brien:
9. How do you feel about your daughter being student of the month?
10. Why do you think she got the award?
11. Did you feel that Abbie was more positive in any way?
12. What or who do you feel helped her a lot in the past month?
13. How do you feel a parent is involved in the student's achievement?
14. Does this award hold any significance in your opinion?
For Bob:
15. Where you surprised about Abbie being student of the month?
16. What traits did she possess that you think helped her get the award?
17. How well did she interact with her peers and teachers?
18. Did she ever show signs of being stressed or frustrated?
19. What personal experiences did she help you in this past month?
20. What have you learned from her?
3. What are some aspects that help determine the student of the month?
4. How do you feel about being the student of the month?
5. Who do you think was your biggest supporter this past month?
6. Do you feel proud for being student of the month?
7. Is this award special to you?
8. What have you learned or grown in from this past month?
For Mrs. Brien:
9. How do you feel about your daughter being student of the month?
10. Why do you think she got the award?
11. Did you feel that Abbie was more positive in any way?
12. What or who do you feel helped her a lot in the past month?
13. How do you feel a parent is involved in the student's achievement?
14. Does this award hold any significance in your opinion?
For Bob:
15. Where you surprised about Abbie being student of the month?
16. What traits did she possess that you think helped her get the award?
17. How well did she interact with her peers and teachers?
18. Did she ever show signs of being stressed or frustrated?
19. What personal experiences did she help you in this past month?
20. What have you learned from her?
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
School Uniforms
Sources:
Principle Robinson
Vice Principle Aaron Vohl
President Geronimo M. Rodriguez Jr. of the Austin ISD Board of Trustees
Questions:
1. Where did the idea of Bowie having a uniform come from?
2. Why do you feel that Bowie should have a uniform?
3. When can the students at Bowie expect to start wearing them?
4. How do you plan on having them distriuted?
5. What is the uniform going to be?
6. What is going to be allowed in terms of hair styles and accessories?
7. Who, on the Bowie Staff, is in-charge of managing uniforms?
8. How will a reluctant student be handled if they constantly don't it?
9. How have students reacted to the idea of having uniforms?
10. Do you think it will be difficult to get students to willingly wear them?
11. What is the plan for people who either identify as neither a male or female or have specific religious clothing requirements?
12. Do you feel that it's somewhat strange for a public school to have a uniform?
13. Are there going to be exceptions to the uniform policy for students who are required to wear other uniforms such as those in JROTC?
14. Is the Bowie Facility required to also wear a uniform?
15. Will this uniform bring changes to Bowie's current sport outfits?
16. Is there going to be a fee for losing or ruining a uniform?
17. Do you have any concerns about people with Bowie uniforms committing crimes and harming the school's reputation?
18. Is there any chance that Bowie won't receive uniforms?
19. What are some of your main concerns regarding the uniforms?
20. Are you going to wear one?
Principle Robinson
Vice Principle Aaron Vohl
President Geronimo M. Rodriguez Jr. of the Austin ISD Board of Trustees
Questions:
1. Where did the idea of Bowie having a uniform come from?
2. Why do you feel that Bowie should have a uniform?
3. When can the students at Bowie expect to start wearing them?
4. How do you plan on having them distriuted?
5. What is the uniform going to be?
6. What is going to be allowed in terms of hair styles and accessories?
7. Who, on the Bowie Staff, is in-charge of managing uniforms?
8. How will a reluctant student be handled if they constantly don't it?
9. How have students reacted to the idea of having uniforms?
10. Do you think it will be difficult to get students to willingly wear them?
11. What is the plan for people who either identify as neither a male or female or have specific religious clothing requirements?
12. Do you feel that it's somewhat strange for a public school to have a uniform?
13. Are there going to be exceptions to the uniform policy for students who are required to wear other uniforms such as those in JROTC?
14. Is the Bowie Facility required to also wear a uniform?
15. Will this uniform bring changes to Bowie's current sport outfits?
16. Is there going to be a fee for losing or ruining a uniform?
17. Do you have any concerns about people with Bowie uniforms committing crimes and harming the school's reputation?
18. Is there any chance that Bowie won't receive uniforms?
19. What are some of your main concerns regarding the uniforms?
20. Are you going to wear one?
Monday, September 9, 2019
News Values
1. Timeliness
Trump's trade war not to blame
This article is a review/inspection of someone's accusation of Trump's trade war with Beijing as the cause of the Amazonian forest fires. This event only happened 2 weeks ago, so this response analysis must be relatively new at least.
2. Proximity
Want to end sex trafficking? Look inside our borders
This article is showing how someone got arrested for 15 years for sex trafficking within Austin.
3. Prominence
Who Could Replace John Bolton?
John R. Bolton is the third person who left the position of President Trump's national security advisor. Trump will now need to find a fourth person for the job.
4. Impact
After the Hurricane, Dealing With Insurance Claims
This is about how Hurricane Dorian will affect people's insurance.
5. Conflict
Trump Says He Did Not Know About Service Members Saying at His Resort in ScotlandAlthough there are service members staying at his resort, Trump claims it had nothing to do with him.
6. Human Interest
Dozens of Bahamas Hurricane Survivors Kicked Off Ferry Bound for U.S.
This is a tragic article about how people seeking refuge in America from their destroyed homes were rejected and not allowed to board.
7. Novelty
Red Jeep Stranded on a Beach Becomes a Social Media Sensation
This random, unfortunate picture has probably gone viral, and is so popular, it has become a meme.
Trump's trade war not to blame
This article is a review/inspection of someone's accusation of Trump's trade war with Beijing as the cause of the Amazonian forest fires. This event only happened 2 weeks ago, so this response analysis must be relatively new at least.
2. Proximity
Want to end sex trafficking? Look inside our borders
This article is showing how someone got arrested for 15 years for sex trafficking within Austin.
3. Prominence
Who Could Replace John Bolton?
John R. Bolton is the third person who left the position of President Trump's national security advisor. Trump will now need to find a fourth person for the job.
4. Impact
After the Hurricane, Dealing With Insurance Claims
This is about how Hurricane Dorian will affect people's insurance.
5. Conflict
Trump Says He Did Not Know About Service Members Saying at His Resort in ScotlandAlthough there are service members staying at his resort, Trump claims it had nothing to do with him.
6. Human Interest
Dozens of Bahamas Hurricane Survivors Kicked Off Ferry Bound for U.S.
This is a tragic article about how people seeking refuge in America from their destroyed homes were rejected and not allowed to board.
7. Novelty
Red Jeep Stranded on a Beach Becomes a Social Media Sensation
This random, unfortunate picture has probably gone viral, and is so popular, it has become a meme.
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Current Event Quiz #1.1
1. Walmart stop selling handgun/short barrel rifle ammo because the recent shootings happening at Walmarts or deaths happening in their stores.
2. January, 2014
3. the J.J. Pickle Research Campus at 10100 Burnet Road
4. It's a blitz package that utilizes 8 defensive backs
5. GSD&M
Long Response:
1. After the recent shootings, Trump is being pressured to allow "red flag" laws. This will also allow background checks to be required for people with guns. However, it doesn't seem likely that any such laws will be passed.
2. Red flag laws allow someone's guns to be taken away from them if they seem to be a harm to themselves or others due to issues such as being mentally unstable. From other sources other than the paper I read, I hear that these laws will allow a doctor or someone to report to a judge without notifying you, allowing for you guns to be taken away for a few weeks before you are even allowed to defend yourself. These are also known as "ex-girlfriend laws" because if someone just wants revenge, like an ex-girlfriend, they can just go up to a judge, say their's something wrong with you, and you get your guns taken away, even if you are perfectly fine.
3. I do believe that there should be some sort of background check for gun ownership, but red flag laws are just a method for trying to remove people's gun rights. If someone get's their guns taken away by a red flag law, and their house gets broken into by someone with gun, and they are both healthy minded, the victim has no way to defend themselves. Stricter regulations are just ways to work around the 2nd amendment and eventually take away our guns. They may be intended for good, but there is bound to be someone who will abuse it.
4. Yes I do. If our guns get taken away, or the requirements to use them become so strict that we practically can't, gun violence is going to skyrocket. The law abiding citizens who use guns to protect themselves will obey the law and give up the guns, but the criminals, the people who cause the gun laws to be enforced, won't. The violence rates will go up significantly, and I believe this happened to Australia, so there is a clear idea of what will happen.
5. I feel that gun control should be a state determination, not federal. If gun restrictions get out of hand and become bans, the states could fall into chaos. This will allow for some states to hopefully make smart choices about this. However, bad federal level decisions could very easily cause the entire country to fall.
2. January, 2014
3. the J.J. Pickle Research Campus at 10100 Burnet Road
4. It's a blitz package that utilizes 8 defensive backs
5. GSD&M
Long Response:
1. After the recent shootings, Trump is being pressured to allow "red flag" laws. This will also allow background checks to be required for people with guns. However, it doesn't seem likely that any such laws will be passed.
2. Red flag laws allow someone's guns to be taken away from them if they seem to be a harm to themselves or others due to issues such as being mentally unstable. From other sources other than the paper I read, I hear that these laws will allow a doctor or someone to report to a judge without notifying you, allowing for you guns to be taken away for a few weeks before you are even allowed to defend yourself. These are also known as "ex-girlfriend laws" because if someone just wants revenge, like an ex-girlfriend, they can just go up to a judge, say their's something wrong with you, and you get your guns taken away, even if you are perfectly fine.
3. I do believe that there should be some sort of background check for gun ownership, but red flag laws are just a method for trying to remove people's gun rights. If someone get's their guns taken away by a red flag law, and their house gets broken into by someone with gun, and they are both healthy minded, the victim has no way to defend themselves. Stricter regulations are just ways to work around the 2nd amendment and eventually take away our guns. They may be intended for good, but there is bound to be someone who will abuse it.
4. Yes I do. If our guns get taken away, or the requirements to use them become so strict that we practically can't, gun violence is going to skyrocket. The law abiding citizens who use guns to protect themselves will obey the law and give up the guns, but the criminals, the people who cause the gun laws to be enforced, won't. The violence rates will go up significantly, and I believe this happened to Australia, so there is a clear idea of what will happen.
5. I feel that gun control should be a state determination, not federal. If gun restrictions get out of hand and become bans, the states could fall into chaos. This will allow for some states to hopefully make smart choices about this. However, bad federal level decisions could very easily cause the entire country to fall.
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