Archive for August, 2018

Aug 30 2018

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News Comment #2 – Calls Grow for Cardinal Wuerl to Resign Over Handling of Sex Abuse Allegations

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/us/cardinal-wuerl-archbishop-washington-protests.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fus

This article ties into what we talked about in class the past two periods, first with the idea that the media needs to be held responsible to reporting stuff like this. It also coincides with what we talked about with the white supremacists article and how the media covers that and the responsibility they have to inform people about things that are of importance to its readers.

I would say the audience of this particular article are not only catholics but also parents of children in general. People want to know what is being done to keep people like this out of their churches and away from their kids at all cost.

I thought the lead was pretty well written, it definitely kept me wanting to read more and continue the story. I love leads that talk about the two sides of an event like that, when they talk about how certain people are showing up for this reason and the group of teachers are showing up for this reason. The two polar ends of an event, I think, make a really good lead for a story.

I thought the journalist was very objective in a story like this, she did a good job of taking her quotes, looking at the facts, and then telling you this is what I’ve got. I think if there was a number of years that this has been going on, that would have been nice to know, other than that I think she got many of the main points to this story.

All in all, I think this was a well-written story that did a good job of just giving you the facts at face value and strictly informing you of the situation.

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Aug 26 2018

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News Comment #1 – Media Covers White Supremacists

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I think that this issue is one of a lose-lose situation for journalists, news-writers, and other members of the media. The arguments were, on the one hand, you should not cover these groups because you don’t want to give them the attention they desire. On the other hand, you should cover it because there could be something big or potentially harmful that could happen at one of these rallies. The thing we talked about in class is the idea of, the media being the enemy of the people. When we talk about a situation like this, either way you look at it, people will think journalists are the enemy of the people. Covering the story will make people think the media is the enemy because of the fact that we are giving them publicity that they so desire. However, not covering the story will draw criticisms of trying to cover up news events from the American public, therefore making us the enemy of the people.

The examples mentioned in this piece were the Unite the Right rallies and the Westboro Baptist Church protests. Another example that came to mind with this was the Black Lives Matter movements, rallies, and protests. I think the media did a great job of covering those events, because they would cover them when it got to a riot/problematic level, but would leave them alone for their regular protests. I think that’s the way we as journalists need to approach these kind of groups and rallies. When these rallies and protests threaten lives and become dangerous to everyday citizens, that is when we need to get involved to inform people on what is going on. When there is no threat we should not be covering.

https://www.npr.org/2018/08/12/638018004/how-the-media-covers-white-supremacists

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Aug 23 2018

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Grace – A story

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  • A Bio:

Grace is a sophomore at Morningside College from Avoca Iowa. She is an advertising major and she plays trumpet in the Morningside Marching Mustangs.

  • Why she came to Morningside?

She comes from a small town and she wanted that to be replicated by coming to Sioux City and going to Morningside.

  • What does she plan to do with her future?

She plans to start out working for an advertising firm and hopefully own her own advertising firm in the future.

  • What does she do for fun?

During free time she enjoys drawing, watching Netflix and playing Nintendo video games.

  • What was her childhood dream job?

When she was a kid she wanted to be a paleontologist or an archaeologist because she enjoyed the game Tomb Raider and the Indiana Jones movies.

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