Column Writting Analysis

1.Should homeless people work for their keep?

2. Andrea Ball

3.This topic is interesting and worthy to me because i find it interesting to know that homeless people have opportunity's that are given to them to have a roof over their head and being feed, and all that the people are asking for is for the homeless people to volunteer and give help to the stations and clean, and they also teach them how to be good and react in society.

4.What most likely inspired the columnist to write about the topic of homeless people is the fact that some homeless people are willing to work for housing, and to have a roof over their head and the organization takes in almost everybody. So many homeless are not willing to go out and look for  a job on their free time that they have while their not at the Salvation Army.

5.The point that the columnist is making is that the homeless people at the shelter some may be required or asked to work, since their roofing and the expenses being made from the city towards the shelters. Homeless people being asked to work is like giving back to the shelter from giving them a roof over their head.

6.Salvation Army in Austin Tx, and Haven for Hope in San Marcos.

7.I have to rate the writing a 10 becasue Andrea used quotes in her article and stated everything in a correct way to understand whats going on and what is being asked.

8. I don't think that there are any weaknesses in the argument for the writer in the article.

9.My opinon on this column is that this is a good article and homless people should have a roof over their head and being feed and not hungry , but also they should give bac kto the city for helping and paying for their expenses and homeless should be helped medically and to rehabitalations if needed to help them out and show them how to work.

Warm-up: The Do's and Dont's of Asking Questions

1. Barack Obama-

 What was your motivation on becoming the president of the United States?

 

2. Daniel Girard

 How does it feel to be a Principal at Akins?

 

3. Lady Gaga-

 What made you for who you are today "Lady Gaga"?

 

4. Tyler Hamilton-

 How did you feel when you won your first Tour De France?

 

5. Lance Armstrong-

What was going thru your mind when you won all 7 Tour De France?

Tyler Hamilton Interview

Part A. When we watch the video provide an example of the following: 

• "Did you actually witness it"

• "He was using EPO in The tour De France"

• "Did you get a lunch bag? What was inside the lunch bag?"

Part B. Answer the following questions:

1. What question got the best answer from Tyler Hamilton?

"How did you feel when you got your "lunch bag"?"

2. What's a question you have for Tyler Hamilton that was not asked?I would wanna ask why is Lance Armstrong not admitting, and why did Tyler wait to tell.

3. What can you observe about Tyler Hamilton's behavior as he answers the questions? Does he appear comfortable or uncomfortable? How can you tell?
Tyler Hamilton seemed calm, and comfortable.

Types of Questions

• Closed Ended Question: A question that allows the interviewee to answer with a yes-no or one word answer.
• Open-Ended Question: A question that forces the interviewee or answer with more than a yes-no one-word answer.
• Follow-Up Question: A question that originates from listening to something the interviewee says.

Interviews: Preparing questions and Interviews

Dealing with Sources

1. How do you avoid one-word answers, according to Larry King? (2:15)

Ask questions, and ask "Why" a lot since if why is answered in one sentence it cant be a one word answer.

2. What does Linda Ellerbee say is the question that all interviews have in common? (2:55)

 All questions are "What it would like to be you" and all have the same in common.

Interviews: Preparing Questions

3. What problem can occur if you stick to a list of questions during an interview, according to Elizabeth Arnold? (5:30)

 What can happen is that your asking questions and not listening to the answers, and if you just ask questions and have a real conversation with them you can get a natural conversation and the person will be more out to give more interesting answers.

4. What is the example that Sam Donaldson gives in respect to sticking with a list of prewritten questions during an interview (6:30)

Sam Donaldson says "Where were you born," and the person reply "I'm gonna declare world war lll tomorrow" and then the interviewee ask "how old are you".

 5. What is Shirley Biagi's rule about what happens if you are talking more than 10 percent of the time? What is the result if you do this? (7:45)

 Shirley Biagi says "If your talking more than 10 percent of the time your talking to much..." . She says if you talk much during the time then the story will come about you and not the person your interviewing at the end.

Interviews: Listening

6. What does Joyce Davis say a reporter can get if you just "shut up" and listen? (9:00)
The interviewee will open up and talk more if you just sit there and listen to them.

7. What does Roger Ebert say is often more interesting than the answers an interviewee gives to a reporter's questions? (9:40)
 Roger Ebert says to watch people how they act is more interesting than the answers an interviewee.

Eagle’s Eye Leads

1.       Which of the 5 Ws and H are included in this lead:

a.       Who: Small group of Criminal Justice Members

b.      What: Get to go to Travis County Jail

c.       Why: Three year process

d.      When: During the school year

e.      Where: Travis County Correctional Center

f.        How:Because of the 3 year program.

2.       In your opinion is this an interesting lead? Yes in my opinion this is an interesting lead because its unusual and no one really gets to hear about students going to jail at this school to view how they are and how its like for their career.

3.       Does it make you want to read more of the story? Why or why not?

Yes it makes me want to read more of this story, because if i were to want to get into that program or that class it wuold be interesting to get to get out of class for 2 periods long and go visit the jail and observe what goes on and what the correctional officers did to work in the criminal justice field.

4.       What is the news of this story?Akins High School Criminal Justice students getting to go to Travis County Jail.

5.       Students journalists tend to have a hard time to write without including opinion. Read the article closely to detect OPINION. If you see anything that you believe to be opinion that is unattributed (not in a direct or indirect quote) to a source, copy the sentence that contains the opinion on your blog. 

NO OPINION

6.       Explain why you believe this section of the article is opinion.

7.       Explain how the writer could have avoided using opinion in the article.

8.       Explain whether you think the writer is biased or just sloppy with their writing.

Lead Writting

Two vehicles collide on late Sunday afternoon, while a 13 year old is going the wrong direction in South,Austin , Two senior citizens were sent to the hospital, one was released, the boy was sent to Brackenridge with minor cuts.

Revise Lead-
AUSTIN- A head-on collision was caused in South Austin because a 13 year old boy was driving the wrong way against traffic leaving two senior citizens injured and their car totaled. 

Who:Roger Clementine-13; John Jacob Jingle-Heimer-Smith-91,; Melba-67;

What:13 year old boy Roger, goes the wrong way and collides with two senior citizens late Sunday afternoon.

Why:13 yr old Roger was driving the wrong way on the road, and made a head on collision with a elderly couple.

How:The collision was head on, Roger(13 yr old boy) running into the couples car 60 milers per hour.

When: September 25, 2011.

Where: Eastbound Slaughter lane, South Austin.


The most important news element is probably how fast the 13 year old boy was going, which was 60 miles per hour while the elderly 91, and 67 yr old man and women  was only going 10 miles per hour.