Twitter:finished story

Anchor in: Twitter has become one of the main networking sites very recently, rachel found out what some students around Eastview had to say about this.

Anchor out: Thanks Rachel, I'll have to get an account soon, so I can get a look at this fun newtworking site.

Opening Activity 10-11-11

1. I already knew to get a variety of shots, all different kinds of them. I also already knew to get lots of extra footage.
2.I learned to get plenty of natural sounds in the video. I also learned to get more unusual shots because it will make the shot a lot more interesting.

Opening Activity 10-10-11

1. What is the angle in the Pumped for Pumpkins story?
  The angle is in the eye of travis the guy that grew the pumpkins.
2. Give two examples of short sound bites from the story.
  "I named this one chubacka"
   "You can't murder a pumpkin"
3. Give an example of sequenced shots.
   While he is caring for the pumpkin in the garden. far away shots, close up shots of the pumpkin.

Opening Activity 10-7-11

1. What is the role of the reporter's seques in this story?
   To connect the interviews together, making it with emotional fillers.
2. Why do you think she did not include a stand-up in the story?
   I think she did not include a stand-up because shayna was the emphasis to it.
3. What is the biggest surprise in the story?
   I think the biggest surprise is that she lived.
4. How does the story end with hope?
   It ends with hope by showing that the baby survived and she's moving on with her life healthy.
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Opening Activity 10-6-11

Steve Jobs who was the creator of Apple just passed away last night from cancer. It's a very sad death considering all of the things he brought to new technonlogy. He opened up a lot of things that made our technology into what it is today.

Opening Activity 9-29-11

1.  On the bottom of the camera you open the battery cover and slife it in the memory card slot.
2. The power button  is on the bottom left side of the video camera under the screen.
3. The record button is on the back side of the camera under the zoom in and out.
4. The zoom is on the back side of the camera right above the record button.
5. You press the mode button and the use the joystick to switch to "my works" mode and then you press the play/ pause button.
6. You enter the menu items by pressing the play or pause button.
7. flashlight, video light, effect, exposure, selftimer, histogram and icon.

Opening Activity 9/28/11

1. Establishing shot
2.A wide shot is a shot that gives you an overall feel for the surrounding of the location your shooting at.
3.A medium is a shot that gives a little less setting but a little but more detail.
4.A tight shot is a close up that gives a lot of detail of something.

Opening Activity 9/27/11

1. A sound bite is a little important clip of someone talking that helps shape the story or a piece of audio that can stand alone.
2. A B-roll is footage that you are shooting. Can be used while the interviews are going on using voice overs.

Opening Activity 9-26-11

1. New book about Justin Bieber and his faith.
2.The angle is from the author of the book's point of view
3.This story has prominence, timeliness, unusualness
4.I would make this a broadcast journalism piece by going back to the church's that Bieber and his mom originally started that and getting most of my footage there

Opening Activity 9-23-11

1. The reporter stand up is in the middle of the story.
2.Bob says it's the best in the middle because it can give the reporter a chance to transition from one location to the next. It also gives people the information you can't visualize.
3. there should be 3-5 key main points in the middle of the story.
4.George Exercises a lot by playing baseball.
George got married.
George is still an active adult even at age 99.

Opening Activity 9-22-11

A 36 year old man from Maui Hawaii was recently killed in a zip lining accident. He was testing out a new course when one of the towers collapsed while he was zip lining. The man fell 200 feet into the riverbed below and was instantly killed. Also a man working in the tower while it collapsed fell 50 feet and is injured but thankfully survived. Now they are checking the course and other zip lining coursed around it for safety hazards.

Opening Activity 9/21/11

It is the 40 year anniversity of when President Nixon signed the national Cancer act and cancer research has come fairly far since then. Over this time period we've made a lot of progress such as finding new types of cancer and searching for medicine's that would benefit individuals based on the type of cancer they have instead of a large group of different kinds. All of the progress that has been made is incredible and hopefully we will make so much more very soon.

poximity, timeliness

Topic: Weekend Hot Spot

Eastview Students at McDonalds

Why do you go to McDonalds on weekend nights?
What makes McDonalds different from any other fast food restaraunt around town?
What is your favorite part about hanging out at McDonalds?
Do you ever see people that you know there?
What's your favorite thing to order?

Opening Activity 9/20/11

Ruby Bridges was born in 1954, while she was growing up she was the first young girl to go to a white person public school while she was growing up in the 1960's. Back in the day when so much segregation was happening she and her family were the only ones to fight back at first even though it led to struggles for their family such as loosing jobs and a lot more. Also if Ruby never would have steeped foot in a school of white children things might be different from how they are now.

Opening Acitivity 9/19/11

Recently Rafael Lopez and two married couple went out for the night at a club in Minneapolis when while walking back to the car they were beaten up by a gang of men. They tried to get help from the police but theyu continuously were ignored by the police. I think it's horrible how the police wouldn't help them. This is their job and they completely ignored the victims multiple times. It's scary that this happened nearby and if something were to happen like this to me I don't know if anybody would help me.

Unusualness, proximity, timeliness

1.They usually answer the question 3 times. first time, they answer what you want to hear. Second time, they explain their answer and third time they blurt out a soundbite after you wait a second in silence.
2.The non- question question is where you ask something that you already know that might lead the interviewer into opening up more and telling you what you really originally wanted to know.

Opening Activity 9/16/11

In Jonesboro, Arkansas there was a school shooting and 4 students and a teacher were killed. 2 young boys that attended that school pulled the fire alarm then met together in woods nearby the school and while everyone was walking outside in the fields and Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden shot and killed 4 girls and 1 teacher. The belief is that Johnson and Golden shot or wounded some of the people because of negative past interactions with them, such as their ex- girlfriends. My angle for this story would be to come from all of the students point of view.

Opening Activity 9/15/11

Teen music artist Justin Bieber is hitting the road for his world tour in a month, He's stopping in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and Chile. Justin is also preparing for his new Christmas album coming out in December. I think Justin Bieber is awesome and will have a lot of success with his world tour along with his new Christmas album. It's also really good to know that Justin is still humble after everything now that he is a huge star.

The criteria of newsworthiness was prominence and timeliness

Opening Activity 9/15/11

This article is about an 85 year old man who was trapped in his car for 40 hours straight. This man was driving down a steep road in Texas to look at a pond. The car couldn't makes it's way back up the hill resulting in the car rolling back into a ditch. The man was trapped with no food and almost no water. After a very long time before his car battery ran out he repeatedly honked his horn desperate for someone to find him. For the last 6 hours of being trapped he took out a pen and started writing his will and a goodbye note to his family on the armrest. Eventually a neighbor saw the car and rescue finally came.

Opening Activity 9/13/11

I think google plus is a very cool and interesting thing. If they opened this up for everyone I feel as if it will be a huge hit. I think it will be because where facebook is mostly for the social networking part Google Plus has the social networking part but has a bunch of games so it might attract a new crowd to that site. I think that I would definitely use Google plus and I also think a lot of other people around the world will use it a lot too.

Opening Activity 9/12/11

The documentary Hero's of the 88th Floor is a very powerful movie about what the people trapped on the 88th floor while the attack on 9/11 occured. Thes 30 or so people were trapped on the floor not knowing what was going on. Their only way out was to go down the C staircase because the other ones were destroyed and in the C staircase the door was jammed shut. They finally made it out and with the help of some leaders. Those leaders decided instead of walking down to safety they were going to climb up the stairs to see if anyone on the floors above them needed help. They saved a bunch of people and were named the hero's of the 88th floor. I can't even imagine what all of these people went through. I admire those hero's so much for the courage they had to head upstairs instead of going immediately to saftey and for all of the people's lives they ultimately saved that terrible day.

Opening Activity 9-9-11

The ten year anniversary of the twin towers attack on 9/ 11 is coming up on Sunday. There are many rumors going around that Al Quaeda is planning another attack on Sunday somewhere in New York. One of the main rumors going around is that there will be a car bombing set somewhere in the city. But currently they are paying close attention to the flights coming into the U.S and the flights for the past month or so. Sunday will be a very emotional day for everyone affected from this terrible attack ten years ago.

Shorter Stories

Megan Lagios is a very bright and colorful person with many interests but the one thing that is really important to her is her family and friends. Megan spends lots of time with her family and friends by going to the fair spending holidays together and going boating. Overall Megan's family and friends shaped her into the person she is today.

Megan lagios' colorful personality is shaped from the time she spends with her family and friends.

Megan Lagios: Putting Family First

kstp news article

Amy Senser a middle age woman claimed she was driving her car when she hit and killed a 38 year old man. Now there are many suspicious that one of her 4 teenage daughters were actually driving the car and there mother was just covering for them. Investigators are now looking into the daughters cell phone GPS to conclude what definitely happened that night.

Interview: Megan Lagios

Megan Lagios is a very bright and colorful individual. She has many interests such as shopping, dancing and going to her cabin. But the one thing that is very important to her is her friends and family. The majority of megan's everyday life is spent with her family and friends. Megan does a tremendous amount of things with her family from going to her little brothers baseball games to spending a nice weekend at the cabin. She really enjoys vacationing, going to the state fair and spending ever holiday with them. In addition to hanging out with her family she also loves spending time with her friends. Some of the things they do together are boating, dancing, sleepovers and any fun crazy thing they can think of. Overall Megan's family and friends shaped her into the bright and colorful person she is today.