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September 13, 2012

Critiquing Myself

Filed under: Journalism —— Jordan Jacupke @ 9:05 AM

I havent quite figured out this new genre of writing: journalism. I’m not the strongest writer to begin with, but when a completely new style is thrown at me I duck and cover. This is the case with journalism. I am having a hard time figuring out what exactly i’m supposed to put in the lead. I pretty much suck at it, right now. So, in conclusion, I need to improve on my lead, and then hopefully the rest just comes with time….but in time to get an A

Angry Yemenites—News Comment #3

Filed under: Journalism —— Jordan Jacupke @ 9:01 AM

Angry Yemenites 

 

In Yemen, citizens protested an anti-Islam film and pretty much F**cked up the U.S. Embassy.

I think this is newsworthy because it is another incident involving Islamic people being unhappy with America and doing something about it. It is very recent, just happening yesterday (Sept. 12th), and I think it targets the entire U.S population as its audience. Because as we all know, an attack on one american is an attack on all americans. I dont think it is worthy of the “top of the fold”, but it is definitely a story that should be told.

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