Apologies. I totally used all these questions and this situation to rant.
1). The man, Ki Suk, had been pushed onto the tracks by a panhandler who was harassing people after trying to calm him down. The photographer says he'd tried to help, but when he realized he couldn't, he started taking picture with his flash in hopes of warning the operator about the person in their path.
2). To warn the operator about Ki Suk with his flash.
3). No. NO, he shouldn't have taken the photo. He should have kept trying to help, even if he'd thought it was hopeless. If the operator of the subway hadn't already seen the person, he wasn't going to anytime soon--people (such as tourist) probably take pictures of the incoming subway with their flash on all the time.
4). I don't think he did the best he could in this situation. Ki Suk was about to die, and the photographer got out his camera to take pictures with the illogical excuse that the operator would stop the train because he used his flash as a warning.
5). I strongly disagree with the decision to use this photo as the cover of the New York Post. This man, Ki Suk, is famous now--not because he tried to help the people being harassed by a panhandler, but because a picture was taken of him right before his death. He's now famous for being hit by a subway train. The cruelty of putting him on the cover of the New York Post is...unexplainable.
6). Stopping bad things from happening should be more important to a photojournalist than capturing pictures of bad things happening. This death might have been avoided if he'd just kept trying, instead of trying to take a picture of the event. Photos and stories of terrible things wouldn't have to be famous and making people nationwide sick to their stomachs if they'd never happened in the first place.
7). If something isn't going to end in death, a photojournalist probably shouldn't involve him or herself in the photos they're taking (such as, if they were taking photos of a presidential debate, or a person being interviewed for a news story). If something completely serious (such as this) is happening, they shouldn't be taking photos in the first place; they should be helping. I'm not saying they should have a reckless Harry Potter personality, throwing themselves into danger to help people--but they should try.
8). There are circumstances in which a photojournalist should probably try to avoid influencing events as they happen (such as, again, a presidential debate), or something that involves an environment that they could somehow ruin with either their cameras or their bodies. Something like this, though, isn't normal. It's special circumstances, like when your orchestra director says you can't miss more than two rehearsals unless you're lying sick in a hospital bed or got lost somewhere over the rainbow. With this, and anything like it, I find it almost disrespectful to the subjects of the photo if the photojournalist is taking pictures instead of helping. Imagine how terrified Ki Suk must have been when the photojournalist gave up helping him--seriously???
9). How does “taking pictures” tell a conductor to stop a train? Huh? Is this photographer guy a moron? Throw down your camera and run to help the guy. If you fail, at least you tried. Taking pictures isn’t trying. What conductor would think, “Oh, look, someone’s taking pictures…maybe I should stop the train.”
I completely agree with this (this was the point I made earlier). I can't make myself believe anything the photographer is saying about helping with the flash, and if he meant it...I seriously question the intelligence of today's society.
Thursday, December 17, 2015
Monday, December 14, 2015
Final Exam Review
1. Timelines
A- How recent a written story is.
2. Proximity
A- How close an event in a story happened to where it was published.
3. Human Interest
A- The appeal for a human to read the story.
4. Prominence
A- How important the story is.
5. Conflict
A- A story about a problem between two forces.
6. Interviews
A- A way for a journalist to gather information in order to write a story based off facts.
7. Research
A- Search done for facts about the topic of the story, so that the journalist can base it off of more than interviews.
8. Quotations
A- Something used in a story to repeat exactly how a person said something.
9. Yes-no question
A- A question that should not be asked during a review--it does not end up giving much information to the writer to work with.
10. Follow-up question
A- A question made to pursue a topic that the person being interviewed brings up.
11. Objective writing
A- Writing not influenced by personal feelings, opinions, or prejudice (bias).
12. Transition paragraph
A- A paragraph made to move from one topic in a story to another.
13. Hard news story
A- A news story based entirely off fact.
14. Soft news story
A- A news story with fact (because it is a news story), but also includes emotions and opinions of the people interviewed.
15. Inverted pyramid
A- A strategy to organize a story by level of importance.
16. Third-person POV
A- Writing without the use of personal pronouns.
17. 5 Ws and H lead
A- A lede for a story made to explain who, what, when, where, why, and how.
18. Editing
A- Going back over something to make sure every thing is factually and grammatically correct.
19. Attribution
A- Something that adds to the story, makes it better.
20. Paraphrase
A- Summing up a quote or idea into one sentence or small paragraph (no quotations).
21. Fragmentary quotation
A- A quoted incomplete sentence.
22. Direct quotation
A- Putting down exactly what a person said inside of quotations.
23. Partial quotation
A- Using part of what a person said in quotations (such as in the middle of a sentence).
24. Uses of quotations
A- They're used to repeat the exact words of someone. They're also put around unusual words of phrases that have been used be someone.
25. When to use quotations
A- Use quotations when you want to back something up in a story with words from an interview.
26. When quotations are unnecessary or not desired
A- Quotations should not be used in two consecutive paragraphs. Quotes should not be embedded into paragraphs.
27. Editorial
A- A piece written by a chosen person to convey the ideas or opinions of the newspaper staff.
28. Editorial page
A- A page of the above definition.
29. Columns
A- A recurring author giving their opinion.
30. Editorial that criticizes
A- The opinion of the staff that goes against or critiques something.
31. Editorial that explains
A- The staff coming together to try and help readers understand something (such as a why, or a how).
32. Editorial that persuades
A- The staff coming together to try and convince the readers of something.
33. Letter to the editor
A- A letter sent to a publication about issues or concerns from its readers.
A- How recent a written story is.
2. Proximity
A- How close an event in a story happened to where it was published.
3. Human Interest
A- The appeal for a human to read the story.
4. Prominence
A- How important the story is.
5. Conflict
A- A story about a problem between two forces.
6. Interviews
A- A way for a journalist to gather information in order to write a story based off facts.
7. Research
A- Search done for facts about the topic of the story, so that the journalist can base it off of more than interviews.
8. Quotations
A- Something used in a story to repeat exactly how a person said something.
9. Yes-no question
A- A question that should not be asked during a review--it does not end up giving much information to the writer to work with.
10. Follow-up question
A- A question made to pursue a topic that the person being interviewed brings up.
11. Objective writing
A- Writing not influenced by personal feelings, opinions, or prejudice (bias).
12. Transition paragraph
A- A paragraph made to move from one topic in a story to another.
13. Hard news story
A- A news story based entirely off fact.
14. Soft news story
A- A news story with fact (because it is a news story), but also includes emotions and opinions of the people interviewed.
15. Inverted pyramid
A- A strategy to organize a story by level of importance.
16. Third-person POV
A- Writing without the use of personal pronouns.
17. 5 Ws and H lead
A- A lede for a story made to explain who, what, when, where, why, and how.
18. Editing
A- Going back over something to make sure every thing is factually and grammatically correct.
19. Attribution
A- Something that adds to the story, makes it better.
20. Paraphrase
A- Summing up a quote or idea into one sentence or small paragraph (no quotations).
21. Fragmentary quotation
A- A quoted incomplete sentence.
22. Direct quotation
A- Putting down exactly what a person said inside of quotations.
23. Partial quotation
A- Using part of what a person said in quotations (such as in the middle of a sentence).
24. Uses of quotations
A- They're used to repeat the exact words of someone. They're also put around unusual words of phrases that have been used be someone.
25. When to use quotations
A- Use quotations when you want to back something up in a story with words from an interview.
26. When quotations are unnecessary or not desired
A- Quotations should not be used in two consecutive paragraphs. Quotes should not be embedded into paragraphs.
27. Editorial
A- A piece written by a chosen person to convey the ideas or opinions of the newspaper staff.
28. Editorial page
A- A page of the above definition.
29. Columns
A- A recurring author giving their opinion.
30. Editorial that criticizes
A- The opinion of the staff that goes against or critiques something.
31. Editorial that explains
A- The staff coming together to try and help readers understand something (such as a why, or a how).
32. Editorial that persuades
A- The staff coming together to try and convince the readers of something.
33. Letter to the editor
A- A letter sent to a publication about issues or concerns from its readers.
Friday, December 4, 2015
Feature Story
Name guide, because I don't want you going through the whole story pronouncing their names wrong in your head (and neither would they): Tena is pronounced as you would "Tina." Treva is pronounced "tree-vuh."
This is a recurring subject for our family. People even tend to pronounce "Laylah" wrong, somehow. And people call our dad "Richard Williams" instead of "William Richards" ALL the time.
Feature Story
This is a recurring subject for our family. People even tend to pronounce "Laylah" wrong, somehow. And people call our dad "Richard Williams" instead of "William Richards" ALL the time.
Feature Story
Bill Richards had first joined the military in order to pay for school.
It was, certainly, a very typical reason for joining, since the military pays up to 100% of college tuition while one is on active duty. After a lifetime of constantly moving from state to state, it had been time to settle down and go to college. The military had offered a simple-yet-not-so-simple way of paying for it, while finally getting to live in one place.
"I had come to terms with moving around so much a long time ago," Richards says. "It was kind of scary, at first. But it was kind of a relief."
Good things definitely came out of it. After quite a few years, he found himself working the same job as his future wife Tena Richards. Two years, they were married. And then, just a few years later, they had a daughter, Treva Richards.
It took a while for him to be deployed for the first time, but it hadn't taken too long for him to come back. The first deployment had been described as calm.
The second one came all too soon after.
"I was better prepared, maybe, than I was for the first time," daughter Treva said. "'Cause, you know, it's still hard. It's a big deal...emotionally."
Bill left soon after the news was delivered to him. His wife and two daughters stayed at home while he was deployed to Iraq for the second time. He arrived at an operating base just outside of a town called Tikrit in north-central Iraq.
Training took six months. The next year was spent actively working.
"It was all routine, business. We're all there to do a job; it's not like you're on vacation. We worked six days a week," Bill said.
On that one day off, all spare time was spent doing things that were both completely useless and beautiful. He went to the theatre to see movies, spent time in his room to watch as many episodes of NCIS he could make himself watch. His book of Sudoku was finished faster than he would've liked, but he wasted no time in buying another one...and another, and another.
On one night every other week, everyone serving would participate in a barbecue.
"Every other Wednesday night, we'd have a barbecue. You'd go to the PX and buy a steak, and you'd go to the barbecue and everybody would cook their steaks," Bill said.
Every night, he got to speak to his family over Skype.
"We just kind of talked about what we were doing--how the kids were changing, and what they were doing, too," Tena said. "It's also when you confirm those little questions that you need to know, such as...'Where did we put this?' or 'What did we use as the password for this file on the computer?' We could just catch up on the day."
He also continued to get closer to the people there, too. It's said that "being deployed makes you good friends" for a reason. Spending eighteen months with the same people does that. But, the whole time, getting home was a priority. There were many things to be missed back in Austin.
"I missed home-cooked food," Bill said. "Pot roast. The food there was all contractor meals. So, it was--it wasn't bad, but it wasn't home-cooked food."
Going back home, though, ended up being one of the hardest parts for both the people back home, and Bill himself.
"There was kind of an adjustment period," Bill said. "So in some cases, it was kind of scary."
Due to terrorist problems, they all flew home in civilian clothes. After a roughly fifteen-hour flight, they finally arrived back home at the Austin airport.
Tena and Treva hadn't been able to get past security, so they had to wait at downstairs near baggage claim. After waiting at baggage claim for what felt like forever, he finally showed up at the top of the stairs.
"We went to the airport and we made the signs...'Welcome home,'" Tena said. "We stopped at Denny's on the way home for a grilled-cheese sandwich and chocolate milk."
Tena and Treva had built a routine around themselves while they had waited for Bill to get home. The sudden arrival of Bill had been disorienting for the whole family. It didn't take long to get back into their old habits, though.
"It seemed like he...like they all fell right back into their regular routines fairly easily," family friend Jackie Smith said. "It was nice--I could tell they were all generally less agitated, worried...They went back to doing those little things they always did--Treva and Bill playfully arguing about something or other, things like that."
Treva and Bill most definitely continued to argue about the small things. Bill and his friends went back to having dinner with each other every week.
"You do what you have to do to get by, and you have friends that help," Tena said.
It was, certainly, a very typical reason for joining, since the military pays up to 100% of college tuition while one is on active duty. After a lifetime of constantly moving from state to state, it had been time to settle down and go to college. The military had offered a simple-yet-not-so-simple way of paying for it, while finally getting to live in one place.
"I had come to terms with moving around so much a long time ago," Richards says. "It was kind of scary, at first. But it was kind of a relief."
Good things definitely came out of it. After quite a few years, he found himself working the same job as his future wife Tena Richards. Two years, they were married. And then, just a few years later, they had a daughter, Treva Richards.
It took a while for him to be deployed for the first time, but it hadn't taken too long for him to come back. The first deployment had been described as calm.
The second one came all too soon after.
"I was better prepared, maybe, than I was for the first time," daughter Treva said. "'Cause, you know, it's still hard. It's a big deal...emotionally."
Bill left soon after the news was delivered to him. His wife and two daughters stayed at home while he was deployed to Iraq for the second time. He arrived at an operating base just outside of a town called Tikrit in north-central Iraq.
Training took six months. The next year was spent actively working.
"It was all routine, business. We're all there to do a job; it's not like you're on vacation. We worked six days a week," Bill said.
On that one day off, all spare time was spent doing things that were both completely useless and beautiful. He went to the theatre to see movies, spent time in his room to watch as many episodes of NCIS he could make himself watch. His book of Sudoku was finished faster than he would've liked, but he wasted no time in buying another one...and another, and another.
On one night every other week, everyone serving would participate in a barbecue.
"Every other Wednesday night, we'd have a barbecue. You'd go to the PX and buy a steak, and you'd go to the barbecue and everybody would cook their steaks," Bill said.
Every night, he got to speak to his family over Skype.
"We just kind of talked about what we were doing--how the kids were changing, and what they were doing, too," Tena said. "It's also when you confirm those little questions that you need to know, such as...'Where did we put this?' or 'What did we use as the password for this file on the computer?' We could just catch up on the day."
He also continued to get closer to the people there, too. It's said that "being deployed makes you good friends" for a reason. Spending eighteen months with the same people does that. But, the whole time, getting home was a priority. There were many things to be missed back in Austin.
"I missed home-cooked food," Bill said. "Pot roast. The food there was all contractor meals. So, it was--it wasn't bad, but it wasn't home-cooked food."
Going back home, though, ended up being one of the hardest parts for both the people back home, and Bill himself.
"There was kind of an adjustment period," Bill said. "So in some cases, it was kind of scary."
Due to terrorist problems, they all flew home in civilian clothes. After a roughly fifteen-hour flight, they finally arrived back home at the Austin airport.
Tena and Treva hadn't been able to get past security, so they had to wait at downstairs near baggage claim. After waiting at baggage claim for what felt like forever, he finally showed up at the top of the stairs.
"We went to the airport and we made the signs...'Welcome home,'" Tena said. "We stopped at Denny's on the way home for a grilled-cheese sandwich and chocolate milk."
Tena and Treva had built a routine around themselves while they had waited for Bill to get home. The sudden arrival of Bill had been disorienting for the whole family. It didn't take long to get back into their old habits, though.
"It seemed like he...like they all fell right back into their regular routines fairly easily," family friend Jackie Smith said. "It was nice--I could tell they were all generally less agitated, worried...They went back to doing those little things they always did--Treva and Bill playfully arguing about something or other, things like that."
Treva and Bill most definitely continued to argue about the small things. Bill and his friends went back to having dinner with each other every week.
"You do what you have to do to get by, and you have friends that help," Tena said.
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Current Events 3.3
1). Zuckerburg said he'd commit 99% of their Facebook stock to causes such as fighting disease, improving education, and "building strong communities."
2). To lower class sizes, to improve teacher quality, and to encourage the state to fund full-day Pre-K.
3). The Independent will be 58 stories. It would end up being the tallest building in Austin, and the tallest residential building west of the Mississippi River.
4). David Price will make $217 million in the next seven years.
5). I would not eat Texas Trash, mainly because I don't like nuts, or pretzels.
6). Homeboy Industries is an organization that works to give second chances to those just out of prison and to former gang members who want to change their lives.
This was definitely a compelling story--reading about Medina's life, in particular, and how he was determined to move on from his old life was kind of inspiring, and I could see it giving hope to a lot of people.
When I first starting reading, I had thought it would be like all the other stories I'd heard like this, but none of the others had given a story--only an explanation. Putting Medina's story in there, including his transition into Homeboy Industries and getting comfortable there, made the story compelling and convinced me that Homeboy was a good, well-working place.
2). To lower class sizes, to improve teacher quality, and to encourage the state to fund full-day Pre-K.
3). The Independent will be 58 stories. It would end up being the tallest building in Austin, and the tallest residential building west of the Mississippi River.
4). David Price will make $217 million in the next seven years.
5). I would not eat Texas Trash, mainly because I don't like nuts, or pretzels.
6). Homeboy Industries is an organization that works to give second chances to those just out of prison and to former gang members who want to change their lives.
This was definitely a compelling story--reading about Medina's life, in particular, and how he was determined to move on from his old life was kind of inspiring, and I could see it giving hope to a lot of people.
When I first starting reading, I had thought it would be like all the other stories I'd heard like this, but none of the others had given a story--only an explanation. Putting Medina's story in there, including his transition into Homeboy Industries and getting comfortable there, made the story compelling and convinced me that Homeboy was a good, well-working place.
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