Dispatch Issue #4

News: New internet filter identifies students in need of support
AISD Chromebooks are monitored and filtered, and AI has been used to determine whether a potentially alarming search is for school or needs attention. If a search is considered alarming, it's sent to the student's councilor and their parents, and the student is called to see the councilor to verify if the search is a concern or not.
1. Kevin Schwartz, Tracy Spinner, Nicole Hepburn, Nicolas Batos
2. "We're a team, much like a sports team... before they escalate their behaviors to harm themselves or someone else."
3. I was drawn in by in the lead because it addition of a political element interested me. However, I feel like the lead isn't really a lead due to it's length.
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Commentary: Businesses support any political charity of their choice
Many companies will donate to charities, but some specifically avoid donating to to certain charities will separate morals, such as Chick-fal-A not supporting LGBTQ. It's the consumers' choice to support those companies' decisions because no matter what companies decide do donate for, it's the consumers who provide the money to do so through their services.
1. Dan Cathy, Chick-fil-A Foundation
2. "We are very much supportive of the family-the biblical definition of the family unit."
3. I don't feel that the lead sentence, or the paragraph, made me want to keep reading. It seemed pretty simple and not attractive. In fact, I found the entire rest of the story more interesting.
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Feature: The rising "flex" culture changes customers purchases
"Flex culture" is a culture becoming popular amongst teenagers and/or high schoolers where it's normal/popular to purchase expensive, new items. This culture views purchasing expensive material goods as a rewarding, luxurious achievement, as it teaches people how to save up for something they really want.
1. Ethan Ramirez, Riley Hughes, Vincent Nguyen, Jaqueline Gonzales
2. "I feel good when I make one of these purchases, but a little unsettling, since it's so expensive... and 'flex it to your peers." (I just skipped writing most of the quote to save time)
3. I don't really feel attracted by the lead sentence. It's only somewhat that attractive in it's language. It's simple and straight to the point, but it seems like a pretty obvious statement, and it doesn't give much to attract me to the story.
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(This one was filled with a lot of many grammatical errors, enough to make the story feel choppy)

Sports: Student gamers impress at eSports competition
Bowie's eSports team is becoming popular, and it's performing well in competitions. They have already attended a competition against another AISD high school, and they destroyed them in games such as Rocket League and League of Legends.
1. John Demopoulos, Principal Mark Robinson, Jack Vinson
2. "For the first time, indead of sports teams... in eSports, it's a big opportunity,"
3. I don't think the lead sentence was attractive at all. The first sentence felt like a short 3rd grade sentence that conveys zero emotion when you read it; in other words, it was simple, lacking, and outright bland. The lead also seemed to be that sentence, but it was inside a transition. (I feel like this is overly critical)
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In-Depth: Global human rights violations and social issues lead student activists to take action by advocating on a personal level
Young people these days don't feel that they understand social, political, or human rights problems enough to voice an opinion on that and instead prefer to focus on their own lives and "now". However, it's up to young people to voice their opinion as the generation emerging into power so they change take action when they finally become old enough to make a change.
1. Jake Stachura, Malaika Beg, Kam Magor, Rachel Cambers
2. "It's an anger towards unjust actions... you've changed the world."
3. I feel the lead was quite attractive. It is simple, but it gives enough information to be interesting and make me wonder what else there is. I don't think just the lead sentence is enough on it's own to draw me in, but combined with the rest of the lead, it's simple, informative, and attractive.
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Third:
1. I like the photo on the middle-left of page 11. I mainly just like the lighting and the environment. It reminds me of watching a sunrise or sunset and just enjoying it.
2. I dislike the photo to the top-right of page 12. It's somewhat creepy because it seems like someone tore up sheets and cotton plants and hung the shreds over their self. I also generally don't like pictures of people.
3. I really wish I had taken been involved in the e-sports story.
4. I feel like the photos where just fine. There were a lot of different ones, which was great, but I don't personally like a lot of photos of people. That may just be normal, but I personally don't like it.

Fourth:
1. I like the graphic in the middle of page 14 about social media. It doesn't show any emotional expressions, but the black color of the person and their body posture really gives a feeling of being drained. I do think the arm's position could have been a little different 'cause it looks like it's coming out of the guy's side, but that's just me being picky. Overall, I really think it conveys it's message very well. I don't even need to read the title or the article to understand what the article is about.
2. I dislike the other graphic on page 14 at the top with the brown background. I feel that it conveys its message with a little too much text and not enough imagery, and it feel somewhat lacking in content. While the figure in my first picture helped by conveying a lot of emotion with just it's position, the person in this graphic is nearly emotionless, and that's really what does it for me.
3. First, that person needs some sort of emotion. They have two eyes and an open mouth. Just adding pupils or eyebrows could do a lot for it. Also, it's pretty lacking in content. I feel like adding a little more detail to the phone would make it a lot more visually pleasing.
4. I have a mixed opinion about the issue's graphics. The small, single picture ones were good at being simple and visualizing their article's point, but some of them were a little to simple to the point where they felt lacking. I wanted more from some of those. Also, out of the 2 larger graphics one was better than the other. I liked the one of the guy on the sofa and how much detail, was in that one, but the giant fist just got in the way of part of the article's text and made it hard to read.