1. The strike represented a fight for the voice of the student publication.
2. Police in riot gear fired rubber-coated bullets into the crowd.
3. Kim Murphy of the LA Times won the 2005 pulitzer prize for international reporting for her eloquent wide ranging coverage of the Soviet Union’s struggle to cope with terrorism, improve the economy and make Democracy work.
4. There was a contractual miscommunication that could have had an unpredictable grievous outcome in Steve Smith’s intentions for the paper.
5. The Democrats new demands ended any hope to reach a budget compromise.
6. The suspect sprinted across Mike and Mary’s lawn.
7. The officer reported the car crash at 1:30 a.m. Monday.
8. Everyone admired the publisher in the 1990s.
9. The reporters found the editor unapproachable.
10. A reporter's typical day may consist of meeting with editors, interviewing sources and writing stories.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Story Ideas
Jenny is working on a story regarding a bill that would make daycares unionized and therefore make it more expensive. A story angle that she's working on is that it will be more expensive for parents to put their children in daycares which will effect student parents and faculty here.
Lauren is looking into a bill that is similar to the "no child left behind" but it concerns military families. Military families usually are forced to relocate numerous times, which can hinder a child's performance in school when they are uprooted from mulitple curriculums over and over.
Lauren is looking into a bill that is similar to the "no child left behind" but it concerns military families. Military families usually are forced to relocate numerous times, which can hinder a child's performance in school when they are uprooted from mulitple curriculums over and over.
Bills
HB 1916 - 2009-10 Regarding the University of Washington's and Washington State University's public works contracting procedur
HB 1373 - 2009-10 Concerning children's mental health services.
ESB 5925 - 2009-10 Regarding insurance for higher education students participating in study or research abroad.
SB 5502 - 2009-10 Establishing the primary care physician conditional tuition waiver program.
SB 5615 - 2009-10 Reclassifying possession of forty grams or less of marijuana from a misdemeanor to a class 2 civil infraction.
HB 1490 - 2009-10 Reducing greenhouse gas emissions through land use and transportation requirements.
SB 5882 - 2009-10 Ordering an evaluation of recommendations made by the racial disproportionality advisory committee. Revised for 1st Substitute: Remediating racial disproportionality in child welfare practices.
HB 1978 - 2009-10 Concerning economic stimulus transportation funding and appropriations.
SB 5555 - 2009-10 Establishing a lifelong learning account steering committee.Revised for 1st Substitute: Regarding lifelong learning accounts.
tvw.org
leg.wa.gov
HB 1373 - 2009-10 Concerning children's mental health services.
ESB 5925 - 2009-10 Regarding insurance for higher education students participating in study or research abroad.
SB 5502 - 2009-10 Establishing the primary care physician conditional tuition waiver program.
SB 5615 - 2009-10 Reclassifying possession of forty grams or less of marijuana from a misdemeanor to a class 2 civil infraction.
HB 1490 - 2009-10 Reducing greenhouse gas emissions through land use and transportation requirements.
SB 5882 - 2009-10 Ordering an evaluation of recommendations made by the racial disproportionality advisory committee. Revised for 1st Substitute: Remediating racial disproportionality in child welfare practices.
HB 1978 - 2009-10 Concerning economic stimulus transportation funding and appropriations.
SB 5555 - 2009-10 Establishing a lifelong learning account steering committee.Revised for 1st Substitute: Regarding lifelong learning accounts.
tvw.org
leg.wa.gov
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Murrow
Murrow thoroughly helps to explain in extreme detail what he saw, felt and thought about the events. He restates who he is talking to with enough detail that the people in the U.S. don’t have to see it on a screen, like we do today, in order to understand and visualize what’s going on. The narrative style that Murrow uses makes it so that people don’t have to be there in order to realize that the events going on are very real.
Murrow’s broadcast was elaborate and step-by-step. He was able to convey the entire story in detail as he traveled. Murrow used descriptions throughout the narration. Descriptions like the “dirty gray clouds turned white,” that Murrow explained while he was in the airplane is very powerful, especially as he neared Berlin. “By this time we were about thirty miles from our target area in Berlin,” Murrow said. “That thirty miles was the longest flight I have ever made.” Listeners at home understand that Murrow has flown much more than thirty miles before, since he is across the Atlantic, elaborating the tension and fear that was being felt.
Murrow’s broadcast was elaborate and step-by-step. He was able to convey the entire story in detail as he traveled. Murrow used descriptions throughout the narration. Descriptions like the “dirty gray clouds turned white,” that Murrow explained while he was in the airplane is very powerful, especially as he neared Berlin. “By this time we were about thirty miles from our target area in Berlin,” Murrow said. “That thirty miles was the longest flight I have ever made.” Listeners at home understand that Murrow has flown much more than thirty miles before, since he is across the Atlantic, elaborating the tension and fear that was being felt.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Murrow Symposium Award Winners Discuss Journalism's Future
“Because of them… we are a better country,” Washington State University President Elson S. Floyd said as he welcomed the two award precipitants to the stage at the Edward R. Murrow Symposium last night.
The air was thick as the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication hosted the 35th Annual Murrow Symposium. The fall of the economy has affected newsrooms across the nation and has put many journalism professionals at the crossroads.
“The Murrow Symposium acknowledges exceptional achievement in communication, celebrates scholarship, and connects students to industry professionals,” according to the Washington State University website.
The symposium awarded the Edward R., Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award to Helen Thomas and Bob Schieffer for journalism and broadcast journalism, respectively.
“The First Lady of the Press” Helen Thomas is famous for not being afraid and asking tough questions. “You have one question in the cannon,” Thomas warned. “Don’t blow it.”
Thomas addressed issues currently facing journalism today. “Everyone with a laptop thinks they’re a journalist,” Thomas said. Thomas posed questions regarding the ethical values and standards that set professional journalists apart from online news.
“Few people know how difficult it is to uncover the truth and tell it like it is,” Thomas said. According to Thomas, and echoed by Schieffer, nothing can replace the need for a credible, trustworthy reporter for that reason among many.
Audience member Nancy J. Owen attends the Murrow Symposium with her daughter every year and hopes that “the Internet works to incorporate” traditional journalism.
“Journalism is in crisis,” Bob Schieffer said. Schieffer explained the differences between a newspaper and the Internet. “When we go on the web, we are searching for one particular piece of information,” Schieffer said. But in a newspaper, “we go searching… and we may find two or three that we weren’t looking for… that enlarges us in our experience and understanding of the world around us,” according to Schieffer, an art that may soon be lost.
Michael Walsh, a Washington State University journalism major, acknowledges the looming crisis but admits he doesn’t personally purchase newspapers.
“I think for anything to get better, we must all put our money where our mouth is,” junior Christine Stewart said. “Schieffer’s right. Strong journalism is important to maintaining our nation’s integrity.”
1. As you see journalism changing, what do you think the benefits will be?
2. Do you think there is any measure we could take, like accreditation, to protect online validity?
3. How can individuals help rescue journalism?
The air was thick as the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication hosted the 35th Annual Murrow Symposium. The fall of the economy has affected newsrooms across the nation and has put many journalism professionals at the crossroads.
“The Murrow Symposium acknowledges exceptional achievement in communication, celebrates scholarship, and connects students to industry professionals,” according to the Washington State University website.
The symposium awarded the Edward R., Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award to Helen Thomas and Bob Schieffer for journalism and broadcast journalism, respectively.
“The First Lady of the Press” Helen Thomas is famous for not being afraid and asking tough questions. “You have one question in the cannon,” Thomas warned. “Don’t blow it.”
Thomas addressed issues currently facing journalism today. “Everyone with a laptop thinks they’re a journalist,” Thomas said. Thomas posed questions regarding the ethical values and standards that set professional journalists apart from online news.
“Few people know how difficult it is to uncover the truth and tell it like it is,” Thomas said. According to Thomas, and echoed by Schieffer, nothing can replace the need for a credible, trustworthy reporter for that reason among many.
Audience member Nancy J. Owen attends the Murrow Symposium with her daughter every year and hopes that “the Internet works to incorporate” traditional journalism.
“Journalism is in crisis,” Bob Schieffer said. Schieffer explained the differences between a newspaper and the Internet. “When we go on the web, we are searching for one particular piece of information,” Schieffer said. But in a newspaper, “we go searching… and we may find two or three that we weren’t looking for… that enlarges us in our experience and understanding of the world around us,” according to Schieffer, an art that may soon be lost.
Michael Walsh, a Washington State University journalism major, acknowledges the looming crisis but admits he doesn’t personally purchase newspapers.
“I think for anything to get better, we must all put our money where our mouth is,” junior Christine Stewart said. “Schieffer’s right. Strong journalism is important to maintaining our nation’s integrity.”
1. As you see journalism changing, what do you think the benefits will be?
2. Do you think there is any measure we could take, like accreditation, to protect online validity?
3. How can individuals help rescue journalism?
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Press Release Excercise
Partnering with the McCormic Foundation, Washington State University’s Edward R. Murrow College of Communication will host a free Specialized Reporting Institute, “Reporting in Virtual Spaces,” on April 6, that will discuss the relatively new world of on-screen media outlets.
Two leaders in journalism, Helen Thomas and Bob Scheiffer, will discuss nuances in the world of journalism at the reporting institute. Thomas and Scheiffer will also each be awarded the Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award at the Murrow Symposium the following day.
Keynote speakers at the reporting institute will include Philip Rosedale and Lane Merrifield. Rosedale will examine the new world of Second Life, an online, three-dimensional networking site. Second Life characters can interact and live mirrored lives to that of their real-life controllers. In Second Life, characters can dance, talk and meet friends, as well as shop, start a business, and even read the news.
Club Penguin Co-Founder Lane Merrifield will discuss their new networking site aimed at children and young teens.
There can be fantasy aspects to these online networking sites, but “real-world news organizations, such as CNN and Sky News, have already opened ‘in-world’ news bureaus,” according to a Washington State University press release, “that aim to document and report on the emerging economy and activities within the virtual world and second life.”
Among the places CNN and Sky News broadcast their news is the virtual world of Club Penguin, where they have “30,000 daily submissions from young readers.”
“We're excited to bring together many of the leaders in technology and journalism to discuss and explore this new media channel for storytelling," said WSU President Elson S. Floyd. "These and other emerging forms of digital news distribution offer both promise and potential for our students and for the future of journalism."
"Our reporting institutes are designed to be timely, engaging and insightful.” said Director of the McCormick Foundation's Journalism Program Clark Bell. “This event should certainly fulfill our expectations and serve as a valuable learning platform for the participating journalists."
Other speakers will include co-founder of ThinkBalm, Erica Driver, on “The Immersive Internet,” as well as Lila King from CNN.com. Virtual Journalists Bernhard Drax and Waner James Au will also present.
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1. Is this valuable to non-journalism majors, and if so, how?
2. Where do you see the future of Second Life and Club Penguin in 5, 10 years?
3. What value is Second Life to anyone?
Two leaders in journalism, Helen Thomas and Bob Scheiffer, will discuss nuances in the world of journalism at the reporting institute. Thomas and Scheiffer will also each be awarded the Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award at the Murrow Symposium the following day.
Keynote speakers at the reporting institute will include Philip Rosedale and Lane Merrifield. Rosedale will examine the new world of Second Life, an online, three-dimensional networking site. Second Life characters can interact and live mirrored lives to that of their real-life controllers. In Second Life, characters can dance, talk and meet friends, as well as shop, start a business, and even read the news.
Club Penguin Co-Founder Lane Merrifield will discuss their new networking site aimed at children and young teens.
There can be fantasy aspects to these online networking sites, but “real-world news organizations, such as CNN and Sky News, have already opened ‘in-world’ news bureaus,” according to a Washington State University press release, “that aim to document and report on the emerging economy and activities within the virtual world and second life.”
Among the places CNN and Sky News broadcast their news is the virtual world of Club Penguin, where they have “30,000 daily submissions from young readers.”
“We're excited to bring together many of the leaders in technology and journalism to discuss and explore this new media channel for storytelling," said WSU President Elson S. Floyd. "These and other emerging forms of digital news distribution offer both promise and potential for our students and for the future of journalism."
"Our reporting institutes are designed to be timely, engaging and insightful.” said Director of the McCormick Foundation's Journalism Program Clark Bell. “This event should certainly fulfill our expectations and serve as a valuable learning platform for the participating journalists."
Other speakers will include co-founder of ThinkBalm, Erica Driver, on “The Immersive Internet,” as well as Lila King from CNN.com. Virtual Journalists Bernhard Drax and Waner James Au will also present.
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1. Is this valuable to non-journalism majors, and if so, how?
2. Where do you see the future of Second Life and Club Penguin in 5, 10 years?
3. What value is Second Life to anyone?
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