Review of movie and class

The movie of Shattered Glass was a great movie to see what ethics is all about but it was very very confusing.  I got lost many of time within the movie.  It jumped around a lot which made it hard to follow.  The charcter of Stephen Glass was treated poorly by his boss but then was later brought back to the New Republic.  I would recommend this movie to a lot of journalism classes so they can get a better understanding of code of ethics that a person has.

This class this quarter has been a blast.  It was great learning about photoshop and how to write different types of stories.  It was great to learn how to do all these different writings which are going to help in the furture with college and the life after college.  I really enjoyed the photoshop unit cause we got to do are own thing which was nice being that every other during the day we can't.  Mr. Kerbs you did a great job this quarter teaching, dont really have anything for you to work on this time.  Thanks for a good quarter.

Feature Story Newspaper

Editoral Story Newspaper

Hard New Story Newpaper

Photoshop Advertisment Project

Editorial Rough Draft

College cost these days

With the cost of college these days on the rise.  Students have been held back from applying to go to their dream college because of that college raising their cost of tuition.  I believe that colleges and the government need to help pay and or find some ways to make college more accessible and financially easier for students. This way the students that want to further their education can go to the college that they want to.

I think there are four things about college that really caught my eye. 

First, the overall cost of college.  The overall cost of college has gone up 6.6% since 2007.  This is crazy just to think about how much college is going to cost when we start having kids. This is going to be outrageous. 

Second, the cost difference from in state tuition compared to out of state tuition.  In state tuition is much cheaper than if you were to out of state for college unless you go to a state where reciprocity is available. That will cut your out of state cost down by quite a bit but it will still cost you lot of money.  Staying in state could save you a lot more money and I am sure that if you were to go out of state for college that a college in your home state would have the major that you want to go into.  This is a great way to save money.  

I was always told this and am still being told this “It doesn’t matter where you go to college; the only thing that matters is what you do after you’re done with your college education.”

Final thoughts is that I think scholarships and national grants are probably the best way to get your college cost down to as low as it could go.  You can never save enough money.  Take advantage of scholarships and national grants because it is all free money that does not have to be paid back.  You can never go wrong with free money that does not need to be paid back unlike all the different loans that you do have to pay back.

Editorial pre-writing

1. What is a problem/issue that our entire student body (our school, community, country, etc.) faces today?Cost of going to college these days.

2. What is your view/position on the problem or situation?Colleges and the government need to help pay and or find some ways to make college more accesible and financially easier for students.

3. What would you like to achieve with your editorial? (What is the desired result?)Help people truely realize how much college is these days.

4. How will you persuade your audience to adopt your viewpoint as theirs? List at least 4 persuasive points.
-Overall cost
-In state cost
-Out of state cost
-Loan debt

5. How will you motivate your readership to action in your conclusion?Telling them ways to reduce the cost of college.

6. How will your editorial serve a public purpose?This affects many people, so the more that read this the more it helps them out.

Feature Story Final Copy

With the warm weather approaching faster each day students are getting antsy to get there last summer as a high school student under way.  The warm weather is a great thing that brings out everyone to enjoy the day especially high school students.  Summer is the best time of the year for people in school, because school is done and freedom at home until their parents get home from a long hard day at work.  Students that are not in school anymore often have chores to do during the day while their parents are gone but if they were like me, they would get them done right away in the morning before their friends wake up so they can hang later.  

The seniors that are graduating this might be the last times that they get to hang out with their friends before they split ways and go to college.  Therefore, the kids are going to take each opportunity like the one if it was going to be there last time ever hanging out.  I know I will do this when I get the chance to hang out with my friends.  Do not take friends for granted worked so hard to get friends and they might not always be there so you got to work on keeping them forever.

When I asked Jack Yakowicz a senior at Eastview High School, what he was planning to do this summer he replied with a smile on his face “I have to work to continue to work in order to make money for college. But I am looking forward to spending time with friends and playing some beach volleyball for the last summer before college.”

Beach volleyball is starting to become a very big hit now days.  It has become a huge hit with students from Eastview High School trying to catch some rays and have some fun while hanging out with some friends.  Jack Yakowicz, Hunter Abramson and Derek Schatz all play some beach volleyball.  I am also sure that a lot more do also including me (Garrett Runing).  Many adults that enjoy playing beach/sand volleyball after a long hard day of work with friends that get a team together and play in different leagues.   I also got many different responses when I asked different people what they were planning to do this summer.

Derek Schatz another senior at Eastview High School responded to my questions with an “Ummm… I plan on gaming a lot on the Xbox 360, hang with my boys and play some beach volleyball, and I have to work at Andy’s Market so I can buy things in college.”

Well you see here, having a job in the summer is a very good thing and idea if you do not already have one.  A summer job will give you money throughout the summer so you can enjoy time with your friends if you happen to go out somewhere at night or during the day.  This is when the kids that do not have a summer job begin to hurt when they go out with friends, and the friend covers them.  They just end up hurting even more because they have to pay their friends back so they are even.  Now is the time you have should score on a job.

Summer is a very busy time on the roads with all the travelers going to different points on the map.

I asked Hunter Abramson if he was planning to travel this summer.  He replied right away with “Yeah I am traveling this summer.  I am going on a fishing trip to Ontario, Canada again just like last year.”

 

When I asked Jack Yakowicz the same question, I got a response like “Yeah, I think I am going to my cabin and then I will also go to other friends cabins.”

Traveling outside of the United States and going to cabins has always been a major thing to do doing the summer.  My family and I also like to make trips to our cabin Elysian which is 20 minutes north of Mankato.  Cabins and lakes are always a big hot spot during the summer, filled with a bunch of students that are out of school and trying to have a good time.  I am planning to bring friends down a lot this summer for a weekend just to have a good time and enjoy the freedom that we have now that summer has come around.  

“I have a feeling that this summer is going to be a summer to remember for a very long time,” said Kyle Jonas.

 

Then I asked Kyle Jonas why it is going to be a summer to remember.  The answer he gave was “I get to spend it with the people that I have become so close with during these 4 years at Eastview High School, which I am going to spend as much time with them as I can before we all take off in are separate ways to different college all over the United States.”

Every summer should be a summer to remember in my book.  You have to do everything you can to make it a good one.  I think this year’s summer is going to be one to remember, being that it is senior year summer before college we are going to spend a whole lot more time with are friends that we aren’t going to college with.  We better enjoy every day that this summer brings to us and make it the best day ever and make every day after that better than the one before it.  

I wanted to know what their favorite part about summer was.  Jack Yakowicz answered, “Playing some beach volleyball because it is going to be the 3rd year we have done this and it is just a good time chilling with the bros and catching some rays while playing something that we like to do.” 

Hunter Abramson added, “I am looking forward to hanging with my friends and enjoying the summer sun with them before we go to college.”

Derek Schatz was last to chime in with “Not having football every day and having the summer days and nights to relax, game on the 360 and chill with people and catch some rays.”

We have to take in every time we are with are friends because it might be the last time you see them for a long time.

I was determined to figure out what other people’s favorite part about summer was.

Hunter Abramson shouted out without any hesitation “Beach volleyball games. It is fun to chill with your friends and catch a few rays while doing something fun outdoors.”

Paige Runing answered “Seeing friends that go to a different school than you, sleeping in of course and trips to the cabin.”

Kelsey Schile answered from a distance “not having school!!!!!!”

I would have to agree with all of these people on what their favorite parts about summer are.  My favorite part would have to be hanging out with friends from school and routine trip down to the cabin for the weekend loaded with fun.  Therefore, everyone go out and have a fun and rememberable summer.  Good luck in next year schooling to all.

Peer edit

I peer edited Jack Yakowicz and Hunter Abramson.

Feature Story Rough Draft

With the warm weather approaching faster each day students are getting antsy to get there last summer as a high school student under way.  The warm weather is a great thing that brings out everyone to enjoy the day especially high school students.  Summer is the best time of the year for people in school, because school is done and freedom at home until their parents get home from a long hard day at work.  Students that are not in school anymore often have chores to do during the day while their parents are gone but if they were like me, they would get them done right away in the morning before their friends wake up so they can hang later.  

The seniors that are graduating this might be the last times that they get to hang out with their friends before they split ways and go to college.  Therefore, the kids are going to take each opportunity like the one if it was going to be there last time ever hanging out.  I know I will do this when I get the chance to hang out with my friends.  Do not take friends for granted worked so hard to get friends and they might not always be there so you got to work on keeping them forever.

When I asked Jack Yakowicz a senior at Eastview High School, what he was planning to do this summer he replied with a smile on his face “I have to work to continue to work in order to make money for college. But I am looking forward to spending time with friends and playing some beach volleyball for the last summer before college.”

Beach volleyball is starting to become a very big hit now days.  It has become a huge hit with students from Eastview High School trying to catch some rays and have some fun while hanging out with some friends.  Jack Yakowicz, Hunter Abramson and Derek Schatz all play some beach volleyball.  I am also sure that a lot more do also including me (Garrett Runing).  Many adults that enjoy playing beach/sand volleyball after a long hard day of work with friends that get a team together and play in different leagues.   I also got many different responses when I asked different people what they were planning to do this summer.

Derek Schatz another senior at Eastview High School responded to my questions with an “Ummm… I plan on gaming a lot on the Xbox 360, hang with my boys and play some beach volleyball, and I have to work at Andy’s Market so I can buy things in college.”

Well you see here, having a job in the summer is a very good thing and idea if you do not already have one.  A summer job will give you money throughout the summer so you can enjoy time with your friends if you happen to go out somewhere at night or during the day.  This is when the kids that do not have a summer job begin to hurt when they go out with friends, and the friend covers them.  They just end up hurting even more because they have to pay their friends back so they are even.  Now is the time you have should score on a job.

Summer is a very busy time on the roads with all the travelers going to different points on the map.

I asked Hunter Abramson if he was planning to travel this summer.  He replied right away with “Yeah I am traveling this summer.  I am going on a fishing trip to Ontario, Canada again just like last year.”

When I asked Jack Yakowicz the same question, I got a response like “Yeah, I think I am going to my cabin and then I will also go to other friends cabins.”

Traveling outside of the United States and going to cabins has always been a major thing to do doing the summer.  My family and I also like to make trips to our cabin Elysian which is 20 minutes north of Mankato.  Cabins and lakes are always a big hot spot during the summer, filled with a bunch of students that are out of school and trying to have a good time.  I am planning to bring friends down a lot this summer for a weekend just to have a good time and enjoy the freedom that we have now that summer has come around.  

“I have a feeling that this summer is going to be a summer to remember for a very long time,” said Kyle Jonas.

Then I asked Kyle Jonas why it is going to be a summer to remember.  The answer he gave was “I get to spend it with the people that I have become so close with during these 4 years at Eastview High School, which I am going to spend as much time with them as I can before we all take off in are separate ways to different college all over the United States.”

Every summer should be a summer to remember in my book.  You have to do everything you can to make it a good one.  I think this year’s summer is going to be one to remember, being that it is senior year summer before college we are going to spend a whole lot more time with are friends that we aren’t going to college with.  We better enjoy every day that this summer brings to us and make it the best day ever and make every day after that better than the one before it.  

I wanted to know what their favorite part about summer was.  Jack Yakowicz answered, “Playing some beach volleyball because it is going to be the 3rd year we have done this and it is just a good time chilling with the bros and catching some rays while playing something that we like to do.” 

Hunter Abramson added, “I am looking forward to hanging with my friends and enjoying the summer sun with them before we go to college.”

Derek Schatz was last to chime in with “Not having football every day and having the summer days and nights to relax, game on the 360 and chill with people and catch some rays.”

We have to take in every time we are with are friends because it might be the last time you see them for a long time.

I was determined to figure out what other people’s favorite part about summer was.

Hunter Abramson shouted out without any hesitation “Beach volleyball games. It is fun to chill with your friends and catch a few rays while doing something fun outdoors.”

Paige Runing answered “Seeing friends that go to a different school than you, sleeping in of course and trips to the cabin.”

Kelsey Schile answered from a distance “not having school!!!!!!”

I would have to agree with all of these people on what their favorite parts about summer are.  My favorite part would have to be hanging out with friends from school and routine trip down to the cabin for the weekend loaded with fun.  Therefore, everyone go out and have a fun and rememberable summer.  Good luck in next year schooling to all.

Interview questions

Hunter-
1. What are you looking forward to when summer comes around?Looking forward to hanging with my friends and enjoying the summer sun.

2. You traveling this summer? Where?
Yeah, I am going to Canada. Ontario.

3. What is your favorite part of summer? Why?
Beach volleyball games. Its fun to chill with your friends and catch a few rays.

Jack-
1. What are you planning on doing this summer?
I have to work to make money for college. Looking forward to spending time with friends and playing some beach volleyball.

2. Are you traveling places this summer? If so where?No, I dont think I am going anywhere. If i do it will be to my cabin and other friends cabins.

3. What are you most looking forward to this summer? Why?
Playing some beach volleyball because its the 3rd year we have done this and its just a good time chilling with the bros.

Derek-
1. What are you planning on doing this summer?
I plan on gaming on the Xbox 360, hang with my boys and play some beach volleyball.

2. Do you have a summer job? Where?
Yeah I am working at andy's market. I gotta keep this job so I can have some money in college.

3. What are most looking forward to this summer?
Not having football everyday and having the summer days and nights to relax, game and chill with people.

Feature Story Topic

My topic for my feature story is summer

Final Copy of Hard News Story

Summer is coming just around the corner, and high school students and returning college students are looking for jobs to earn some money this summer.  With all the adults being laid off lately, jobs are harder to get. Adults are taking lower level jobs, which are generally the only jobs that teens can acquire.  Whether it’s a fast food joint, or a golf course, high schoolers and college students are looking for any job they can find.

With the poor economy this year, summer jobs are becoming harder to get.  This is has been a trend over the past few years. Senior job hunter Kyle Jonas is part of the crowd that is trying to find a job but just is not having any luck.   Many of the adults being laid off are settling for lower income jobs, which the high school students and returning college student are going after as well.   

Owner of Sarpino’s Pizzeria Max Ryabinin said, “We are seeing a lot more applications being turned in by adults between the ages of 35-45 to either deliver or be an insider.” 

Adults have the advantage over teenagers while trying to get a job.  Adults normally have a higher level of maturity and have more work experience then teens that are applying.  Hiring managers often feel guilty for not hiring the adults that are applying because they are going through a hard time and are just trying to find a job that pays to make some income for their family.  Where the teenagers that are applying are trying to earn and save money before college next year. 

When I asked Senior Jack Yakowicz, Why he got a job now rather than wait until summer?  He replied without any hesitation, “I figured that in the summer a lot of people would be trying to get a job so I thought I should get a head start before everyone else tries to get a job and earn some money.”

Junior Sophie Runing and Senior Jack Yakowicz are very lucky to have jobs lined up for the summer.  Sophie currently works at Sarpino’s Pizzeria, as do I (Garrett Runing), and Jack Yakowicz is working at the Eagan Target as a cashier.  They already have a summer job locked up, as many more teens are still searching.

The hourly pay was the biggest thing that teenagers would look for when applying for a job, and the amount of hours they worked.  However, these days they are just happy to get a job and earn some money no matter if the pay is minimum wage.  Minimum wage is what most teens expect to make, but in recent years the minimum wage has increased, helping out many teens with low paying summer jobs.

Sophie Runing is a student that is thankful that she has a job even if the pay is not what she would like to be paid; she is willing to take the decrease in pay as long as she has a job for the summer to make some money.

Popular jobs this summer that teenagers are going for include employment at fast food restaurants, swimming pools, golf courses and babysitting.

Here are some helpful tips for high school students trying to find summer jobs.  Do not be picky with jobs, and apply to as many places as possible.  Apply to stores on a monthly basis because sometimes stores might not be hiring, and will throw away your application, and a couple of weeks later they are hiring.  This shows interest in the job and will help you beat out other people applying for the same job.

Even though the economy is rough right now, go out and find a job for the summer. Good luck to everyone.

Peer edits

I peer edited Jack Yakowicz's story and Sam Ross's story

Hard News Story Rough Draft

Summer is coming just around the corner, and high school students and returning college students are looking for jobs to earn some money this summer.  With all the adults being laid off as of late. Jobs are harder to get because adults are taking lower level jobs, which is what high school students and returning college students go for.  Whether it is a fast food joint, golf course, gas station, or whatever, high school students looking for jobs.

With the poor economy this year, summer jobs are becoming harder to get.  This is similar to the past couple years.  Senior job hunter Kyle Jonas is part of the crowd that is trying to find a job but just is not having any luck.   Many of the adults being laid off are settling for lower income jobs, which the high school students and returning college student are going after as well.   

Owner of Sarpino’s Pizzeria Max Ryabinin said, “We are seeing a lot more applications being turned in by adults between the ages of 35-45 to either deliver or be an insider.”  Adults have the advantage over teenagers while trying to get a job.  Adults normally have a higher level of maturity and have more work experience then teens that are applying.  Hiring managers often feel guilty for not hiring the adults that are applying because they are going through a hard time and are just trying to find a job that pays to make some income for their family.  Where the teenagers that are applying are trying to earn and save money before college next year. 

When I asked Senior Jack Yakowicz, Why he got a job now rather than wait until summer?  He replied without any hesitation “I figured that in the summer a lot of people would be trying to get a job so I thought I should get a head start before everyone else tries to get a job and earn some money.”

Junior Sophie Runing and Senior Jack Yakowicz are very lucky to have jobs lined up for the summer.  Sophie currently works at Sarpino’s Pizzeria, as do I (Garrett Runing), and Jack Yakowicz is working at the Eagan target as a cashier.  They are locked in for a summer job, which are becoming harder to get as summer approaches.

The hourly pay was the biggest thing the teenagers would look for when applying for a job, and the amount of hours they worked.  However, these days they are just happy to get a job and earn some money no matter if the pay is minimum wage.  Minimum wage is what most teens expect to make, but in recent years the minimum wage has increased, helping out many teens with low paying summer jobs.

Sophie Runing is a student that is thankful that she has a job even if the pay is not what she would like to be paid; she is willing to take the decrease in pay as long as she has a job for the summer to make some money.

Popular jobs this summer that teenagers are going for this summer are fast food restaurants, swimming pools, golf courses and babysitting.

Here are some helpful tips for high school students trying to find summer jobs.  Do not be picky with jobs, and apply to many different places can help.  Apply to stores on a monthly basis because sometimes stores might not be hiring, and will throw away your application, and a couple of weeks later they are hiring.  This shows interest in the job and will help you beat out other people applying for the same job.

Even though the economy is rough right now, go out and find a job for the summer. Good Luck to everyone.

Hard News Story Lead

Summer is coming just around the corner, and high school students and returning college students are looking for jobs to earn some money this summer.  With all the people getting laid off as of late jobs are harder to come by because adults are taking lower level jobs which pay less which is what high school students and returning college students go for.  Weather its a fast food joint, golf course, gas station, or whatever, high school students looking for jobs.

Hard News Story Interview Questions

Jack Yakowicz:
1. Where do you work now?
I work at target in Eagan. I am a cashier there.

2. How many places did you apply before you got your job?
I applied at Lifetime and CVS. They were on some bull****

3. What made you get a job early instead of now?
I figured that in the summer a lot of people would be trying to get a job so I thought I should get a head start

Kyle Jonas:
1. Where are you applying to work or where do you work?
I am currently unemployed and am trying to figure out what places are hiring so I can get a job.

2. What are you doing to earn money while looking for a job?
I am just doing whatever I can do to get money right now till I get a job.  I am mowing lawns in the summer spring and fall and also I ref basketball in the winter.

3. What type of job do you want to have?
I would take any job that I can take, but I would really like to work at a golf course doing grounds crew or club house.

Sophie Runing:
1.Where do you work now?
I currently am working at Sarpino's Pizzeria as an insider.

2. Why did you get a job now instead of later this summer?
So that I had a job so I could earn some money.

3. Do you plan on getting a different job for the summer?
O for sure. I would like to work outside somewhere like maybe a golf course serving beverages.

Hard News Story

Topic: Summer Jobs

Angle: Tough economy and people being laid off are taking lower level jobs. High school students trying to find a summer job are having a more difficult time finding work.

Hard News Notes

Hard News Stories

- Around 600 words.

- Hard news stories come with a lead (when, where, what, who, how).

- Hard news story follows inverted pyramid.

- The 5 W's should show up in lead, in first two sentences, with summary.

- Body should involve opinions of interviewees as well as factual data and narrative.

- Maybe tape the interview, easy questions, write as much as you can get, read body language.

Broadcast Journalism Law/Ethics Notes

1. What are the 5 freedoms of the 1st amendment?
Speech, Press, Religion, Assembly, Petition

2. What is the Tinker Standard?Students speech cannot be censored as long as it does not "materially disrupt class work or invole substantial disorder or invasion of the rights of others."  Are rights are not left at the school doors. For the students. Black armbands in 1965.

3. What is the Frasier Standard?Officals have an "interest in teaching students the boundaries of socially appropriate behavior," they can censor student speech that is vulgar or indecent. For schools. Inappropriate speech for class president. (1986)

4. What is the Hazelwood Standard?Censorship of school sponsored student expression is permissible when school officals can show that it is "reasonably related to legitimate pedagogical concerns." Censor stories in student newspaper. (1988)

5. What is the Frederick Standard?Any school authorized activity, they are still able to tell you what you can or can not do. (June 25, 2007)

6. What is the definition of libel?
False statement that is written that hurts someone ruptation.

Journalism Notes

Definition:
Define “Journalism” in 1-3 sentences.
The telling of current events that are newsworthly through writing, via the Internet, Newspaper and Magazines.

List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.

TITLE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
1. Timeliness- Things that just happened. (ex. weather, traffic,etc.)

2. Significance- Things that impact a number of people. (ex. Japan impact, 9/11)

3. Prominence- Things that happen to important people. (ex. famous people)

4. Unusualness- Things that hardly happen. (ex. plane crushes, killings)

5. Proximity- Things that are close to us. (ex. fires in Eagan)

6. Human interests- Things that deals with our emotions. (ex. heart warming stories)

What are the advantages of print journalism?1. Print you have the ability to read what you want to read
2. Print stories have more detail
3. Print you can take it with you


What are the advantages of broadcast journalism?1. Broadcast is much more live and recent, up to the second
2. Broadcast allows you to see and hear the topic
3. Broadcast easy to access


Why has online journalism (convergent media) become so popular?
Interent happens right away which allows the most current news.