How Far Does Freedom Go?- 11/29/12
November 29, 2012
This was an interesting article for the week. There is a new law that for law enforcement to look into technology based information (i.e. social media profiles, the cloud, phones and other electronic devices) they must now have a warrant from a judge to do so. It’s odd that this law wasn’t passed before.
I feel like now that this is being passed, maybe citizens weren’t really getting the privacy we deserve in previous years. I think this new “rule” will be beneficial in giving U.S. citizens more privacy. I also agree that this will not hinder law enforcement in doing their job. They are required to have warrants for everything else- why not this? I would say this is a newsworthy story that many people would be interested in.
Texting- 11/15/12
November 15, 2012
This was a very cool “fun fact,” I thought. Despite our world of technology based everything, its odd to see something like texting diminishing. Unfortunately, it is too bad that it’s not diminishing because people realized how much better actually talking is. Instead, like always, we are trying to move on to the next bigger, better and cheaper thing.
Though seeing a decrease in texting is odd for our generation, it makes sense when phone companies are charging out the ‘wah-zoo’ for data plans, calls and texts.
I suppose this is newsworthy. Its not necessarily a major story, but a filler. People like to keep up on technology; what’s hot and what’s not. It probably would never make broadcast because it’s easy, but boring for radio or television.
Broadcast
November 15, 2012
Script:
This is morningside news, I’m Jennifer Noel. Hurricane Sandy has given the East Coast quite a shock. Here is (name) with the story.
Fierce floods and 80 mile per hour winds, hit the East Coast on Monday. Even though it was weakened, Hurricane Sandy still gave New Jersey a punch. By Tuesday, the rainfall was slowing and the storm was now a post-tropical cyclone. As a result, from the storm at least 16 people across the East Coast are dead.
Atlantic City and Lower Manhattan are just a few places the storm has caused damage. The streets were flooded into rivers 13 feet deep. Much of Manhattan’s skyline power faded. At the end of Tuesday, still most places were unsafe to travel and interstates were reduced to 45 miles per hour.
Recently Siouxlanders came together for the annual event, Pink in the Rink. (Name) has more on the event.
Sioux City’s Pink in the Rink was a big success for Breast Cancer Awareness. On Saturday, the Sioux City Musketeers wore pink for the fifth year in a row. The event rose up to forty seven thousand dollars for St Lukes’ imaging and breast screening center.
Over thirty-eight hundred people showed up at the Tyson Event Center for the event. Each ticket generated three dollars towards the cause. To keep the support going, t-shirts and pink ducks were sold at the game as well.
ME: This year’s election has brought up strong feelings for student voters. Sioux City students had a chance to vote early and many for the first time. Here is (name) with more to the story.
Early voting came even quicker for college students in Sioux City. Students came from every secondary school to cast their vote. Emily, a student from Morningside, who voted, thought there was a lot of pressure this campaign to be apart of the election. Emily says,
Many students were voting for the first time. Most felt like it is an important event that students and young adults need to participate in. Jamison, a first time voter from morningside says, “blah blah blah.”
DINOSAURS!- 11/8/12
November 8, 2012
I thought this was cool. Rarely anymore do we hear about finding fossils. So it’s exciting to hear about discoveries like this. This is definantly newsworthy, because it is a piece of ‘living’ history. Well, ‘living’ in the sense that we can touch it. People like to hear about this because it’s proof of creatures that were hear before us.
This is something unique that would be cool to put in broadcast. However, the scientific names of dinosaurs would be way to difficult to pronounce. Therefore, I wouldn’t suggest it for broadcast to avoid tongue twisters. Unfortunately, they would need all those hard names to tell the complete story.
Three Stories
November 8, 2012
ME: In today’s news Hurricane Sandy has given the East Coast quite a shock. Here is (name) with the story.
NAME: Thanks Jen,
Fierce floods and 80 mile per hour winds, hit the East Coast on Monday. Even though it was weakened, Hurricane Sandy still gave New Jersey a punch. By Tuesday, the rainfall was slowing and the storm was now a post-tropical cyclone. As a result, from the storm at least 16 people across the East Coast are dead.
Atlantic City and Lower Manhattan are just a few places the storm has caused damage. The streets were flooded into rivers 13 feet deep. Much of Manhattan’s skyline power faded. At the end of Tuesday, still most places were unsafe to travel and interstates were reduced to 45 miles per hour.
ME: Thank you Jane. Recently Siouxlanders came together for the annual event, Pink in the Rink. (Name) has more on the event.
NAME: Thanks Jen,
Sioux City’s Pink in the Rink was a big success for Breast Cancer Awareness. On Saturday, the Sioux City Musketeers wore pink for the fifth year in a row. The event rose up to forty seven thousand dollars for St Lukes’ imaging and breast screening center.
Over thirty-eight hundred people showed up at the Tyson Event Center for the event. Each ticket generated three dollars towards the cause. To keep the support going, t-shirts and pink ducks were sold at the game as well.
ME: This year’s election has brought up strong feelings for student voters. Sioux City students had a chance to vote early and many for the first time. Here is (name) with more to the story.
NAME: Thanks Jen,
Early voting came even quicker for college students in Sioux City. Students came from every secondary school to cast their vote. (Name), a student from Morningside, casted her vote and says, “blah blah blah.”
Many students were voting for the first time. Some feel that there is a lot of pressure with the election being a close one this year. A student from WITT, (Name), says, “blah blah blah.”
(I need to do some interviews, so that is why I have “blah blah blah” and (Name)).
Ex-Morningside College worker gets prison sentence- 11/1/12
November 1, 2012
Ex-Morningside College Worker gets prison sentence
This is great local news. People love to hear about crime. It is also a good broadcast story and probably was one somewhere. People can easily listen to it on radio or television. Its short, sweet and to the point. I do wonder if this hurt Morningside College at all. I mean they hired an embezzler. That has to make them look bad to some extent.
The content was written in an inverted pyramid style. However some of the sentences are pretty long. The writer could have probably condensed at least some.
Science Story
November 1, 2012
Farmers Cause Earthquake. Story Here: ScienceStory
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/345937/description/Spanish_quake_linked_to_groundwater_pumping