Assignment 02/24/09

1. You must chose one of the following types of article:

• Sports - Report the scores and stories. Don't try to give a play by play, just relate the highlights and mention the names of those who made the outstanding plays.

2. Once you've picked the type of article you need to brainstorm possible ideas. Post list on blog.

• The Varsity losing by 1 point in overtime in the playoffs. Feb. 23,2009
• The Varsity making it to playoffs.
  

3. Once you've picked one idea, think/brainstorm where you can find information for your topic. Ex. People to interview, websites to visit, statistics. Post on blog.

The Varsity losing by 1 point in overtime in the playoffs. Feb. 23,2009

• The Team
• The Coach
  
• Some Students that went to the game
• Some Teachers that went to the game

4. Start searching for information. Post ALL sources you use on your blog. If you need to interview someone at the school, come talk to me.

http://www.myfoxaustin.com/dpp/sports/022309_Akins_Loses_1st_Playoff_Game

Assignment 02/18/09

Story #1
Who?
Facebook and all of it's users

What?
Facebook had change their Terms of Use and a lot of people were upset about it.
After Facebook got a lot of feedback they decided to change it back. This is different
because what they had said in their new Terms of Use was like I own you now.

When?
When did or will this happen? Facebook had changed the Terms of Use like 2 weeks ago.
They have recently changed it back to its original terms. It hadn't been noticed until Sunday
when the blog consumerist cited them.

Where?
This happen on the Internet.

Why?
Facebook had wanted to change their Terms of Use and they way they worded it people
took it the wrong way so now they are trying to fix their mistake.

How?
Facebook changed it Terms of Use. This effected all the people that use Facebook.

Link to Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/technology/internet/19facebook.html?ref=technology

Story #2
Who?
Michael Phelps, it mostly effects him but it also effects his fans.

What?
What is happening? Phelps had been suspended for 3 months. Several of his sponsors
have dropped him. This is different because he is a great olympian that did great in
the Beijing Games got caught inhaling from a marijuana pipe. He has made a public apology.

When?
This happen back in November of 2008 but the suspension has been announced in early
February 2009.

Where?
This happen at the University of South Carolina.

Why?
Phelps was not thinking very much and make a honest mistake and
now he has to pay for it.

How?
This cost him a lot of his sponsor money. This mainly effects him. I was
disappointed in him see what he did when he got a great future,
but I think he can redeem himself

Link to Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/06/sports/othersports/06phelps.html?ref=othersports

Assignment 02/10/09

I picked this photo because I liked to think that this came out of a family desire to have fun for Halloween. I think it makes a good photo because it shows the joy of a "scary time" of the season.

I picked this photo because it just looked cool to me. I think it makes a good photo because it makes the apple shine with the water.

I picked this photo because simplicity of the photo. I think it makes a good photo because it shows a pair of an old gentleman's hands still playing the violin.

assignment 02/02/09

Who:
Our Lady of the Angelus, catholic school, students, faculty and the parents

What:
Our Lady of the Angelus is in danger of being closed down due to minimal enrollment.

When:
January 30

Where:
Queens, New York

Why:
Because schools have small numbers of students

How:
Little students enrolling to school, hard for schools to raise money and in danger of being closed down.

Assignment 01/29/09

They change her neck length by moving her head up and they also made it thinner. They made her eyes bigger so they pop out. They smooth out her skin on her face. They rose her eyebrows when they enlarged her eyes.

I don't think it is ethical to change a person's appearance because its like your changing who the person is. Ethic means a set of principles of right conduct and do you think it is right to tell somebody that they are beautiful and then change everything about them.

I don't think it is all that bad compare to other where they really really change things.

I think that applying make-up is OK and maybe enlarging the eyes and smoothing her skin are OK too. I don't think making her neck longer and thinner is OK.

I think the difference between fashion photography and photojournalism is that fashion is just about making the model look good so people will pay attention and people will buy the product, and photojournalism they just edit the photo to make the main object pop out more so the viewer will pay more attention on the main object.

I think that fashion photography sometimes doesn't show the real reality but I think that photojournalism shows more reality than fashion does.

Assignment 01/07/09

1.The story is about UW- Madison Collage who printed a picture for their brochure of a white and black man to try to show that they had minorities there. Some people took it the wrong way and now they are apologizing for it, for they didn't mean it that way.

2.A.Most Unethical-
I think this is the most unethical because the defination of ethic a set of principles of right conduct, and with a student being shot I don't thing is a right thing to do.

B. Least Unethical -

I think this is least unethical because it show the solider standing there and the purpose of the solider is to protect people and that what people think when they see a person in a uniform.

Winter Break

December 31,2008, New Years Eve for most, but for the Lopez family it was major party time in Houston.

The family came from all over Texas went down to celebrate together. As everyone showed up out came the liquor. The salsa started flaring and dancing til midnight began. We had people from Kyle, Tx. We had people from Austin Tx. We had people from Port Lavaca.

They weren’t nobody under the age of 15 there. Most were drinking age but 2 teens there who were responsible and did not drink. Others that couldn’t not make it still called at midnight to wish us a happy new year. Everyone all slept in the house so nobody left driving dunk.

“It was so much fun and everyone was so wasted.” Ashley Lopez says. “ My cousin Lina was so much fun when she had just a few drinks we danced all night.