I know that class is over, but I thought you might want to see this article from Sunday's New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/opinion/02pubed.html?_r=2&ref=opinion&pagewanted=print
Monday, August 3, 2009
Friday, July 31, 2009
Goodbye!
Hey Everyone!
I had a great time for these past three weeks in class!
It was so nice to meet all of you and I hope that our class continues to keep in touch through the blog.
Best of everything!
I had a great time for these past three weeks in class!
It was so nice to meet all of you and I hope that our class continues to keep in touch through the blog.
Best of everything!
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Justin Fenton
Hi Everyone!
I thought it was really neat to hear Justin speak today. He has a very interesting job and is a great writer.
Somebody asked him if he ever got scared during his job and he said that he did not really. I know that I would definitely be scared covering crime stories.
What do you all think? If you were in a position like Justin, covering breaking crime stories, would you be nervous? Also, what were your general reactions to Justin's presentations?
Tell me what you think.
I thought it was really neat to hear Justin speak today. He has a very interesting job and is a great writer.
Somebody asked him if he ever got scared during his job and he said that he did not really. I know that I would definitely be scared covering crime stories.
What do you all think? If you were in a position like Justin, covering breaking crime stories, would you be nervous? Also, what were your general reactions to Justin's presentations?
Tell me what you think.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
What would you cover?
I was reading through comments on my "Future" post and I am wondering what everyone would like to cover.
Rachel said she would cover music.
I want to cover things that aren't breaking news anymore but people should remember.
Raise awareness.
Its a small minded goal.
Also where would you like to work?
Rachel said she would cover music.
I want to cover things that aren't breaking news anymore but people should remember.
Raise awareness.
Its a small minded goal.
Also where would you like to work?
Justin Fenton, 9 a.m. Thursday
All,
Hope for a peaceful night in Baltimore. If all remains (fairly) calm on the police beat, Justin Fenton will join us at 9 a.m. Thursday.
He'll talk about life covering cops, his years at the Diamondback, how to begin working a beat, what to do when you hear 17 people have been shot...anything you want to talk about.
See you all at 9 a.m. -- for your last quiz and your last writing assignment.
Hope for a peaceful night in Baltimore. If all remains (fairly) calm on the police beat, Justin Fenton will join us at 9 a.m. Thursday.
He'll talk about life covering cops, his years at the Diamondback, how to begin working a beat, what to do when you hear 17 people have been shot...anything you want to talk about.
See you all at 9 a.m. -- for your last quiz and your last writing assignment.
Finals
Hello Everyone,
Evereything seems to be coming to an end. Today we took our final test and Friday our final paper will be due, and we will be forced to say goodbye to new friends and college life until the end of our senior year.
Young Scholars Program was a great experience and I enjoyed every second of it. From the optional activities on campus to the new found responsibilities in the classroom. Ysp has given me a new outlook on college and I look forward to a bigger and better experience when I actually go to college in the fall of 2011.
So here is to a goodbye to Journalism150, Professor Banisky, and new friends that I have met along the way!
Evereything seems to be coming to an end. Today we took our final test and Friday our final paper will be due, and we will be forced to say goodbye to new friends and college life until the end of our senior year.
Young Scholars Program was a great experience and I enjoyed every second of it. From the optional activities on campus to the new found responsibilities in the classroom. Ysp has given me a new outlook on college and I look forward to a bigger and better experience when I actually go to college in the fall of 2011.
So here is to a goodbye to Journalism150, Professor Banisky, and new friends that I have met along the way!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
When do Photos Cross the Line?
Hi Guys.
If you all recall at the end of class today we looked at a photo on The Baltimore Sun's website.
It was from the article "18 shootings stem largely from drug feud police say Two fatally shot, 16 wounded in shootings on day of mayhem on Baltimore's east side" by Justin Fenton and Scott Calvert.
The photo was of a door with blood spatter. The caption read, "Blood can be seen spattered on the back door at the scene of a backyard cookout in East Baltimore at which people were shot and wounded". Professor Banisky asked us if we thought it was fine to put the picture in the paper.
Most of the people in class said it was because it was not that graphic.
I want to follow up by asking when is a picture too graphic? Can a picture be too graphic if it is the only source of what happened?
For example, during the Iran election, the only way to get the story out was for citizens to post pictures and blog. I for one feel that some of the pictures were a little bit too much, but it was the only way to learn what these people continue to go through.
So are certain photos allowed to be more graphic due to special circumstances?
Tell me what you think.
If you all recall at the end of class today we looked at a photo on The Baltimore Sun's website.
It was from the article "18 shootings stem largely from drug feud police say Two fatally shot, 16 wounded in shootings on day of mayhem on Baltimore's east side" by Justin Fenton and Scott Calvert.
The photo was of a door with blood spatter. The caption read, "Blood can be seen spattered on the back door at the scene of a backyard cookout in East Baltimore at which people were shot and wounded". Professor Banisky asked us if we thought it was fine to put the picture in the paper.
Most of the people in class said it was because it was not that graphic.
I want to follow up by asking when is a picture too graphic? Can a picture be too graphic if it is the only source of what happened?
For example, during the Iran election, the only way to get the story out was for citizens to post pictures and blog. I for one feel that some of the pictures were a little bit too much, but it was the only way to learn what these people continue to go through.
So are certain photos allowed to be more graphic due to special circumstances?
Tell me what you think.
Future
I'm interested. After this program who is still interested in Journalism?
I'm sure we all learned a lot and I found this isn't a glamour career (I never really thought it was). And also how much it means you need sacrifice (expression).
As for myself I think it is clear I am not as cut out for this as I thought. Cold, hard fact is too dry for my taste and AP style too cruel to my words. I still dream of being a collumnist [as I'm sure many of you do] but I question now if I truely have what it takes to make it that far.
I hoped as a collumnist I would have more freedoms, and thus be able to say more, and get into my stories, to write something with flavor, and not just biting news.
I'm sure we all learned a lot and I found this isn't a glamour career (I never really thought it was). And also how much it means you need sacrifice (expression).
As for myself I think it is clear I am not as cut out for this as I thought. Cold, hard fact is too dry for my taste and AP style too cruel to my words. I still dream of being a collumnist [as I'm sure many of you do] but I question now if I truely have what it takes to make it that far.
I hoped as a collumnist I would have more freedoms, and thus be able to say more, and get into my stories, to write something with flavor, and not just biting news.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Fenton must postpone...
All,
Here's the reality of a reporter's life: You never know when the job will disrupt your personal calendar.
We heard a little of this from Marisol Bello last week; she said she has to be ready to go at any time.
Now, Justin Fenton has advised that he cannot spend the morning with us tomorrow because of Sunday's shootings of 17 people, two of them fatally, in East Baltimore. (Go to www.baltimoresun.com to read Justin Fenton's reports.) He's working on follow-up stories now and likely will have even more folos tomorrow.
We're trying to reschedule for Thursday.
Meanwhile, we'll work on other issues tomorrow.
See you at 9 a.m.
Here's the reality of a reporter's life: You never know when the job will disrupt your personal calendar.
We heard a little of this from Marisol Bello last week; she said she has to be ready to go at any time.
Now, Justin Fenton has advised that he cannot spend the morning with us tomorrow because of Sunday's shootings of 17 people, two of them fatally, in East Baltimore. (Go to www.baltimoresun.com to read Justin Fenton's reports.) He's working on follow-up stories now and likely will have even more folos tomorrow.
We're trying to reschedule for Thursday.
Meanwhile, we'll work on other issues tomorrow.
See you at 9 a.m.
Gates Story Update
When the picture of Gates being led out of his home by cops was put in the paper, I remembered that we all wondered how a reporter got to take that picture. Had he or she simply been there at the right time?
It turns out that a neighbor took the picture.
They also released the phone conversation between the woman who called 911 and the police. Apparently, she did not mention the race of the men she saw trying to break down Gates's door.
"Going through this whole experience, I have already identified a number of things that the department can do better," said Police Commissioner Robert C. Haas.
Here is the link to the article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/27/AR2009072700470.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR
It turns out that a neighbor took the picture.
They also released the phone conversation between the woman who called 911 and the police. Apparently, she did not mention the race of the men she saw trying to break down Gates's door.
"Going through this whole experience, I have already identified a number of things that the department can do better," said Police Commissioner Robert C. Haas.
Here is the link to the article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/27/AR2009072700470.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR
Justin Fenton from The Baltimore Sun
I'm really looking forward to meeting Justin Fenton, a police reporter from The Baltimore Sun, tomorrow! All of our guest speakers have been great, and I can't believe we have reached our last one already.
I was reading Fenton's articles for The Baltimore Sun website, and I noticed something.
He seems to not use the same criterion as we do for ledes. For example, this was one article he wrote:
Teenager is charged as adult in attempted robery of officer
Baltimore police have charged a juvenile in the attempted robbery Thursday of an off-duty officer a block from the Southern District police station. Corey L. Johnson, 17, of the 3000 block of Southland Ave. was charged as an adult with first-degree assault, armed robbery and use of a handgun in a violent crime, according to court records.
We have been working on ledes a lot these past few weeks, and Professor Banisky has reminded us to focus on the most important events first. Yet, Fenton starts with "Baltimore police have charged..." In my opinion, it seems that the second sentence should be the lede.
Fenton must have arranged his article the way he did for a reason. So I wonder why it differs from our format.
In addition, the summary of his article is not the first sentence, nor is it the lede, but rather a compilation of the most important facts, as shown by this summary of another article:
Juvenile services head questions GPS monitors
...critically wounded a 5-year-old girl, was wearing one of the monitoring devices at the time of the incident and had not cut it off, as the state agency previously said. Davis was located and arrested two days after the shooting.
This synopsis was a little confusing at first and I had to read the article to fully understand it, so I wonder why he summarized it in this way.
What does everybody think?
I was reading Fenton's articles for The Baltimore Sun website, and I noticed something.
He seems to not use the same criterion as we do for ledes. For example, this was one article he wrote:
Teenager is charged as adult in attempted robery of officer
Baltimore police have charged a juvenile in the attempted robbery Thursday of an off-duty officer a block from the Southern District police station. Corey L. Johnson, 17, of the 3000 block of Southland Ave. was charged as an adult with first-degree assault, armed robbery and use of a handgun in a violent crime, according to court records.
We have been working on ledes a lot these past few weeks, and Professor Banisky has reminded us to focus on the most important events first. Yet, Fenton starts with "Baltimore police have charged..." In my opinion, it seems that the second sentence should be the lede.
Fenton must have arranged his article the way he did for a reason. So I wonder why it differs from our format.
In addition, the summary of his article is not the first sentence, nor is it the lede, but rather a compilation of the most important facts, as shown by this summary of another article:
Juvenile services head questions GPS monitors
...critically wounded a 5-year-old girl, was wearing one of the monitoring devices at the time of the incident and had not cut it off, as the state agency previously said. Davis was located and arrested two days after the shooting.
This synopsis was a little confusing at first and I had to read the article to fully understand it, so I wonder why he summarized it in this way.
What does everybody think?
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Birthday Love
Hello Everyone,
Turning a whole year older can bring great excitment and laughter into ones world in a blink of an eye, and everyone has their own definition of a perfect birthday celebration.
Mine would be just to be surround by all my closest friends and family memebers and enjoy a great day in the sun. My dram actually came true, even though i was forced to be on the University of Marylands campus.
I receieved extra joy from numerous phone calls, emails, text messages, facebook and myspace messages. My dorm mates even sung me a happy birthday song at curfew.
So Journalism150 tell me your best birthday and how you would like to spend it?
Turning a whole year older can bring great excitment and laughter into ones world in a blink of an eye, and everyone has their own definition of a perfect birthday celebration.
Mine would be just to be surround by all my closest friends and family memebers and enjoy a great day in the sun. My dram actually came true, even though i was forced to be on the University of Marylands campus.
I receieved extra joy from numerous phone calls, emails, text messages, facebook and myspace messages. My dorm mates even sung me a happy birthday song at curfew.
So Journalism150 tell me your best birthday and how you would like to spend it?
A Special Note
I know most of us are busy with writing our papers, but i just wanted to say:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIYAH AND SHANNON!
see you guys tomorrow. =)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIYAH AND SHANNON!
see you guys tomorrow. =)
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Final Paper
I think we all need a forum in which to discuss our concerns, questions and advice about the final paper. What is your topic? What is your angle? How are you formatting your paper? Tell all here.
I'm writing about how Twitter has become a useful tool for journalists. However, I'm afraid that my angle is too dry.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Obama in Action
It is encouraging to see that Obama is in fact executing plans that he discussed when he was running for president. But I fear that, in an attempt to push as much legislation as possible before his first year as president (sometimes referred to as the "honeymoon period") ends.
I like the idea of universal healthcare...but not so much the idea of excessive taxes. I would rather wait a few more days, weeks, months or years for universal healthcare when kinks in the plan are worked out than have it implemented in August when the plan is still flawed.
Any thoughts?
Poem From The Rooftops
Has anyone found the video we watched that had the Poem on the Rooftop in Iran? I can't find it, but I want to watch it agian.
And have the pictures bee uploaded yet?
And have the pictures bee uploaded yet?
Officer vs Professor
I read the artical today in the Washington Post that tells the the story of the officer who possibly caused the mess with Henry Louis Gates. I'm wondering which one is in the wrong? Is either of them. If the officer is telling the truth then odds are it is no one's fault.
My dad was a police officer for the DNR for 25 years, and I know from expirience that police officers are perfectly capable of stealling, but usually only from the Department. (Handcuffs, and other neccasary supplies the department doesn't like to distribute properly).
I want to believe that its no one's fault and we can forget the entire thing. However I doubt it will end that way. The best this officer can hope for, guilty or innocent, is to keep a job as he said: "The professor at any time could have resolved the issue by quieting down and/or going back inside his house."
WhoWhat do you think?
My dad was a police officer for the DNR for 25 years, and I know from expirience that police officers are perfectly capable of stealling, but usually only from the Department. (Handcuffs, and other neccasary supplies the department doesn't like to distribute properly).
I want to believe that its no one's fault and we can forget the entire thing. However I doubt it will end that way. The best this officer can hope for, guilty or innocent, is to keep a job as he said: "The professor at any time could have resolved the issue by quieting down and/or going back inside his house."
WhoWhat do you think?
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