Writing news leads blog

 The Father was a spy and the sons conclude with regret

Who: Two sons 

What: Come to realization that parents were spies 

When: 1953, Present day 

Where: Lower East Side , Soviet Union , Cold War 

Why: To find out truth about parents.

How: Looked through all of their history

Lead: They were the famous orphans of the cold war being 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.

Rewrite Lead: Children of cold war spies finally accept the brutal past of their parents who spent their career sending crucial information to Soviet Union enemies. 

'Unrestored' copy of first Superman comic book for sale

Who: Unrestored copy of first Superman comic book and all of the people involving it

What:  This comic book is for sale 

When: Friday February 27, 2009

Where: At a Online auction

Why: Owner has been holding onto it hoping the value will increase and he's ready to sell the comic book now

How: Put up for sale online

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.

Rewrite Lead: After finding his 'untouched' copy for the first Superman comic book, owner looks to sell for a hefty payday.

News Briefs

Story One:


Who: Travis Logan
What: First place winner at DECA competition
When: two weeks ago
Where: Florida
Why: As a winner he will go to state contest
How: He won so he's going to florida

Summary lead, version 1: Travis Logan becomes first place winner at a DECA competition two weeks ago and will be headed to florida for state contest.

Summary lead, version 2: DECA first place competition winner is going to Florida for competing in a state contest.

Summary lead, version 3: Winning first place at the DECA competition two weeks ago will be headed to Florida's state contest.





Story Two:


Who: Color Guard
What: Color Guard Tryouts
When: Tuesday, May 25, to Thursday, May 27,
Where: Room 103
Why: For being in competitions
How: come and try out

Summary lead, version 1: Color Guard will be hosting tryouts May 25 to May 27.

Summary lead, version 2: Tryouts will be hosted for people wanting to join competitions and performances with the Color Guard group.

Summary lead, version 3: Big competitions and performances are coming up and Color guard is looking for new members by hosting tryouts on May 25 to May 27

News elements

• Proximity: http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/22/opinion/schneider-naga-egypt/index.html?hpt=op_t1

• Prominence: http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/22/justice/california-missing-teen-arrest/index.html?hpt=ju_c2


• Timeliness: http://www.cnngo.com/tokyo/visit/best-japan/tokyo-sky-tree-completes-worlds-tallest-tower-prepares-open-292638?hpt=tr_c2


• Oddity: http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/22/world/americas/peru-dead-dolphins/index.html?hpt=wo_t5


• Consequence: http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/22/opinion/brawley-prostate-screening/index.html?hpt=he_c2


• Conflict: http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/23/news/economy/obama-election-risk/


• Human interest: http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/23/deadly-drones-and-the-classified-conundrum/

5 ws and H

Pilot sends plane into dive after mistaking Venus for oncoming plane

Who? The pilot is the who.
Who is involved? In the article the pilot and the passengers are who are involved.
Who does/did the situation affect? It affects the pilot and their reputation. The passengers because they might have gotten injured or were afraid of something happening. It also affects the flight company business and reputation.
Who said so? Richard Ward

What? Pilot takes a plane dive believing that their was another plane coming.
What is happening? Passengers are relieved but concern when the pilot takes an emergency dive.
What did happen? Thought that their was another plane coming when it really was the planet Venus.
What are the consequences? His job can be in jeopardy and the passengers could be hurt. The business could lose money because of this incident.
What is different about this? The fact that this pilot failed miserably is whats different.
What are the choices? Could of took a risk and went through the light or could of took evasive action. Also he could take this as a learning experience. These are the choices.

When? This happened on January 14, 2011
When did or will this happen? January 14, 2011
When was this discovered? January 14, 2011

Where? happened up in the air
Where did or will this happen? On the way from Toronto to Zurich, Switzerland

Why? Pilot was trying to protect passengers and himself and thought there was a plane coming at him.
Why did this happen or will it happen? Thought Venus was a plane

How? The pilot made the plane dive
How did it or will it happen? The pilot saw a light thinking it was a plane and made the plane do a dive to avoid it
How much does it cost? Unknown
How many people does this affect? Just all the passengers and the pilots on the plane. Fourteen passengers and two flight attendants were injured.
How do you feel about this? I feel the pilot should of got a second look before making a conclusion on whether it was a plane or not. Since it was just Venus it put everyone in danger and that would of been an even worse situation.

Police handcuff 6-year-old student in Georgia

Who? A 6 year old girl , and police officer, principal.
Who is involved? 6 year old girl, police officer, the principal of Creekside Elementary and all of its students and faculty.
Who does/did the situation affect? The 6 year old girl and her school and the officers
Who said so? Antoinette Campbell

What? A 6 year old student goes on a complete rampage
What is happening? A 6 year old student goes on a rampage and destroys school property and assaults principal
What did happen? This 6 year old student went on a complete rampage and destroyed school property , assaulted a principal, tried fighting an officer and destroyed some of students property
What are the consequences? Suspension, and she was arrested and went to juvenile
What is different about this? The fact that a 6 year old could go on a complete rampage
What are the choices? Put her in handcuffs, tried talking to her, decided to take her to juvenile, and set her free after she reached her contact.

When? Tuesday
When did or will this happen? Tuesday
When was this discovered? Tuesday

Where? Georgia
Where did or will this happen? Creekside elementary

Why? That reason is unknown
Why did this happen or will it happen? Reason is unknown

How? She completely had a breakdown
How did it or will it happen? Attacked principal and officers were needed.
How much does it cost? It cost the schools reputation
How many people does this affect? all of the school but mostly the principal and the faculty and herself
How do you feel about this? I feel that here going on a rampage as a six year old isn't healthy. There is obviously some personal issues going on. Also since she is so young it is good that they released her when here aunt called.

Austin Fisher will walk: Under media pressure, Carrollton superintendent reverses decision

Who? Young man
Who is involved? A boy and his mother and the school district
Who does/did the situation affect? The boy
Who said so? The boy himself and his mother and the school district

What? A young boy will not be able to graduate because he took care of his mom while she has cancer
What is happening? People are protesting and saying that this young man should graduate
What did happen? He ends up graduating
What are the consequences? Had to take time out of his school life to support his mom.
What is different about this? A caring man end up being penalized
What are the choices? Decided to let him graduate

When? In fall 2011
When did or will this happen? fall 2011
When was this discovered? fall 2011

Where? Carrollton (Ohio) School District
Where did or will this happen? Carrollton School District

Why? Missed to many days of school
Why did this happen or will it happen? Taking care of his mother so he had to miss school

How? People protested to get him to graduate
How did it or will it happen? It will happen because the district allowed him to
How much does it cost? It wont't cost him anything but it will cost the school a little bit of its reputation
How many people does this affect? Just the school district and the young boy
How do you feel about this? I feel that they should let him graduate because it is wrong for them not to let someone walk after helping their mother who is ill.

Architecture Shoot Preview

 DETAILS

This shows a lot of details on this building. The patterns and different objects and how complicated it looks.

 ANGLES

It is shooting from the bottom angle. You can tell because it looks like you are looking up at something

 PATTERNS

The different  shapes and colors appearing over and over again makes this photo have pattern.

 SURROUNDING

This photo has buildings and trees and stuff around it. And it has a background making it surrounding

LIGHTING

This is a lighting photo because of the different measures of light there is. How much light is given off.

Inverted Pyramid

Merger Photo

Architecture Photos

LIGHTING

ANGLE

 DETAIL

 SURROUNDING

PATTERN

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

2. When was it built? 2003

3. Where is it located? Jumeirah Village South

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?

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

7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) It is a very cool building. It shows a lot of details and it and I love the way it is structured.They way they lights are and how it looks very bright in the inside gives off a very cool look.

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

2. When was it built?

3. Where is it located?

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

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

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

7. Why did you pick this building?

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

2. When was it built?

3. Where is it located?

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

5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? Over 45 million

6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? It is a hotel building that is very expensive for people to stay at.

7. Why did you pick this building? I love the twists and turns of the building. It is very interesting. I also like how its really big and tall and makes the rest of the buildings around it look super tiny. That shows a lot of creativity and detail to me.

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

2. When was it built? Early eighties

3. Where is it located? Taiwan

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

5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? No information on how much it cost

6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? They don't say a reason for building it but people do say that these houses were haunted and have a lot of paranormal activity.

7. Why did you pick this building? I like the way the building looks. It looks kinda spooky and the way the picture was taking shows great detail. The picture caught my eye and it made me think of what actually goes on in that building. The history about it being paranormal is very cool to me because I love the paranormal. Also the setting in the background gives off a spooky mood to.

Interview

2. Akins high school

3. 17

4. I thought it was great that I got this award. I worked hard to get it.

5. I think my school is happy because I'm one of the hardest workers here and I really tried and my attendance is good and I worked hard to get it.

6. I was surprised and happy because I really wanted to get this award

8. Had to get good grades , good attendance . Get involved with extracurricular activities and tutoring

9. Yes there we're many people running for student of the month and I was lucky that I got chosen

10. This was the first time that I've gotten it so far. I've been trying to get it but it takes a lot of work and effort

12. Yes every month they chose something different

13. Yes I do. Like I said it takes a lot of effort and work in order to get it

14. Yes my teachers congratulated me and my parents and a lot of my peers in my classes have congratulated me because it's a big deal

15. Being student of the month you get to leave class early , you get to eat first during lunch.

16. No I didn’t because tree so many people in this school that works really hard to get student of the month

17. I think it will make my reputation as a student better because it will let people know that I get good grades and that I have gold attendance and it will let people know that I'm not a slacker

18. I think everyone should get a chance of being student of the month in order to see how great it feels and how you push to do better

19. Yes because if you’re a slacker than you’re not going to get anything in life but if you work hard than you will get rewarded for it in life

20. Yes because you have to work hard to get the title.

Student of the month interview

1. What is your name?
2. What school do you go to?
4. How old are you?
5. How do you feel about being student of the month?
6. How do you think your school feels about you being student of the month?
7. What was your reaction when you found out you were student of the month?
8. What did it take to be student of the month?
9. Do you think other people were running for student of the month?
10. Do you get student of the month often?
11. Has anyone else gotten student of the month?
12. Do you feel proud to be the student of the month?
13. What are the perks of being student of the month?
14. Has anyone congratulated you?
15. Did you ever think this would happen?
16. Do you think this will make your reputation better?
17. Would you consider your self as student of the month?
18. Do you think someone else should be student of the month?
19. Do you think the way you work gave you this title?
20. Do you believe if other people could be like you they would get the title of student of the month to?

Questions and Interviewing

1. Three different sources : Tim Jackson Mrs. Gray Mr. leith

1. What do you think of the uniform policy?
2. What do you believe was the cause?
3. Do you think there will be any change in the students?
4. Is it wrong for students to express theirselves?
5. Do you believe that grades will increase if their are uniforms?
6. What would you have decided if  you had a say in policy?
7. Do you believe any of the students will take action in protest?
8. Do you think parents will take action in protest?
9. Do you think students should have a say in this policy?
10. Do you think the parents should have a say in this policy?
11. Have you ever been in a school uniform?
12. How do you think the students feel about this?
13. Will this effect the teachers in any way?
14. Will this effect the behavior of students in anyway?
15. Do you think teachers should be in uniform if students are in uniform?
16. Do you think the district was wrong for making this policy?
17. Do you think this will have an impact on other districts?
18. What do you think the consequences will be if a student is out of uniform?
19. Should this policy have started earlier?
20. Is there anyway to resolve this conflict?

sports action finale shoot

After working hard during school and socializing with friends Frankie Torres takes strolls on the track and does her normal workout. Friday on April 6th she had just came from the track doing after doing a quiz.

On April 4th Nathan runs for his life after seeing that a friend of his has been shot at the sonic across the street. The friend was not severely injured and is recovering currently as we speak.

This alien like person is Frankie throwing a ball over the field goal. Practicing for track she is working hard to get the gold medal for her upcoming track meet in Pennsylvania.

 The abnormal world goes even more abnormal after a UFO takes over the world completely. On Friday March 12th the world goes in complete haywire and everything is just going crazy.

Caption and evaluation practice

Headline : Rebellious civilians going crazy over protest

Caption: Civilians in India riot after a weeks worth of protest gets out of hand. 13 people die and 27 people are wounded and badly injured after soldiers try to calm the riot.

The second posted has the one of the rules which is cropping. The person's face isn't completely there and you can tell that if the photo would had been wider that the person's face would had been completely in the picture. Also its zoomed in since its cropped. You can see the blurriness and tell that there are other things in the back ground that was cropped out.

The third picture shows framing and depth. The picture is taking to the point where all of it looks important and to the point where it shows like something is really far out. In the back where the mountains are you can see more mountains and it looks like it goes on forever.

The first photo shows symmetry and patterns. The candles are every where in the sky and everything looks like it has a lot of patterns going on. Its an interesting photo with a lot of details and there are a lot going on in the picture.

Touching Strangers

1. What do you think about this project and photo essay?
I think some of these people don't have much emotion. These pictures are good just wish there was more emotion especially if people are touching other people.

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 would first ask how much am I getting paid for this. I would also ask what is the point of it. If they didn't have a legitimate reason then I wouldn't do it.

3. Think of an unusual photo shoot similar to this one that you think would be fun to go and shoot.
I think a jumping photo shoot would be unusual


4. Finally, tell me what you thought of the photography, did the photographer think about the rules of photography that you know about? What types of photos did he take?
 I liked the photography. I thought it was very good. I think he used some rules of photography but not a whole bunch of them. He took very clear well done photos. He used background. He also used depth also. Some photos were close up and some weren't

YearBook spreadddd

Sports Photography conitinued

 Name of the photographer: Alyssa Schukar
General Focus: Sports and emotion

1. What the judges found wrong with the portfolio was each picture is similar, have the same lenses and not enough detail, not enough strong singles, not a lot of emotion to dark.
2. The girl falling picture. They thought that had a lot of detail and was interesting. They also like the guy sweeping in the Caribbean. They thought that was a really good picture and showed a lot of detail.
3. I was not a big fan of this portfolio. I felt it could of been done much better. There was not a lot of detail and most of the photos were dark and blurry.
4. I did like the running and Caribbean picture. Those were the best ones. They had a lot of detail to them. They showed some type of emotion. Very good quality picture.

Dustin Snipes portfolio:
1. The quality in his pictures. The creativity. How he takes pictures that make him look like hes right there.
2. I saw as strengths were his creativity. He was making pictures really come alive. He made it seem as if the person looking at the picture is in the photo. He also had a lot of good quality, detailed pictures. I did not see any weakness at all. The only weakness I saw was with the picture that he photo shopped. If he would had left it alone it would of been a much better picture.

Contest Recap:
I agree with the goose hitting the runner photo for being first place. Its a really good moment and its creative and it shows a lot of action going on. It really catches the eye and its just a very good photo that was taken.

I did not agree with them on the swimming photo. I feel that photo should of gotten second place. It showed a lot of interest. It was a cool photo taken. It had a great amount of detail and it was eye appealing. The creativity was good and its just a good picture over all.

Japenese Earthquakes

 This photo is a sad photo. It makes me feel very depressed and it makes me have a lot of sorrow. Seeing the destruction that was caused by this tragedy is a terrible thing to look at. The photographer took a great picture. Gives off a lot of emotion and shows the damage that has been done. This photograph shows creating depth. Everything looks very far away.

 Here I can see the damage that was caused by this tsunami. What a terrible accident. This picture shows everything about the tragedy and all that has happened to this country. You can see every piece of destruction. Looking at this picture make me very sad and quite disturbed. The photographer used depth in this picture. Making it a very detailed picture. This picture here shows creating depth and leading lines. You can see some of the lines that the street make and some of the lines that the debris makes.

I can see the mass destruction cause in this photo. It has a lot of details in this picture. You can see all the damage and you can see the emotion on this young lady face. You can tell her home or someone she knew home has been destroyed. The sadness on her face as she looks at what has been done. The photographer here used rule of thirds and depth in this picture. Its a good picture and shows a lot of detail but also a very sad picture. This pictures shows leading lines, mergers, and creating depth. In the background it looks very far away. The debris show lines everywhere and the debris that is behind her looks likes its coming out of her.

Real Talk Newspaper

Newspaper Notes

list of things that should appear of the front of the newspaper and define them.

Flag: The name of the paper
Teaser: can be anywhere on the page.
Folio: The name of the school, A quote and the day the newspaper was published , price, website,
Information on about the city , school , or anything else.
Headline: below the headline is the sub headline. The headline should come from the first paragraph
Sub headline: One page per minimum. Gives even more information.
Byline: Tells you who wrote the story and tells them what position they have.
Gotta have pictures on your page
IF you have multiple photos you need to have a dominant photo.
Gotta have caption head , the name of the photographer, the caption its self are the three parts of a caption
The caption of the first sentence is suppose to answer the 5 w's and H.
Sentence number two gives background information that you cant get from looking at the picture
IF you have to write more in the caption you have to use more information from the background or you get a quote.
  Front page should have three to five stories
Jump: Continues some place else.
Info Graphics: Give you information in graphic form. Gives you additional information that you don't already know
There is three pieces that should be in every single newspaper in the united state.
Three pieces are table of contents, issue number, the volume.
Mast head or staff box: Name of all the staff, editorial policy (everything about our publication) organizations we belong to.

Front Pages of the World

1.  What is your favorite newspaper front page? Why? The London UK newspaper with the words " Power, Corruption, And Lies" is my favorite. It really catches my eye. The picture is really good and creative. The title really speaks out and makes me want to read the paper.
2.  What is your favorite headline from that newspaper? Why are you interested in it? My favorite headline is "Power, Corruption, and Lies" Its an interesting headline. It makes me wonder what is going on in the story.
3. How many stories are on the front page of your favorite? Only 3
4. What do you  notice that all newspaper front pages have in common? The name of their paper, a big headline to catch the readers eye, the way they are set up, the font, and there is always a big picture in the middle.
5. What are things that vary on the front pages of different newspapers? The pictures. How big certain pictures are. The different sizes in captions. If they have other things at the top of them.

Photoshop Tutorial

In this picture I cropped it , added text , used liquify for the background, and a diffuse glow to finish it off.

real magazine

Magazine cover lines introduction

Early magazine covers :
In the early times magazine covers did not have covers but opened to where they were title pages and table of contents. When magazines did use covers though they modeled them after books only giving the title and the publication data.  They never described what would be found in the magazine. This all  existed from 1700s to the 1800s.

The poster covers:
From the 1890s to the 1960s poster covers were the big magazine covers. It set major standards for magazine covers because it made so many memorable magazine covers. They were very big and colorful. Super detailed because the illustrators using their artistic nature would make them look so well done. Eventually this became the way for all magazine covers.

Pictures married to type:
The 20th century was the time that most of the magazines were drawn out by artist. Very detailed work and was also very colorful. They didn't take many pictures. Cover lines were also common. The 20th century magazines were a work of art.


In the Forest of Words:
The magazines were big and had alot of detail. The pictures were taken by a photographer and not drawn by any artist of some sort. There are words describing what is going on inside the magazine and what is going on with the person or what ever picture is on the cover of the magazine. Everything is being described in big detail making a big difference between the rest of the past types of magazines.

Happy Akins Building

Happy

In this photo this shows happiness and balance in the picture. It shows a great amount of details and is a really great picture. More of a self portrait is what it kinda came out as but is a very wonderful picture that goes very well with the prompt. 

  Akins

This a very good photo for the prompt Akins because clearly it shows in the photo with the big lettering and it also shows the eagle which is Akins mascot. Its a very detailed picture and gives off great quality. I really like this picture and it maybe one of my favorite photos that I have taken so far.

  Building

This photo to me is one of my best photos. It really shows the prompt very well and it gives so much great details. The building its self is amazing. You can actually tell kind of a story with the picture and it is just a great photo that was taken. Lots of thought and creativity put in the photo.

Choices

Next year I would like to join the Yearbook class. I feel that this class is for me because I really like photojournalism and I feel i should take it to the next level with graphic design. Also it's a big skill that I can use in life if I ever wanted to take it to college or as a career in the future. This class looks like a great class to take and can be a great experience for me.

Yearbook publication link: 1ST PLACE WINNER.

Newspaper publication link:

2011 favorite photos

 

 As you can see here the soldier is high fiving the little kid. I really like this photo because it shows how much of a positive impact that the army can bring to small children like so in the picture. It shows the good that is going on and it is a really powerful picture making it one of my favorite from 2011.

 This is one of my favorite photos because it looks like she is going crazy. It looks likes shes fighting with her husband or something and they are like having a war cause shes that crazy. Shes got the gun out, the look on her face is priceless, and she brought back up. This photo is hilarious.

 

 This photo is very interesting.  I really like it because of all the action that is going on. Its dark and scary and brings alot of dramatic features to the picture. The detail is really good making it one of my favorite pictures.

Song:

All of the lights by Kanye West

I believe that this song was the best of year because it was a really good song and it was on the charts for a very long time. It had a really good music video to it. It was all over the radio. It was one of my favorite songs in 2011 and it was just a really amazing song. So good that the music video gave people seizures. 

Movie:

Rise of planet of the apes

This was a really powerful , action packed movie that came out around the summer time. It was a really good movie that I could watch over and over again. The movie was about working together as a team and in 2011 thats what people were doing the most was working as a team. It was a great movie. 4 stars worth. 

 The royal wedding was probably one of the biggest events for 2011. People blew up the royal wedding as if it was the biggest thing that ever happened in life. There was lots of publicity and there were a ton of people constantly talking about it. On top of that the wedding was over for about a week or longer and people were still talking about it. This wedding was a big story and a major event. 

Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of facebook is one of the biggest or the biggest person of 2011. Ever since facebook has completely blown up in 2011 he has been getting alot of recongintion and lots of money. Although facebook has done alot of good with people and their friends it has started to change and people are becoming frustrated with him about that. People have also blamed him for relationship problems and believe that he has brought bad upon everyone. Even though people who have made poor choices because of what they do on facebook tend to blame him, he is getting so much publicity and that is all that everyone talks about. Everyone is always on facebook and he is constantly getting money because of that.

The penn state scandal was the most talked about sport and gossip scandal in 2011. It was the biggest topic for discussions. It also was talked about the most out of anything in 2011. Everyone loves sports and for this to come out had people really thinking. This had been going for quite some time and it was really getting to people. Penn state also went down a bit because of this scandal which is really not a good thing at all. 

1. One thing that happened to me during the holidays that I will always remember is when me and my family compeletly slept all day everyday for the whole break. We all had so much to do in so little time and so we were all extremely exhausted and were so happy for the break. All we did was sleep and I will always remember that because there has never been a day where all of us are asleep in our rooms for over 17 hours. 

2. My resolutions for 2012 are to graduate early from high school, make it into St. Edwards university, and keep my GPA over 3.4. 

3. Im looking forward to school. School is what is focused on my mind right now and for me to get in to college to reach my goals and dreams I need to really focus on my grades.