News Values Blog

Human interest: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2012/04/18/early-lottery-winner-fraud.cnn
 

Oddity: http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/austin/man-set-on-fire-taken-to-burn-center
 

Timeliness: http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/18/justice/texas-pediatrician-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

Consequence: http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/austin/teacher-arrested-for-having-marijuana

Prominence:Fake Bieber accused of abusing NJ girl online

Conflict: http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-politics/lawmakers-say-reforms-may-not-be-working-at-2325571.html

Proximity: http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/austin/more-residents-forced-out-of-wood-ridge-apartments

News Leads

Who- 2 boy orphans
What- their parents are spys
When- july 1953
Where- soviet union

"They were the most famous orphans of the cold war, only 6 and 10 years old in 1953 when their parents were executed at Sing Sing for delivering atomic-bomb secrets to the Soviet Union. Then they were whisked from an unwanted limelight to urban anonymity and eventually to suburban obscurity."

In the early 1950's any questions were asked, some like "are my parents spys"? Gone forever from a anonymous user because of executions at Sing Sing.

Who- Comic book collectors
What- Selling first comic book thats untouched.
When- 21st century
Where- In New York
Why-  He wants to sell it.
 How-  He had the magazine when he was young, but just left it in the basement.
 Lead- After being hidden away for years, a copy of the original "Action Comics No. 1" comic book, featuring Superman and friends, will make a comeback, to the tune of about $400,000, a comic expert told CNN Thursday.
My lead- Man has brought out a hidden gem he has had for years. A copy of the original Superman comic worth $400,000.

20 Questions for School

People to ask:

Students

Principles

Teachers

1. Do you think they're a good idea?

2. Do you think students will actually follow the rule?

3. Do you think students will like the new rule?

4. How do you think the students will react when told about the rule?

5. What will happen if students have to pay for them?

6. Why do you think A.I.S.D has chosen to do this?

7. Do you agree? Why or why not?

8. Do you think this is a result of other students abusing dress code?

9. Do you think its unfair?

10. Do you think kids will move school because of this?

11. are you disciplining the students for violating dress code?

12.do you think this will be an issue for the students?

13.is this permanent for students?

14.will these uniforms be affordable for everyone to get?

15.what will be the consequence for students that don't follow the uniforms?

16.does uniforms bring in money for the school?

17. what color will the uniforms be?

18.will the uniforms be unisex or will the uniforms be different for boys and girls? 

19. will students be rewarded if they do well with the use of uniforms?

20.will students have free days where they can wear what they want?

New Briefs

Who: A senior, Travis Logan
What: won a DECA competition
When: Two weeks ago
Where: Union college
Why: To qualify for nationals In Florida
How: By getting first at state.



Summary lead Version 1:
Many people have competed in the visual merchandising at district DECA, but only Travis Logan won.

Summary lead Version 2:
Senior, Travis Logan competed to be first at a DECA competition.

Summary lead Version 3:
A win at the National DECA competition sends the Senior, Travis Logan To compete at state.

 STORY:
 A win at the National DECA competition sends the senior, Travis Logan, to compete at state. He says "My goal is taking first at state so I qualify for nations in Florida." He will make his way to state in April. There he hopes that he makes it to nationals.

All his hard work and dedication put him past state and into nationals. Although he didn't get first place in nationals he made second. He then said "Im fine with being second, i'm just happy i made it to nationals." He prays that next year he only gets the same chance.

Who: Girls in grade 10-12

What: Color Guard tryouts

When: to be held Tuesday, May 25, to Thursday, May 27

Where: on school campus at west side of parking lot.

Why: Skills needed: dance, coordination, rhythm, flag-twirling ability.

How: compete for 16 positions.





Summary lead Version 1:

68 girls participated in color guard tryouts in order to join the marching band.

Summary lead Version 2:
Color guard tryouts  for girls in grades 10-12 are being held at the west side of the parking lot from Tuesday May 25 to Thursday May 27


Summary lead Version 3:
10-12 Graders who want to try out for color guard; Try outs will be held on Tuesday, May 25 , to Thursday, May 27 on the school campus at the west side of the parking lot. 

 STORY:

68 girls participated in color guard tryouts in order to join the marching band last season. 10-12 graders who want to be apart of becoming apart of color guard need to show up on Tuesday, May 25 and try out. Skills that are needed for anyone trying out would be dance, coordination, rhythm, flag-twirling ability. They will preform at football games during the halftime shows, basketball games, and even parades.

Anyone chosen will be apart of the fall marching band. Last season around 68 girls tried out and hopefully this year there will be an even better turn out. Anyone who may interested needs to see Ms Cindy Barker in room 103 for more information.

Merger Photo

Architecture Photos

Details

Lights

Patterns

Angles/Shapes

Surroundings

 

Architect Shoot

DETAILS

I think it matches the type because it closely shows the way the building is. It shows the way the building was created and what the outside looks like.

LIGHT

Its the type because it creates this depth in the picture of darkness. the light makes the picture interesting to look at and lets the mind wonder.

PATTERNS

Its the type pattern because it shows repetition on the design on the columns. Even the columns look exactly alike and show repetition. 

ANGLES AND SHAPES

This architecture has different kinds of shapes and angles in the building. It actually makes the building cool to look at.

SURROUNDINGS

I think its a surrounding type of picture because the building "sticks out like a sore thumb". Its not typical for a building to just sit in the middle of the forrest.

Architecture Blog

Nautilus House, Mexico

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? 

Javier Senosiain

2. When was it built?

2006

3. Where is it located? 

Mexico City

4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? 

This building is someones house so i dont think they would want people coming in.

5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? 

I didnt seem to find the amount.

6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? 

The architect wanted the building to have an aquatic feel to it. This building is occupied by a young couple and 2 children. 

7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question)

  I picked this building because it looks so beautiful. Its different and not just any normal house. i like the way it was constructed and the colors it was given.

 Hundertwasserhaus (Forest Spiral, The Hundertwasser Building), Germany

Who is the architect (the person who built it)?

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

2. When was it built?

Between 1998 and 2000.

3. Where is it located?

Darmstadt, Germany

4. Is it a private building or can you visit it?

It's a public building due to the fact that it's made of apartments.

5. Is there information on how much it cost to build?

not said. 

6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself?

Friedensreich Hundertwasser was a man interested in spirals so he decided to build this house, yes that's the only reason it was built. It became a large apartment building.

7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question)
I picked this building because i thought it was the way the apartment wraps around like a spiral. Everybody is so close and i think its pretty neat.

Atomium, Belgium

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)?
 Andre Waterkey

2. When was it built?
1958

3. Where is it located? Brussels, Belgium

4. Is it a private building or can you visit it?
you can visit.

5. Is there information on how much it cost to build?
No, i didnt see anything.

6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself?
It symbolized the democratic will to maintain peace among all the nations, faith in progress, both technical and scientific and, finally, an optimistic vision of the future of a modern, new, super-technological world for a better life for mankind. 

7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question)
I picked this building because it was interesting. It looks like a carnival ride for some reason. i thought it was very interesting building to construct.

Burj Al Arab, Dubai, UAE

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)?
Tom Wright of Atkins

2. When was it built?
December 1999

3. Where is it located?
Stands on an artificial island 280 m (920 ft) out from Jumeriah beach, and is connected to the mainland by a private curving bridge

4. Is it a private building or can you visit it?
Its a hotel.

5. Is there information on how much it cost to build?
USD $650 Million

6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself?
Doesnt mention a reason. Its just a hotel with a bunch of duplex's.

7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question)
I picked this building because i thought it so pretty to look at, and its neat looking. It looks almost like a sail boat cape.

Guggenheim Museum, Spain

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? 
Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry

2. When was it built?
October 18, 1997

3. Where is it located?
Abando, Bilbao, Spain

4. Is it a private building or can you visit it?
You can visit it.

5. Is there information on how much it cost to build?
 Doesnt say.

6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself?
The government decided they would put a museum middle of Bilbao.

7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question)
I picked this building because i thought it was fascinating with the curves on the building and stuff. i like how it just sits near the water and the way it was constructed. The architect put deep thought into the building. 

5 Ws and the H

Story 3

Who? 

Austin Fisher
Who is involved? 

Austin Fisher and thousands more
Who does/did the situation affect? 

Austin Fisher
Who said so? 

Leon Bibb

What?
What is happening? 

Austin Fisher get to walk on stage and graduate.
What did happen? 

The school district had allow Austin to Graduate and walk his stage.
What are the consequences? 

They let Austin graduate even if he didn't attend alot of school days.
What is different about this? 

Austin didn't have alot of time attending school because of working alot of jobs to pay for his mother cancer treatment, but the school board had change their decision and let him graduate.
What are the choices?

 The School board change their decision after rethinking due to the pressure on the media.

When?

 Fall 2011
When did or will this happen?

 Pep Rally
When was this discovered?

Where? 

Ohio
Where did or will this happen? 

At his school

Why?

Why did this happen or will it happen?

 He wanted to help his mother.

How?

How did it or will it happen?

 He wanted to help his mother which caused excessive absences.

How much does it cost?

How many people does this affect? 

and the people in the Carrollton isd school board, Austin Fisher and his mother, and the town on Carrollton, Ohio.

How do you feel about this? 

They made a good decision because it wasnt his fault.

5 Ws and the H

2nd Story

Who?

6-year old little girl
Who is involved?

Girl, parents, police, school
Who does/did the situation affect?

Everyone involved.
Who said so?

CNN

 

What? 

A girl throwing a tantrum.
What is happening? 

She was taken down to the police station
What did happen? 

She was throwing things and biting and hurting the principle
What are the consequences? 

 She was put in handcuffs and taken down to the police station.
What is different about this? 

 Usually a girl who is so young wouldn't be taken down to a police station
What are the choices? 

They could have just put her in a room were she cant hurt anyone

When:

Friday morning in 2005

When did this happen?

In a classroom one morning.

When was this discovered?

When the stupid disrupted the class.

Where?

 Elementary school in Georgia.
Where did or will this happen?

In the classroom.

Why? 

safety for the cop
Why did this happen or will it happen?

How? 

destroying school property and attacking the principle
How did it or will it happen? 

the cops got involved
How much does it cost? 

IDK
How many people does this affect? 

the six year old, the family, the school, the principle, and the cops
How do you feel about this? 

umm.. idk. i mean i dont think they should have put her in handcuffs but they needed to do something.

5 Ws and the H

 1st Story

 

 

Who? 

Pilot of the plane
Who is involved? 

Everybody on the plane.

 Who does/did the situation affect?

Passengers on the plane
Who said so?

CNN

What? 

A first officer for a plain mistakes a Venus for a C-17 that was just below.
What is happening? 

He falls asleep and wakes up not feeling well probably clouding his judgment.
What did happen? 

He brought the plain down and up again at different altitudes.
What are the consequences?

 Passengers and flight attendants were rapidly thrown around the plain and lost objects .
What is different about this?

 How it happened, the mistake the first officer made.
What are the choices? 

They could have woken him up at the normal time and only give him the 40 minuets.

When?

January 14, 2011
When did or will this happen?

It already happend.
When was this discovered?

April 17 ?

Where? 

Canada
Where did or will this happen? 

Canada airspace.

Why? 

Because the pilot needed sleep and slept too long.
Why did this happen or will it happen?

The pilot slept longer than he should have.

How?

 

How did it or will it happen?

The piolet made a mistake
How much does it cost?

Not much??
How many people does this affect? 

14-16
How do you feel about this?

 The pilot should of been paying more attention.

Answers for Student of the Month

Name: Nathan Conde

Academy: AHA

1. "Because Im awesome"
2. "Yes i think should've won because i work hard in school"
3. "No, i feel i worked hard on my own."
4. National Honor Society
5. "No the award wasnt that big of a deal."
6. "No, i believe you dont need awards for doing something good.
7. 10th
8. Because i worked hard for it.
9. Ive been a good student throughout the month.
10. Being called fown to the offivce to accept the award.
11. "English teacher because she inspired me to do good."
12. My Parents did.
13. Yes, i will keep trying my hardest.
14. Do your best in school !!
15. My parents for pushing me to do good.
16. Yes i though i wasnt doing very well.
17. I they will be very proud of me
18. It will look good on my resume b/c it will show i like to achieve goals.
19. Very Proud !
20. Have fun but dont slack off !!

Sports/Action

Questions for Student of the month.

1. Why do you think you won the award?
2. Do you think you should've won that award?
3. Is there anyone else that deserves appreciation?
4. What activities are you involved in?
5. Do you think you should be treated special for a day?
6. Do you even care that you were made student of the month?
7. What grade are you in?
8. Why do you think you really deserved the award?
9. what have you done  during school to earn it?
10. Throughout the month what was the thing you remember most?
11. who were your motivating teachers
12. What motivated you to do good in school?
13. will you shoot for student of the year?
14. What do you want to tell kids that want to be student of the month?
15. Do you want to thank anyone?
16. were you suprised that you won?
17. What do you think your parents will say?
18. will this help you in college? why or why not
19. are you proud of yourself?
20. Do you have anything that you want to say to other people?

Caption

Who: Man with the fire bottle
What: Some terrorists guy has a bottle with fire and is going to throw it.
Where: The middle east
When: August 13 2010
Why: He didnt like the police
How: His anger towards their police department.

On August 13 2010 a man in the middle east with a short temper stood in front of a group of police officers ranging and ranting about how he was fed up with the police. He seemed to want to throw the fire bottle in anger.

Very Own Yearbook

Touching People

1.I think this project is actually pretty neat. It takes people out of their comfort zones.

2. What would you do if someone approached you with a camera and asked you to participate in a photo shoot and then asked you to touch a stranger? I'd find the nearest person and pose with them in a weird way.

3. An unusual photo shoot that i think would be fun to do would be getting two people that dont know eachother having them switch clothes and then doing a weird pose.

4.I think the photos were really good. The photographer didnt really show too many different rules.

Agree or Disagree with Judges.

1. Describe one photo that you agree with the judges on. Explain why you and the judges do or do not like it.
 I agree that they need to put more pictures then the ones that they have already and have every body to know
2. Describe one photo that you do NOT agree with the judges on. Explain why you think the judges are wrong.
I do not agree with the judges in reference to the picture of the luge. It was more dynamic than they portrayed it to be, and was aesthetically pleasing.

Chosing the Winner.

They looked at all the picture that the portfolio had to see if they all tied together. They looked at how well they people took the shots and how they they shot it. Also if the portfolio as a whole was interesting.

Winning Video

What did the judges note as strengths as they were critiquing it?
They like the way some of his shots were taken. Also the creativity he had. His color and composition in the first pictures were really good to.

What do you see as strengths? Do you see any weaknesses?
I think the main strength he had was the creativity he had while taking the pictures. Some weaknesses he had were on maybe one or two pictures the photo could have been taken differently.

Sport Actions

Name: Alyssa Schukar
General Focus: people (stories, emotions)
3 problems: One distance on pictures, not feeling any emotions, no strong single pictures, not happy photos mainly sad.
2 things the judges like- The guy sweeping with a shovel and the girl that fell on the track in front of the hurdle.
I thought her portfolio was pretty boring and didn't really have a lot of interesting pictures.

Japanese Earthquake

This photo is remarkable because it shows what true power the earthquake released in it's time the giant cargo boxes just look like a bunch of Lego's sitting in a bucket all mingled together. There really aren't and particular rules that this photographer used besides the fact that he changed his view point in order to allow the viewer to get a real picture of what really happened.

This photo fills me with shock. Its one thing to hear about all the damage that happend but its another thing to see it. The photographer used leading lines in this photo.

 

This photo is more detaled with the damage that is there after the earthquake. The photographer also used leading lines with the poles and the road.

This photo makes me realize that no matter how heavy something we make is, or how well we make it, it's nothing that nature can't undo. the photographer used patterns and repetition in this photo.

News Paper

Front Pages of The World

My favorite front page is The Chongqing Times from Chongqing China. Its my favorite because its a little different from our newspapers in America and because i cant understand it.
My favorite headline is The New York Post because it instantly tells you what your going to read about and its all in your face.
It looks like 3 or 4 stories, its in Chinese so i cant understand it.
The thing they all have in common is the headlines all are in bold text.
The different kinds of font that they use and how the stories are organized.

Newspaper Notes

Flag= name of the paper.
Teaser= when they tell you what page to go to to read more.
Folio= Name of school, Modo, Date, to give people more info about it.
Headlines= One per page minimum. Come from first headline.
ByLine= who wrote the story
Got to have pictures on your page!
Caption Head= title of caption
Caption= the caption; who what where when why how
Photo By= name of photographer
Most front pages will have 3-5 storysJump= stroy continues somewhere else
Info Graphics=  Litlle boxes that contain graphs
3 things that need to be in every paper= Volume, Table of contents, issue number!
Daily Papers have bar codes and phone numbers
Staff box= names of staff, awards, etc.

YEARBOOK !

School name: John B. Conally High School
School location, exact location: 13212 N. Lamar Blvd. Austin, Texas 78753
School size:4-A
How many pages is the book? :256
How many sections are in the book? : 6
List the sections in the book : Student Life, Academics, People, Organizations, Sports, Ads & Index.
What sports are played at that school? Volleyball, Basketball, Football, Track, Swimming, Tennis, Wrestling, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Baseball, Cross-Country.
Give me a list of some of the clubs a student could join at that school? African-American Youth Leaders, Band, Stars Dance Team, Cheer, Winter Guard, Latin Dance Troupe,
What are the school colors? Green, Black, White
What is the theme of the book? "We are..." ????
What thematic elements are present throughout the book?
How many years has the book been published?
Who is the editor-in-chief of the book?
Who is the advisor?
What  is your favorite spread in the book?
What do you like about this book?
What would you change if you were working on that book?
Would you like to go to that school?
Why would you or would you not like to go to that school?

MY COVER

COVER

Summary

I. Early Magazine Covers started off as the table of contents, and then evolved into basicly a book cover presenting a title and publication data. After the book cover style appeared this one used a generic illustration in a symbolic manner to evoke the spirit of the publication, without revealing any of this issue's specific contents.

II. The Poster Cover was the dominator in the magizine field at the time, it is said to have be darived from the artistic posters of the Art Norveau movement. The covers of many of these oversized magazines looked as if they were printed to be framed and hung on the wall.

III. (Pictures Married to Type) While many magazines boasted artful poster covers, others relied heavily on cover lines to draw readers inside in a more definite way than the cover art could accomplish. It is not clear when cover lines first appeared, but it was early in the history of the magazine cover. Most cover lines identifed the names of the contributors, not the topics of their articles.

IV. (In the Forest of Words) Its very artistic and has a large number of cover lines. Very attractive and eye catching. More coverlines that expose the picture more and more. Good photography and big texts or words to make it easy to read and look at and the words cover the people or things.

Akins, Happy, Building

I used this picture the Akins' theme because its our main entrance. Its the front of our school and people would most likely recognize it if they saw it. Its not my best work because i wish i would've made it not tilt so much but i like it. i also wish i would've been more creative with the theme.

I used this picture because of the guys shirt. Our theme was happy and the koo-laid man always has a smile on. The boy is also smiling so its just a happy picture all together! I probably could've done something better but had little time.

I chose this picture because it was the easiest way to describe building. I wanted to be creative with my work but i didnt have much time like i said before. But i do like the picture i wish the length we had would've been bigger so i could've shown the whole picture but oh well.

My Choice

I chose to do Yearbook because i've always wanted to be apart of the yearbook staff. i like photography but ive just never got to join. I like getting to go to the games and taking fast action pictures. Ive always liked the way the yearbooks came out and wanted to know how to do it. Its just very cool to be apart of the yearbook staff :)

http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/newspaperid/589/Default.aspx

FAVORITE PICTURES

My Vacation.

1. Tell me what is the one thing that happened on your holiday that you will remember? It can be a trip, a family visit, a present, something fun.
I got to spend a lot of time with family. I went out for New Years and had a great time. I made new friends and it was pretty fun !!!!

2. What are your resolutions for the 2012 year?
Do better in school.

3. What are you looking forward to in 2012?
Summer and SPRING BREAK :)

2011 Main Topics

1. What was the best song of 2011?
  Drake's Take Care Album
I think Drake's Album Take Care is the best because it has a bunch of great songs that everyone loves. He does the songs that everyone can relate to and understand. Its like he goes into peoples minds and writes a song about it. ^.^

2. What was the best movie of 2011?

Transformers; It was one of the best movies of 2011. I really liked it because its part 3 and when there are more movies they cant help but be better than before. Even though it may drag at a point it still has great parts and i love it.


3. What was the most important news story of the year?
Osama Bin Laden

Its the biggest news stories ive heard in a long time. The government has been looking for him for about 10 years and they had finally found him.

 
4. Who was the most important person of 2011?
Michelle Obama

She is first lady so you expect her to deal the government stuff but shes actually caring and shows compassion in other things. She has the campaign on obesity and i think its very good for her to do. It really does show she care.




5. What was the biggest sports OR entertainment story OR sports/entertainment person of 2011 (you should google what is appropriate for your choice), I leave this one to you to find a photo for.
Prince William and Kate Middleton.

This is definitely one of the biggest entertainment stories to hit media and to even happen. Prince William is finally a KING !!!!!!! :D lol well yeah it was a HUGE wedding and everyone attended and it was the biggest thing to happen !!!!!