1. Read the article (it’s yours to keep).
2. Annotate the article (highlight, underline, make notes in the margins) as you read it.
3. Answer the following questions on this handout:
A. What is the article about?
This article is about debating whether to have pictures of coffins open for the public to see or ban them for a while longer. People are trying to control the media from doing things that they shouldn't. Honestly, I'm not a picky person and I wouldn't mind if I saw pictures of coffins from people who were in the services, but out of respect and privacy, maybe they still should ban those kinds of pictures. Like the old cliche "a picture is worth a thousand words," some people may take pictures seriously and may even find them offensive.
B. What do you think about the material/information in this article? How does it seem to fit with our journalism class?
The information was okay but seemed as if it lacked more quotes. Also, it seemed like the people went off topic a little bit from the main subject. This article fits in with our Jornalism class, because there are some topics that we write about that tend to be kind of "iffy" and this article seems like one that is, indeed, "iffy" but there are certain things that make the article okay to post to the public. For example, this article is a human interest piece and it is also opinionated amd its not too offensive but it gets straight to the point.
C. What questions are you left with? What kind of articles in journalism would you like to read next?
The questions I have is "why did they tend to get off subject in the article?" and "will they continue to postpone offensive pictures in the future?"
Monday, March 9, 2009
Monday, January 5, 2009
Response to Student Editor Article
What do you think?
I think that the article really shouldn't have been written yet. By the looks of the article I read, I felt that it was not complete, because they didn't have enough information about the teacher who was supposedly texing some students innappropriately. The question is, "why is this teacher texting these kids in the first place?" She shouldn't even have these kids' numbers. I also think that these kids should know better than to text and have this teacher's number. In the end, I think the editor should wait until authorities have the real factual information, because then the readers of the story won't get the story mixed up and it could turn out to be a very good article.
As members of a journalism class yourself, what would you do if in the editors' shoes?
If I was the editor, like I said in the above response, I would wait until the whole story is all set and done before I begin to write the story, because then the readers won't have any conflict on the story itself.
I think that the article really shouldn't have been written yet. By the looks of the article I read, I felt that it was not complete, because they didn't have enough information about the teacher who was supposedly texing some students innappropriately. The question is, "why is this teacher texting these kids in the first place?" She shouldn't even have these kids' numbers. I also think that these kids should know better than to text and have this teacher's number. In the end, I think the editor should wait until authorities have the real factual information, because then the readers of the story won't get the story mixed up and it could turn out to be a very good article.
As members of a journalism class yourself, what would you do if in the editors' shoes?
If I was the editor, like I said in the above response, I would wait until the whole story is all set and done before I begin to write the story, because then the readers won't have any conflict on the story itself.
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