WDRB article respond

The story is about how Louisville Slugger did a very good job with their Halloween celebration.
This story is definitely not news worthy. It is just basically extra. I do not think this should be in the top section of the news online because it is not that important. It just tells about how their idea of holding a Halloween celebration was a huge success.
Yay for the kids who had a great time here but did this story truely affect everyone, NO. I think in today's media there is too much fluff to fill in for the stories that they can't seem to find. If it is news they it should be in the most important section, but if not then why put it there. Sure it's cool to hear about, but is it really necessary to hear about it. I think that is what journalist need to hink about when posting an article and where they post it.
This story doesn't really have much to it. It is seven short paragraphs long. If there really was nothing to tell why did you tell it. It just doesn't seem to make any sense to me.
http://www.wdrb.com/story/33456202/louisville-slugger-museum-and-factory-hosts-first-ever-home-run-halloween-celebration

WDRB responding article

This story does not get both sides of the story. They get a young voters opinion and that is it.They do bring up how some judges have banned ballot selfies,  if they don't go deeper and get the why they banned them.
This story is not fair becaus it doesn't have both opinions and reasoning. It tells you some facts but it doesn't get deeper.
Since the story is unfair they should not have posted it to their website. They should have waited a little longer until they could get the judges opinions from the states that have banned ballot selfies.
Obviously this story was not fully de eloped and needed maybe two to three more days to get all the opinions and facts straight from everybody.
This story also only had one source. One source does not give enough information you need many sources from each side. So they also did not follow the yardstick of context. This is again where the two to three more days would have come in handy in this story.
http://www.wdrb.com/story/33455485/posting-ballot-selfies-personal-choice-or-illegal-act

Parts of a newspaper

This was a short lecture given by Mr.Miller but a good lecture. I think short lectures keep students attention longer then long lectures. It was short and to the point.
We already knew the parts of a newspaper we just didn't know what they were called. So it was a pretty easy lecture to understand . I was very attentive while he was giving the lecture and I didn't even realize there were so many names to do little details on the page. Like the jumpline at the end of the article telling to you what page you can go to to read more about it. For another example the ears. Which are at the very top of the page usually advertising some deals. We all knew it was there but we didn't know what it was called. It was a very insightful lecture.
After we finished the lecture Mr.Miller pulled up the front page of a newspaper and started circling different parts of it and he called on random people to answer to see how well you were paying attention. It also gave us a visual for us to see.

WDRB article response

This story is about a sheriff getting arrested for assualting someone. Aren't sheriffs suppose to protect people not hurt them. They keep the law not break it. Well in today's society it seems that is not true. Many of these incidents are happening and it is just making our generation look worse and worse.
This story has absolutely no sources. Not from him, his fellow workers, his family, or the people in that town. They do not have any verification or context. This story is breaking one of the most important elements and yardsticks. They give what he was convicted of and what he works as but not much of anything else.
This story page is filled up with advertisements and other stories headlines. The had 3 really short paragraphs but nothing special.
This story also breaks the explanation part of the yardsticks. There is the what but not the so what factor to this story. It tells us what he did and what he got convicted of but not the why should we care. They should have added something about how lately there has been a lot of issues with law enforcement. That's what could have gave them a better explanation.

Wdrb online comment

On WDRB online there are many stories. One that really caught my eye was one about homecoming at U of L. This story is not newsworthy. It reaches to the audience at U of L but really no one else. It covers a dance at U of L. This is not newsworthy it is just to spread the word. It doesn't provide information for the whole community information.
This dance seems very important to mantle students at U of L. It is a social event for people who maybe don't get invited to many social events. It also lets you meet new people you never would have met with out this opportunity.
I think one reason U of L is doing this is to make more money. They make kids pay money to get in and pay money to get consessions. Depending on how many people attend they could make so money off of it to help with school projects they need done.
http://www.wdrb.com/story/33407041/homecoming-activities-scheduled-for-this-week-at-u-of-l

Recordings and how it effects us

Lately in class we have been talking about recordings in class. This topic has honestly shaped our society today into what it is. Without recordings many would be lost. Mainly recordings involve music but it also can involve radio and movies. Without recordings many privileges we have today would not be here. Thomas Edison created the idea of recording stuff in 1877 , but the first known music to be recorded was in 1888. Other then audio recording it the only other way to record it is to write it down. But the difference between audio recordings and written recordings is audio you can get the feel for the music better then if it was just on paper.
The first thing to record music was called a phonograph. The phonograph was basically a foil cylinder. Right before the first known price of music was recorded Berliner came out with a gramophone that could allow you to listen back to the recording as much as you want. This is a huge difference from the phonograph where it could break easily so you could only play it back so many times.
Between music radios and movies recordings keep us pretty occupied. But truely why have recordings been around for so long? Well we use them for many different reasons. Each recording has it's own purpose and own message. We can use recordings for many things such as entertainment, religion, propaganda and education.
In my opinion this lesson was very informative. But I still do not understand why we keep bringing up the timelines. If they are not important then why give us fluff information. Other then that I feel everything said in this lecture was very informational and important. I feel that as we do more lectures I am retaining more and more information. This style of learning is starting to help me more and more as we do it.

The ten elements and 7 yardsticks

This was our very first lecture. I came in with an open mind and did not know what to expect. I am a visual learner so lectures typically don't help me that much. Knowing this I had to try my hardest and take the best notes that I could.
The ten elements are Truth, watchdog, expansive, verification, make the important interesting, room for dissent, Loyalty, independence, forum, inclusive and analyze. These ten elements are made up by journalist. The seven yardsticks are made up by normal people. The 7 yardsticks include Newsworthiness, context, explanation, local relevance, civic contribution, enterprise and fairness.
Truth is getting all the facts and having plenty of sources to support that fact. Loyalty is it is for the people and you have to give the people the information. Verification is having many sources to back up wht you know is the truth. Independence is where you don't put your opinion or a biased answer in your story, it is cold hard facts. Watchdog is where journalist have to look over the government.  Forum is giving the people a place to provide discussion/comments. Make the important interesting is the stories should be interesting and relevant to the reader/audience. Inclusive is telling us to not devote a story for one group it should be for everyone. Room for dissent it is saying you can criticize other journalist work. Lastly is analyze basically is saying they need to separate fact and opinion.
Newsworthiness is a  story that is going to affect people for a long time and is a main topic. Context is how many non anonymous sources to back of the facts you have. Explanation is giving a lot of details about the big picture. Local relevance is staying in your region and topic. Civic contribution is Keeping an eye on the government. Enterprise is doing active reporting versus passive reporting. Lastly is fairness you have to get both sides for one story.
Some of the yardsticks and elements kind of go together. Watchdog and civic contribution. These are both saying that journalist needs to keep an eye on the government for the people.Verification and context. They are both saying you need a lot of sources to support your facts.
I think this lecture really stuck in my brain. Even though sometimes I can't think of it automatically it still is in there. I think I did a very good job on my first lecture of the year. I learned how to fully develop the small idea into a bigger picture. Sometimes it takes me a while to understand but once I get it I typically fully understand the concept. this lecture was a success on my part.

Media critique

http://www.wdrb.com/story/32990020/mike-marshalls-daughter-makes-u-of-l-cheerleading-debut

This story is about Mike Marshall's daughter debut at the U of L game against Charlotte. This is not newsworthiness. It is celebrity story not news. Celebrities are not news. Just because Mike Marshall is a traffic reporter at WDRB does not make this newsworthiness.
Newsworthiness is Something that is relevant and important right now and in the future. To make sure your article is newsworthiness you can ask yourself one question. Does this involve/relevant to everyone? If the answer is o then that story is not newsworthiness.
This is a populist story. Because their giving the audience celebrity news not factual news. Populist is when you do something to get a higher amount of people for your audience, even though what you are saying may not be relevant. You basically do it to get more viewers.
This is okay it is just not newsworthiness to my standards. They could have filled this slot with more important and urgent news. So in my opinion this should not be on WDRB's website.

Conglomeration

Conglomeration is more then what you think it is. You don't realize how big these companies are until you see it. At least I didn't. I knew some companies were bigger then others but I didn't realize how big they could get. I also didn't realize that some of the companies owned by these conglomerations, were owned by these conglomerations.
In conglomeration there sre companies that like smaller companies ideas so they buy those smaller companies. When conglomerates buy these smaller companies they typically let some people go because they don't need them because they already have enough employees. They just want the main people who specialize in different areas. Conglomerations lead to job loss and also limitation of ideas. I say this because once they find something that makes them a lot of money they go with it until most people don't pay for it anymore.
There are also benefits to conglomerations. Higher quality products, More profitable, less expensive for the common people,you can get multiple medias out of one idea, and more risk on good content. They make higher quality products because they are more profitable so they have more money to spend, so they will in the end get more money. More profitable because they have high quality stuff, and people like nicer things so they will pay more to have nicer things. Less expensive because they can make as much of the product as they want because a lot of people will get it. Instead of just having a good book you can also have a movie, costumes, toys, many other mediums.They have more money to risk so when they make a new content idea they don't have much to loose because they still have a lot of money.
This lecture really stuck in my brain because Mr.Miller kept saying the important facts 5 times (about) so it helped me to remember from repetitiveness. I feel that there is only important information on conglomeration in my brain. Even though there weren't that many visuals in this lecture as there were in mass communication Mr.Miller repeating important and interesting information a lot helped me to remember my content better. This is another technique that helps me to remember information better.

Noah's blog

http://noahjcblog.blogspot.com/2016/09/news-media-funding.html

On Noah's blog he wrote about the lecture on conglomeration. He did give us insight on what the lecture was about, but he didn't give his personal thoughts on it. I feel that this could have been better if he explained where he had trouble in that area and/or where he succeeded in that area. I would have liked more insight on his personal feelings towards that lecture. His facts that he states about conglomerates are true, but I don't know where Noah stands on this subject. He did a very good job on giving some examples in his blog on conglomerates, such as Disney being the conglomerate and owning a smaller company that does star wars. He gave us the root word of conglomeration which is conglomerate. Other then that he really didn't go into much more detail on the blog. More detail and more insight on what he thought about this lecture could have made this blog post more enjoyable to read.

Mass communication

In mass communication there are a lot of guidelines you have to follow. Mass communication is getting information out to a potentially large group of people and travels through time and/or space. The reverse of this is called demassification. It starts by losing its audience, advertisers, and producers. This is the first step, but you would think it is the last. Lots of these businesses have ways of working demassification out. One way is closing or shutting Down. Another way is just preserving through it. There are many other ways those  are just two of the main ones.
For mass communication you have to give the audience information in a way they enjoy and understand. There are a couple ways of doing that. There are five steps. First is stimulus. This is where the people trying to come up with an idea to give the information to the people. Second is encoding. encoding is the process that the company uses to make the information in a way the audience understands. Third is transmission. This is how the company gets their product to the audience. Forth is decoding. This is when the audience sees the product. Last is internalization. This when the audience remember and understands what the medium is trying to say
I thought this lecture was really beneficial for me. I felt that this really stuck with me. I think this lecture was more beneficial because there was a lot a visuals. There was a visual for every step in demassification. I hope there are more lectures like this because I felt that I learned the best from this lecture so far

entering the world of journalism

Lately Kate Frey Has written a blog on the 10 elements and the 7 yardsticks. In this blog kate went into full detail of what she liked about this lecture. She told where she would have had trouble in it and where she found things that were easier.
Kate tells us that she is not an auditory learner so lectures are harder for her to remember. She also says that, J1 has helped her to learn from a lecture better. She has found herself raising her hand more then she thought she would. She is typically not the kind of person to raise her hand, but this really shows you how much she is learning from this class/lecture.
When kate starts to talk about The 7 yardsticks and 10 elements she compares them. She says even though their made by two different groups of people they are very similar. After she says that then she goes on to give examples to support her statements.
I think everything Kate Frey has done in this blog is perfect. She gave us points why maybe she wouldn't like lectures. She gave enough information about the content. She gave examples. what else would you want! Kate Frey keep up the good work!

Link: http://enteringtheworldofjournalism.blogspot.com/

Print journalism

On September 7, 2016 we had a lecture on print journalism. This lecture we talked about newspapers and magazines. Print journalism  really started to spread in 1450 when Gutenburg created his version of the printing press. He created it With two benefits compared to bi sheng. One thing that changed is it was less fragile because it was made of a stronger metal then Bi Sheng. Also they had set letters so for every word Gutenburg didn't have to make a new symbol he just had to put the letters in a specific order. Overtime there was only one print publication that started out in the early times and is still going on that is newspapers. It is over 460 years old.
I feel that this lecture we really only brought up a lot of dates and had some other information. Even though Mr.Miller told us that we didn't have to remember any of those dates, except for 1879, I still feel like I need to know them. I feel that in that lecture I didn't get as much out of it as some of the other lectures we have had. I feel like I don't know the material that well. I don't really remember dates so throwing all those dates out there and then telling me I didn't need to know them kind of confused me, because then why would you tell us all these dates. In that lecture I did learn a lot of new vocabulary. Such as broadsheet. Broadsheet is basically a big poster people hang up. I don't really remember this information that well because we didn't really go into as much detail as we usually do. I mean Mr.Miller explained all the information well, but since I'm a visual learner hearing information doesn't really help me I also have to see a visual for it. You don't have to make a picture or diagram for every word but for the big ideas have something shown on the board for visual learners. Overall I didn't really get much from this lecture and hope to get more from future lectures.