Karis' Journalism Blog

(Questions on "Feature Story Brainstorm" Blog Entry) 1. As soon as she graduated from college. Husband was in military, so she was hired on the base (Fort Benning, Georgia) to teach once they were married in the summer. 1964 2. The college of Our Lady of the Elms 3. 3rd grade, because there was an opening for that grade. She had wanted to teach 3rd grade either way because they're eager to learn at that age. 4. Stopped teaching when her husband was discharged, after one year. Had first child and didn't teach again until 1980. Taught preschool in California for 3 years, then she moved to NY. Stopped teaching for a while, then began teaching Montessori for 9 nine years. She retired when her husband retired. Didn't teach right away after moving bc they were getting settled and were often busy. 5. Didn't prefer one grade over another since they were all kinda young. After retirement she began to do floral arrangements for weddings. 6. All subjects in 3...

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Post-game Whataburger Enacts Additional Security (NEWS) First: This story was about post-game traditions and security. Whataburger recently enacted more security after games, a security guard, so students and customers feel safer. Second: 1. Whataburger manager Marcus Casillas, junior Rylee Holder, junior Levi Ander 2. The third quote from Levi Ander 3. Not really, it was just saying a fact 4. Quote We Shouldn't Joke About Death  (COMMENTARY) First: This story was about how students tend to make inapropriate "jokes" at school. These jokes can offend people and need to stop. Second: 1. No quotes 2. No quotes 3. Yes, I was excited to see that someone else finally addressed this topic 4. Statement Hurricane Harvey Drives Student to Move to Austin  (FEATURE) First: This story was about a senior who's home was affected by Harvey. She moved here because her house was beyond repair. Second: 1. Senior Janna Beardsley, family friend Tree Glowka, friend ...

    Naya’s blog a.      You’ve got 2 close-ended questions, but the rest are good, open-ended ones. b.      Two more questions you could ask your Grandpa: What were your parents like? Did they inspire you in any way? c.       A question for your Grandma: Did he change your outlook on life? d.      If your grandpa had any siblings, maybe you could interview them. Or friends of your grandparents. e.      1. The audience is people who enjoy hearing about other people’s lives. The purpose of this piece is to share a story with others. 2. The writer’s main point in these questions is unclear to me, but when they find their main topic, I think it will be. 3. I’m most interested in question 7, because it will reveal a lot about her Grandpa. 4. Question 1 could have more detail, like they could add how it affected him. 5. I didn’t really find any questions u...

1. Who is your main subject? My main subject is my grandmother. 2. Supporting interviews, (who else do you need to talk to, minimum 2 other people)? I'll also interview my aunt and my dad, (her children). 3. What is the topic of potential topic? Her teaching career. 4. Which angle from above will you write the story? Personality. 5. Come up with 20 questions that you can ask your main subject. - When did you start teaching and why not earlier or later?  - Where did you get your degree and why? - What grade(s) did you teach and why? - How many years did you teach for? Why did you retire? - Did you prefer teaching one grade over another and why? - How would you describe your teaching style? - What subjects did you teach and why? - What inspired you to want to teach? - Did you learn any lessons when teaching? - Can you describe your first day teaching if you can remember it? - Did you enjoy teaching? - Have you ever thought about substitu...

1. What is the difference between a hard news lead (lede) and the one you read above? A hard news story has facts and just straight out tells you what happened and the details. This story did have facts but it was more like a book story instead of just a hard news story, if that makes sense. 2. What paragraph(s) did you learn the following information? a. Who -   2 b. What -   2, 5 c. Where -   25 d. When -   15 e. Why -   3-5 f. How -   3 3. Are there quotes in this story? Yes, there are several quotes in this story. 4. Are those quotes arranged in the "quote-transition" style we used in news writing? Most of them were, yes. But there was an occasional quote in it's own line/paragraph without anything else, that wasn't quote-transition style. 5. Who is quoted in the story? Many radio stations and tv channel representatives were quotes. These include director of post-production films for the NFL Kevin McLouglin,   D...

In a commonplace environment at an unexpected hour: 1.  Do we perceive beauty? I agree with what Immanuel Kant said about beauty, that we think beauty is something we can't really measure, and each person has a different view of it. There is not a yes or no answer to if something has beauty, nor is there a right or wrong. I believe that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and isn't something that is factual. 2. Do we stop to appreciate it? Often, we humans don't always recognize beauty because we're so distracted with our lives, responsibilities, and duties. But if you don't let these things change who you are and control you, recognizing beauty is not something difficult. It shouldn't have to be. 3. Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context? Based on the article, apparently we don't. Those thousand or so people just walked by one of the best musicians in the world. They were so distracted by the rigorousness of life, they couldn...

"High school students should not have any homework" 1. Katie M. 2. Their story is about homework in high school. 3. Their direct opinion is that students in high school do not need homework. 4. Yes, they addressed the other side, homework can be beneficial to some students, but not in extreme amounts. 5. They weren't wishy-washy, they had facts to back up some of their claims, like using a survey. 6. There were no quotes. 7. They wrote in first person. "Snapchat has turned into an unsafe environment for users under the age of 18" 1. Katie M. 2. Their story is about Snapchat and it's safety for users. 3. Their direct opinion is that Snapchat has turned into an unsafe environment for minors, and that users have been taking advantage of the app and using it inappropriately to make racist video and send inappropriate pictures. 4. No, they didn't really address the other side, they just focused on the negative parts of Snapchat and it's featu...