News log group discussion

1. Military checks not being given out. Significance, Timeliness and Unusualmess

2. Toyota Recall. Timeliness, Significance and Unusualness

3. Superbowl Team update. Prominence and Timeliness

4. Car Crooks on Craigslist-Timeliness, Unusualness, Proximity

5. White quits University of Minnesota basketball team- Timeliness, Proximity, and Prominence

I think it is extremely sad how much the newspaper industry has gone down through the years. I can however say that I believe it makes sense because in our day and age virtually everything can be done online. It only makes sense that people are beginning to soley read articles online or watch the news instead of buying a newspaper to read. It is also sad that finding a job in the newspaper industry would be near to impossible for college students since newspapers are going out of business and/or positions are being cut.

Thursday's Assignment

-The article I read was "Sharks kill man at Florida beach." I was shocked to read that a man who had simply decided to go kite-surfing was killed by multiple shark bites. I think that beaches should be more carefully monitored so people can be warned if there are sharks present near shore in the water. I was also very surprised to read that in a 2008 study over half of the shark attacks recorded worldwide occurred in Florida alone. That shows that Florida should be making changes so that shark attacks are far less in the years to come.

-The definition of Broadcast Journalism is airing news or current events instantaneously through television, radio, or the internet.

-News is an account of events that interest and concern the public

-SIX CRITERIA OF NEWS WORTHINESS:
1. Unusualness: News that is different or out of the ordinary, most often bad.
ex. A plane crashing into the ocean.
2. Significance: News that affects a lot of people making it important to be broadcasted.
ex. election results, wars, terrorist attacks
3. Timeliness: News that is current and happening right now.
ex. News on the War in Iraq
4. Proximity: News on things that are local, happening in a person's very own city or state.
ex. new state laws being passed
5. Prominence: News on well-known people, buildings, or places.
ex. The death of Michael Jackson
6. Human Interest: News on ordinary people or animals or heartwarming stories that appear in the news because they have an emotional and personal appeal that draws our attention.
ex. A dog being rescued by a family and given a new home.

THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PRINT JOURNALISM AND BROADCAST JOURNALISM:
1. Print journalism offers better and more coverage on more stories than broadcast journalism does.
2. Print journalism allows people to pick and choose what stories they want to learn about and the order they learn about them where broadcast journalism only shows some stories and you might have to wait awhile to hear about a story you are interested in.
3. Broadcast journalism allows people to hear about news going on instantaneously where print journalism must wait until the following day or longer.
4. Broadcast journalism gives viewers much more dramatic news because they can use video clips where print journalism can just use pictures.
5. Broadcast journalism is often only major stories where print journalism has a large variety of stories that may not be very important but are interesting to some people.

ARTICLES THAT ARE EXAMPLES OF THE CRITERIA FOR NEWS WORTHINESS:
-Unusualness: Sharks kill man at Florida beach
-Significance: Dow tumbles 200 points
-Timeliness: Haiti: Behind Door No. 3, difficult questions await
-Proximity: Fox to televise nine Twins games
-Prominence: Brittany Murphy's death ruled accident from pneumonia, with prescription drugs a factor
-Human Interest: Cleo, the breakup kitten

WCCO News at 10

10:00-Preview of everything coming up
10:00:25- Car Crooks found on Craigslist
10:02:45- Women died in Arizona on a church retreat
10:03:20- Woman burned from an iron
10:04- Lawsuit against Police shown repeatedly punching a guy
10:04:35- Searching for man and women seen stealing money for 10 days
10:06:20- Possible funding for a new Vikings Stadium
10:06:50- Top concern in the Twin Cities
10:07:20- White quits U of M basketball team
10:08:10- Suspicious activity at massage places
10:09:00- Toyota recall
10:09:40- Preview for getting Vitamin D
10:10- Commercials
10:12:40- Women killed from alcohol related crash
10:13:45- Project Energy-Conserving water
10:16- Why Vitamin D is important
10:19:20- Weather
10:21:20- Iran nuclear plans
10:22:30- Commercials
10:25:45- Cretins number one recruit signs with USC
10:26- Students across the state signing with different colleges
10:27- Superbowl teams update
10:28:30- Commercials

What is Broadcast Journalism

I believe that broadcast journalism is when stories or reports are written up and then aired on television. It is sharing any information through a television program.

REAL DEFINITION: Airing news or current events instantaneously through TV, radio or internet.

USA Today Article Response

I read the article, "Planes With Maintenance Problems Have Flown Away." I was very surprised when I read that many major airlines have continued to fly planes even if there are maintanence problems known. I was also surprised how many fines the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) has found against different US airlines for maintenance problems. For safety reasons I think that all airlines should be checking eveything themselves so the FAA does not find as many problems.

Partner Interview

Eric Hatzenbuhler is taking broadcast journalism because he is hoping to be a part of Eastview's Forecast and Flash student broadcasting programs. He is also taking it so he can have somewhat of a background knowledge before becoming his future dream job of a meteorologist. An activity that Eric enjoys is bowling and he even competes in a bowling league. He also enjoys snowboarding and he can play the piano. Something that is unique about Eric is that one of his thumbs is double jointed so he can easily move and bend his thumb in a way that most people find impossible.