Mr. Connolly and ACC newspaper notes

Mr. Connolly came a while ago -
What I found most interesting was the stories that he covered and mentioned:
He talked about exposes on ACC's website, and that because of the newspaper salary information about the campus was publicized, which made people angry, and that the ignored safety aspect of the website was fixed because of a story that presented itself.
He also had us read a narrative story on the survivors of Katrina.
There was a woman named Sarah who also came to present, and she talked about her paper's spread page, which was called "bar shots" or something, and that, even though she hated it, it made up for a good portion of her profits.
He highlighted the change in first amendment rights that he had to pay special attention to now that he was running a paper out of college.
He also stressed that newspaper was not dying.
He talked about some tactics for bringing in an audience- their website front page had an advertised video game section, he said his hope was that people came to the website for the video game section, but eventually merged over to other parts of the paper.
He talked for a little while about the financial running of the paper - that all published authors received a stipend and that editors were paid pretty well.
It was interesting to hear from him.

AT&T Creative Advertisements

My favorite of the group was the first, or the "AT&T works in over 200 countries, like India." I liked it the most just because of presentation - it may not have taken the most time, but there was a nice contrast and it was easy to see what the advertisement was about (in others the presentation might have been too busy, and it was difficult to see that the pictures were painted hands).

I don't think it would influence me to buy the phone, because I only need a phone with good rate plans and coverage in the US, but it would catch my eye either way.

Histamatic Photo App vs. Photojournalism

In the story a reporter took photos with his iPhone with an editing program set for unbalanced colors and more random saturation rather than with a professional camera or an unedited phone camera. The argument against this was that the pictures, being photojournalism, were unethical. The photographer had a short reply in one of the sites in which he argued there has always been an aesthetics area to photojournalism (he referenced this photo http://www.poyi.org/68/13/index.php)and that shots with a "professional" camera are equally open to subjective photography. I think his argument was correct in that the controversial effect he reached with his phone was essentially that same thing as Photoshop editing/a picture with the plastic toy cameras the App was meant to mimic. I don't really see foul play here - if you can adjust shutter-speed, color/saturation, and light intake with accepted cameras, and these photographs are readily allowed into competitions, why not do the same with a camera-phone?

Bobcats' post

2. The writer had periodic jolt-endings incorporated in his writing; he also focused more on physical actions than verbal: he wrote about what was happening in the locker-room.

3. He quoted roughly eight people, all for short snips: he was creating an atmosphere rather than defining the story through quotes.

4. The Bobcats lost by a short amount in overtime, which helped to accentuate the story. It was surprising to have a story about a close loss rather than a close victory.

5. Were you in "The moment"? If so, how did the writer help you get there/
Yes I was, he helped by having short stints of quotes and many descriptions of the actions going on.

6. I would guess he talked to the coach/team manager, and was allowed in on the agreement that he wouldn't interfere too much (which worked out well for the story) with the player's routines.

7. What were the perquisites of access to the locker room?
How were travel expenses covered?
How many interviews did you give before coming to this version of the story?
What motivated you to write the story this way?

Photo Captions

For house:
A well known neighborhood house collapses after the Friday night Earthquake. Rosie and Edward, who live in the house, were found injured but alive in the wreckage.

For army:
Parents Chuck and Sarah celebrate the long anticipated homecoming. Chuck's two-year stint in Afghanistan came to an end last Friday.

For Jet:
An army drill goes downhill after an unfortunate piloting error. Joe, the pilot, was reprimanded but walked away unharmed.

3rd Issue storys

GPA:

Why was this change in the way GPA’s are calculated made?
Who will it benefit and who will it damage?
What is the percentage of students in regulars in the top 10%? (How many kids are in Pre-AP/AP classes?)
Do you think this will be taken advantage of at all? (Taking electives less seriously?)
What will the repercussions for doing badly on electives be now?
Whose decision was this?
What grade of students will it begin with? (Specifically will it apply to all grades or only upcoming freshmen?)
Give a brief explanation of the current system, how grades are calculated etc.
Is there anyone you know with a interesting view on the proposed system? (Who can I interview?)

BPA silent auction:

What is the auction funding?
Whose idea was the auction?
Is this an annual event or new (explain)?
What is BPA (give brief description for purpose and part in the school)?
How is the auction running? (Specifically who is providing materials?)
When is it taking place and how much profit is expected?
Who will be bidding on what items?
How did BPA do previous funding/what was previous funding used for?
Who else could I interview (main participators?)

Boys Basketball:

To Coach:
Explain what’s going on this year: what is the schedule is there anything new?
(Because scholarships have already been covered) Which players will be the new leaders of the team?
(Follow up on injury and small recap of scholarship)
How are the seasons run for Boys’ basketball? (What happened last year, what are the changes for this year?)

To Players (specifically new leaders)

It’s a ways away, but how do you plan to lead the team/do you plan to play next year?
How do you feel about your teammates moving on?
What other sports have you played?
Is basketball your focus?

To Interviewee last semester:
It’s a while away, but how do you feel about moving on from high school/ who do you think should take your place?
What would your advice to newer players be?

4th Issue story ideas

Ethan Miller

Start of Winterguard season
Schedule mixups
Ap class transfers (why it's difficult to transfer out)
Students entering army (happened earlier in year)
Ap tests (able to take if not in Ap classes)
Opinions difficulty of re-entering school
New class ranks (focusing on registrar: raise awareness and find traffic caused)
Tennis tournaments (although overcovered)
New AP US history class layout (outlines etc)
remeoved apex clubs (chess, i think, etc)