Sunday, March 6, 2016

Vocabulary

Broadsheet- Verve Vol XV Iss 2 November 2014, The View, Highlights

Tabloid- The Eagles Eye, The Rider, Raven Report

NewsMagazine- The Express, Craze, Play

Headlines- Large type running above or beside a story to summarize its content; also called a head, for short.

Subheadlines

Lines- 

The number of lines of dots per inch in a halftone screen. The higher the lpi, the more precise the image's resolution will be.

Boxes- A ruled border around story or art

Photos

Teaser-

An eye-catching graphic element, on Page One or section fronts, that promotes an item inside; also called a promo.

Flag- 
The name of a newspaper as it's displayed on Page One; also called a nameplate.

Folios- 
Type at the top of an inside page giving the newspaper's name, date and page number.

Captions- 
A line or block of type providing descriptive information about a photo; used interchangeably with cutline.

Stories

Bylines- 
The reporter's name, usually at the beginning of a story

Jumps- To continue a story on another page; text that's been continued on another page is called the jump.

Story dividers

Screens - 
A pattern of tiny dots used to create gray areas; to screen a photo is to turn it into a halftone.

Infographics- 
Newsroom slang for "informational graphic"; any map, chart or diagram used to analyze an event, object or place.

Masthead/staff box-
A block of information, including staff names and publication data, often printed on the editorial page.

Friday, March 4, 2016

Other High School Newspapers


  1. What is your favorite newspaper front page? Why? 
  • The Image from Lafayette High School because the colored pencils are all sharpened the same and the picture looks crisp. 
2. Which paper immediately grabbed your interest? Why?
  • The Stampede because it looks like it's related to football and I like football.
3. What is your favorite headline from that newspaper? Why are you interested in it?

  • "Running down the home stretch"because it sounds cool.
4.How many stories are on the front page of your favorite? 

  • 0
5.What do you notice that all newspaper front pages have in common? Look at design, size of photos, size of story text, etc.

  • They all have the same sized picture on the front cover.
6.What are things that vary (or are different) on the front pages of different newspapers? Look at design, size of photos, size of headlines, etc.

  • The size of the text.
7. Were these similar to what you saw last class when you looked at daily newspapers from around the world?
Yes

Front Pages of the World

  1. What is your favorite newspaper front page? Why? 
  • The Irish Times because its not over crowded but it sill has enough information on the front to grab the reader. 
2. What is your favorite headline from that newspaper? Why are you interested in it? 
  • "New York City mayor hails lifting of parade's gay ban" because even though this paper is from Ireland they still write about information from US. 
3. How many stories are on the front page of your favorite? 
  • There is 3 
4. What do you notice that all newspaper front pages have in common? Look at design, size of photos, size of story text, etc.
  • They all have the same font size and the same font. 
5. What are things that vary (or are different) on the front pages of different newspapers? Look at design, size of photos, size of headlines, etc. 
  • The size of the pictures were different and the design.

Thursday, March 3, 2016

Current Event 5.1

1. List the top 2 candidates in the Texas primaries for each political party and tell me the percentage of voters who selected them. Page A1, jumps to page A11 (Hint: you will find the information you need on page A11 somewhere, but looking at the start of the stories on page A1 is smart)
For the democrats it was Bernie Sanders and for the republicans is was Donald Trump. 

2. How many students will benefit from a $1 million donation by Gregg Lowe and his wife? Page B1 "Couple donates $1M..."
1,090 students will benefit from the money they gave.

3. What will Savara Pharmaceuticals do with its recently acquired $20 million? Page B7 "Austin's Savara raises $20M"
She will use the money to get a phase 3 clinical trial of Aero Vanc.

4. Which of the 4 streaming titles would you be interested in watching? page D2 "Austin filmmaker getting..."
"Before We go"

5. Who were the two teams that beat the UT mens and women's basketball teams yesterday emphatically sending the message that neither team is ready for the post-season and what was the score in each game? Page C1 (Hint: the boys played one team and the girls played another, they are not the same school)
They played KU and the score was 67 to 37

Last current events quiz we read about how Apple was trying to determine whether they could or even should break an iPhone at the federal governments request. The story has not gone away. Read page A2 "FBI, Apple clash before Congress"

1. Do you think Apple should be forced to create a backdoor to information stored on iPhones?
Yes they should because certain information need to be kept private. 

2. If someone took your phone, would you want anyone to access the information/data stored there?
No.

3. Should "national security" be reason enough for the FBI or similar agency to access this kind of information?
Yes they need to protect peoples privacy better.

4. Do your parents censor your phone, meaning do they check your social media, etc?
No they do not because they trust me well enough.

5. Do you think parents should be doing that for their children? BE HONEST
It depends how well your child acts and how well you trust them.

6. What age do you think children should be exposed to electronic devices like iPhones and iPads? WHY?
Ages 10-11 because that's when they start to talk to more friends and hang out with people so they need to communicate with them or their parents.