Future of newspaper response

I think that it is bad that newspaper industries are declining. Newspapers give many different views for people, and let them choose what they want to read, not just focusing on one story like the news or internet. I predict within the next 15 years there will be no more newspapers, everything will be electronic.

News Criteria activity

1. Farmington man stuck in corn silo for 8 hours- unusualness, proximity, human interest.
2. Man blows a 4.0 blood alcohol level, and daughter blows a 1.5, while driving- unusualness, timeliness, human interest.
3. Toyota hybrids anti-lock brakes have been jamming- significance, proximity, timeliness
4. Family members turn in members of their own family for stealing purses- unusualness, timeliness, proximity, human interest.
5. University of Minnesota basketball player Royce White quits the team- prominence, human interest.

News report

WCCO News at 10

10:00:15- Man stuck in corn for 8 hours

10:02:47- Snowfall until morning

10:03:17- Vikings new stadium message to legislature

10:05:50- Lawmakers trying to get jobs for Americans

10:06:22- Worker being searched for shoving sock in patients mouth at Sunny Side Care Center

10:08:20- Robbery at Walgreens

10:08:40- Family members turn in theives for stealing purses

10:09:10- Haiti earthquake and adopting

10:09:27- Soldiers returning from Basbra Iraq 133rd

10:10:40- Man blows a 4.0 and daughter (15) drank to

10:11:09 Commercials

10:13:48- Follow up on man being drunk with his daughter

10:14:24- Hobbit Travel selling house in MN for 3.5 million

10:15:01- Toyota having problems on anti-lock brakes in hybrids

10:15:25- DOW barely above 10,000

10:15:50- Good question: what is with all the crows?

10:18:25- Heinz redesigned ketchup packets

10:19:13- Weather

10:21:23- New bill makes companies to start drinking tap water, not buy bottled water

10:23:01- Commercials

10:25:30- Signed Orlando Hudson. (Twins)

10:26:30- Oilers vs. Wild game

10:27:08- Gophers vs. Badgers womens basketball game. Badgers win.

10:27:35- Colts and Saints practice in Miami

10:28:37- Commercials

10:31:09- Got milk commercial between Saints and Colts players

10:31:52- Commercials and closing

News Notes

Broadcast journalism: A recall of events that interest and conern the public. Airing news instantaneaously. TV, radio, internet, ect.

Define News: News is an account of events that interest and concern the public.

6 criteria of news worthiness:
1. Unusualness- News that is different, the unusual, and out of the ordinary. Unusual news is bad.
2. Significance- Important events, ones that may affect many people, are news.
3. Timeliness- The quickest that the news reaches the viewers, new news, not old.
4. Proximity- People want to know about nearby or local events.
5. Prominence- When well known people are involved in an event.
6. Human interest- Stories about ordinary people or animals, humorous or dramatic stories.

Differences between print journalism and broadcast journalism:
1. More coverage with print or multiple stories.
2. Readers are their own editors. (print)
3. Easier to store print.
4. Readers get to pick and choose what they want to read. (Print)
5. Broadcast journalism provides the most dramatic news coverages.

Articles with news criteria
1. Ashton Kutcher hates Valentines Day. (prominence)
2. Sharks kill man at Florida Beach. (unusualness)
3. DOW pummels 200 points. (significance)
4. Brittany Murphy's death ruled an accident. (human interest)
5. Woman charged with stealing from school district. (proximity)
6. Super Bowl funnies. (human interest)

2-4-2010 article response

Article Response: When I read the title of this article i thought i would hate it but, I agree with Ashton Kutchers idea of hating Valentines Day. He says that we should have 364 of romance and 1 day of hate. That seems like a pretty cool idea, and its funny.

Define Broadcast Journalism

I think broadcast journalism is spreading news and information through television, radio, or through the use of electronics.

-Airing news or current events instantaneously through t.v, radio, or internet

Response to article Make the NCAA Tournament Bigger

Response to article Make the NCAA Tournament Bigger

I disagree with the writer on this article because the NCAA March Madness bracket already has 65 teams. The event lasts three weeks, and if more teams were added, then it would just be longer. All the good teams make it to the tournament, and if more teams were added they would be beat in the first round because of how good they are. They should just keep the separate tournaments for the teams that did not make it.