Monday, September 29, 2008

DRESS CODE

Source
- people who know the topic well enough to provide factual and
useful information.
You would need to interview the students, teachers, parents, school administrators,
and the school board, to find information about school uniforms. Some good questions to ask
students, would be, how would they feel about uniforms? Teachers, is it going to effect the learning enviornment? School administratiors and school board, what was there reason for them giving uniforms? Parents is it going to be affordable?

Sources
1.Teachers
2. Students
3. Parents


School Uniforms

1.students how do they feel about school uniforms?
2.parents is it going to be affordable?
3. how is it going to affect the learning enviorment?
4.is every student going to follow the dress code?
5. what was there reason for making a dress code?
6. what are students going to have to wear?
7.do students think it's fair that they have to wear uniforms?
8. are teachers going to have to wear uniforms just as students do?
9. are students going to have a choice?
10. is every school having to wear uniforms?
11. what if they can't afford the uniform?
12. what if parents start making complaints?
13. why should students have to follow dress code?
14. do students have to tuck in their shirts?
15. is the school uniforms going to be really strict?
16. what if parents can't afford it?
17. is it going to have to be school colors?
18. do teachers think it's right that students are having to wear uniforms?
19. do parents think its right that sudents have to wear uniforms?
20. why should'nt teachers have to wear uniforms too?

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Alleged aggravated robbery
Yes i do think it relevance to the media to know during the current election. The media has to report such thing because they have the obligation to do so, obligation of law, promise, and contract. Action imposed by society, law, or conscience by which one is bound or restricted.
Define the vocabulary words-

  1. ethics- a general term for what is often described as the "science (study) of morality.
  2. libel- the act of presenting such material to the public.
  3. slander-a false and malicious statement or a report about someone.
  4. is a legal term applied in the context defamation actions (libel and slander) as well as invasion of privacy. A public figure (such as a politician, celebrity, or business leader) cannot base a lawsuit on incorrect harmful statements unless there is proof that the writer or publisher acted with malice (knowledge or reckless disregard for the truth). The burden or proof is higher in the case of a public figure.
  5. Private Citizen- a citizen who does not hold any official or public position.
  6. Hazelwood case- what was the decision between hazelwood v kuhlmeier court case???

Friday, September 19, 2008

Fan crew out in Texas to search for Ike victims

Who? At least 3 million people

Who is involved? Houston
fire department members

Who does/did the situation affect?
Houston people


What? Hurricane Ike weakened to a tropical depression as it headed across western Arkansas.

What is happening?
Hurricane Ike is make a landfall on the Texas golf coast, smashing houses flooding thousands of homes blowing out windows in Houston's skyscrapers, and cutting off power to more than 3 million people!!!

What did happen?
Hurricane Ike is being blamed for 2 deaths.

What are the choices? To rescue as many people as possible before being trapped in their homes,waiting for days to be rescued.

When? For the next week or more....

Where?
Where did or will this happen? In Houston Texas

Rescuers will continue to search for victims they have already rescued 940 people in Texas of people stranded in their homes. "This is the largest search-and-rescue operation in the history of the state of Texas." Some emergency officials were angry and frustrated that so many people ignored the warnings. I feel that people should have left when they had a chance they had enough time, they heard all the warning, and know their living with the after math of hurricane Ike....





Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Who? Sara Foley, 26
Who is involved? Austin School District
Who does/did the situation affect? Evacuees

What?
She was asked to leave the shelter
What is happening? People yelling that they would have received
better accommodations in jail.
What did happen? Sara Foley was asked to leave the shelter
What are the consequences? She had to find somewhere else to stay

When? Saturday, September 13, 2008

Where? Crockett High School


Why?took photographs of an altercation during breakfast
Why did this happen? Because people were making complaints

How do you feel about this? I feel that this is a time to help people not complain about the food that's provided for you.
Blogger removed from shelter
I didn't think it think it was right for her to be criticizing Red Cross for providing food and shelter for evacuees. She should of appreciated what they were doing for people in need. I'm sure the people staying in the shelter wouldn't have wanted anyone taking pictures of them anyway I mean come on it's a pretty rough time for some people. I wouldn't want somebody in my face taking pictures when I'm going through allot. I don't think Sara Foley had any right to be at a shelter people are struggling with everything that's going on, after all this is a time for helping not criticizing. This article falls under conflict.

Hurricane Ike
The images in these photos show me that hurricane Ike hit pretty bad it damaged a lot of life's. I see allot of people without homes allot of fixing. Peoples homes being destroyed in hurricane Ike. The images in these pictures make me really sad I'm just thinking about all the lives that were affected by hurricane Ike. What people are going to have to do to fix everything. It's kind of sad to see home, schools, shopping centers,ect everything people worked for just be taken away from hurricane Ike. Hurricane Ike did'nt just affect people from Houston and Galveston, Tx it effected everybody in Austin and other places were people went to stay. I'm just wishing the best for everybody and hoping that everything goes good for people who lost everything.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Houston, Galveston vulnerable to Ike's fury

Who?
4 million people

Who is involved?
The people of Texas
What?
Forecasters fear hurricane could hit Cat 4
strength by weekend landfall


What is happening?
The city is evacuating people with special needs
as Hurricane Ike moves closer.


When?

When did or will this happen?
Some forecasts say Ike could strengthen to a
fearsome Category 4 hurricane with winds
of at least 131 mph over the Gulf of Mexico,
and emergency officials warned it could drive
a storm surge as high as 18 feet.

When was this discovered?

some flooding based solely
on the surge in some low-lying areas

Where?
Corpus Christi and Houston.

Where did or will this happen?

Forecasters expect the storm to make landfall
this weekend somewhere between Corpus Christi and Houston.

Why did this happen or will it happen?
based solely on the surge in some low-lying areas

How did it or will it happen?
expected to happen this weekend

How many people does this affect?
About 1 million people live in the coastal
counties between Corpus Christi and Galveston

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Drug-addicted elephant kicks heroin habit

Who? Who is involved?

illegal traders, elephant, and police

Who does/did the situation affect?

The elephant

Who said so?

the paper


What? What is happening?

An elephant is being drugged by illegal traders then
finally captured by authorities and sent
to a rehab facility and saved the elephant.

What did happen?



Friday, September 5, 2008

List five facts about the First Amendment

1.It covers several enumerated rights, including Free Speech, Free press, Freedom of Religion, Freedom to assemble, and Freedom to petition the government

2.It was first applied to the states through the 14th Amendment in Schenck v. New York (1925).

3.It covers several implied rights like freedom of association, freedom to travel, freedom to participate in politics, freedom to donate to political candidates, and a limited right to anonymity.

4.Palko v. Connecticut (1937) identified freedom of though as the unifying theme of all the first amendment guarantees. There even exist question as to whether mental patients have the right to refuse psychotropic drugs.

5.It was actually not the first amendment proposed in the original bill of rights, containing thirteen proposals.

What document lists the First Amendment?

1.The Bill Of Rights

How many words are in the First Amendment?

1.Forty-five words

Define libel.

A false publication, as in writing, print, signs, or pictures,
that damages a person's reputation.

Define slander.

Is an untruthful oral statement about a person that harms
the person's reputation or standing in the community.

What is the Pulitzer Prize?

Is an American award regarded as the highest
national honor in newspaper journalism.

How much money does an individual win?
10,000 cash reward


Name the movie which reveals the press's role in
uncovering a story that forced a president to resign.

All the presidents men

Who is Mike Barnicle?

Mike Barnicle is an award-winning writer and media personality. He is a political analyst for MSNBC and a frequent contributor, and occasional guest host, on the network’s Hardball. Barnicle can also been seen regularly on NBC’s “Today Show.”


From what newspaper was he fired and why?

The Boston Globe/ plagiarism

Bob Woodward

He is an assistant managing editor of The Washington Post who helped undcover the Watergate Scandal that led to President Richard Nixon's resignation


William Randolph Hearst?


William Randolph Hearst was an American media magnate. Hearst was a leading newspaper publisher and the son of self-made millionaire George Hearst. Upon becoming aware that his father had received a northern California newspaper, The San Francisco Examiner, as payment of a gambling debt, he asked his father to give him the newspaper to run. Even though he was still a student at Harvard, in 1887, he became the paper's publisher.

helen thomas

Helen Thomas is famously mostly for her part being the very first woman in the White House Correspondence Association and the National Press Club. She is also an authoy with recently published books.

Who is Tom Brokaw and what books did he write?

He is an American television journalistThe Greatest Generation

Who is Alan Diaz and why is he noteworthy?

hispanic journalist that won the Pulitzer prize in 2000

What motto does The New York Times print in its upper left corner?

"All the news that's fit to print"

What is The Associated Press?

The associated press is a news gathering organization they have reporters around the world that moniter local news. this info is transmitted to there news room where it is then broadcast to other news organization (newspaper radio or tv) for worldwide broadcast

What is Gannett?

The largest news paper publisher in the United States

What is Knight Ridder?

Knight Ridder was an American media company, specializing in newspaper and Internet publishing. Until it was bought by The McClatchy Company on June 27, 2006, it was the second-largest newspaper publisher in the United States, with 32 daily newspapers

What is the American Society of Newspaper Editors?

The American Society of Newspaper Editors is a membership organization for daily newspaper editors, people who serve the editorial needs of daily newspapers and certain distinguished individuals who have worked on behalf of editors through the years.

Who is the founder of USA Today and where is he from (provide city and state)?

bob sema

What is the difference between a publisher and an editor?

The Publisher decides if the book is going to sell on the market and the editor goes through it and looks for errors.

Explain Tinker v. Des Moines. Why is it important to school press?

They wore black arm bands to protest Vietnam's government policy. It's important because it's like showing the First Amendment like the freedom to express yourself.

Explain Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier. Why is it important to school press?

They removed an article explaining teen pregnancy in a school newpaper. Its important because it's freedom of press.

Define yellow journalism.

Exagerating the headline or making it more eye catching in order to get more people to buy that certain newspaper.

Define censorship.

counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy.


List five books that have been censored.

1. The Bastard
2. Bloodline
3. The Catcher in the Rye
4. Brave New World
5. Carrie











Born in raised in Honolulu,Hawaii. Attended school at Punahou for the fifth grade in 1971, graduated high school from punahou in 1979.
Use to do drugs like marijuand,cocanin and alcohol, which he says is his greatest moral failure.Barack Obama fallowing high school,moved to Los Angeles,studied at Occidental College for two years.
Then moved to Columbia University in New York City.
Later majored in political science with a specialization in international relations.
In 1983 graduated with a B.A. from Columbia.
Worked for a year doing Business International Corporation.
Four years later Obama moved to Chicago to work as a community organizer.
Obama was Senator from the 13th district.In mid-2002, Obama ran for the U.S. senate.
Obama was the fifthe African American Senator in U.S. history.
He was also third to have been popularly elected.In 2005 Obama voted in favor of the Energy Policy Act.In 2007 Obama sponsored an amendment to the defense Authorization Act.