Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Gaddaffi
I think it is important for journalists to document these last words because those final words are thought to be important for all who are about to die. With a person in his position, he may have said something that could have drastically affected people. It may give peace of mind to those that hated him, a sense of closure for those who are skeptical, and completes the story that america and other nations have created about this man. It is also important to balance the story with words from him in order to make it a 2 sided story.
Monday, October 24, 2011
math!
A little math to stretch your brain this morning (Note: The following numbers have been fabricated. Don't trust 'em.)
1. Last year, WSU's in-state tuition is $ 4,943.00. If tuition increases 13 percent for next year, how much will you spend in fall 2012?
642.59 + 4943.00 = 5585.59
2. The AP Style quiz was taken by 177 students. Twenty-three failed. What percent passed?
60 percent
3. A college’s budget increases from $100 million to $120 million. What's the percent increase?
20%
4. a. Times are tough on College Hill. Your pizza budget has been cut from $200 to $150. What was the percent decrease?
25%
b. Bonus! You win $50 in a local pageant. Your pizza budget just jumped from $150 to $200. What was the percent increase?
33%
5. Last year, your property tax bill was $1,152. This year, it rose to $1,275. What’s the percent increase?
10%
6. Research funding at WSU increased 40 percent this year to $218 million. What was the funding last year?
$130.8 Million
7. Joe Smith wants to build a 2,500-square-foot house for him. The builder tells him it will cost $112 a square foot to build. How much will the house cost?
$280,000
8. Desperate for revenue, the government decides to increase the tax on beer. The tax was 5 percent. But now it's jumped to 6 percent.
a. What’s the percent increase? %20
b. What’s the percentage increase? 1%
9. Parents are always worried about the safety of their college student. But is Pullman safer than other areas? Let's say Pullman had 183 assaults last year. Spokane had 502. Spokane has 200,000 people. Pullman has 25,000. How do we compare those two numbers? Is the average person more likely to be assaulted in Spokane or Pullman? (Again, not real figures.) How much more likely?
.0073 PULLMAN VS. SPOKANE .00251 -- PULLMAN IS RISKIER
10. Five houses sold in your neighborhood for the following prices: $225,000; $207,000; $3.2 million; $129,000; $192,000.
a. What’s the mean price? $790,600
b. What’s the median? 207,000
c. Which is a more accurate measure of the typical home price?
Make note of the 3.2 mill. house - median is more accurate measure
Includes some examples from Poynter
Edit these sentences.
1. He competed in (11) events.
2. The boy, (5) was not injured in the crash.
3. More than (one-third) of the students failed the assignment.
4. The store owner discounted the shirt 25 percent).
5. The stock price rose (4) percent last year.
6. The police department reported (more than) 200 cases of fraud.
1. Last year, WSU's in-state tuition is $ 4,943.00. If tuition increases 13 percent for next year, how much will you spend in fall 2012?
642.59 + 4943.00 = 5585.59
2. The AP Style quiz was taken by 177 students. Twenty-three failed. What percent passed?
60 percent
3. A college’s budget increases from $100 million to $120 million. What's the percent increase?
20%
4. a. Times are tough on College Hill. Your pizza budget has been cut from $200 to $150. What was the percent decrease?
25%
b. Bonus! You win $50 in a local pageant. Your pizza budget just jumped from $150 to $200. What was the percent increase?
33%
5. Last year, your property tax bill was $1,152. This year, it rose to $1,275. What’s the percent increase?
10%
6. Research funding at WSU increased 40 percent this year to $218 million. What was the funding last year?
$130.8 Million
7. Joe Smith wants to build a 2,500-square-foot house for him. The builder tells him it will cost $112 a square foot to build. How much will the house cost?
$280,000
8. Desperate for revenue, the government decides to increase the tax on beer. The tax was 5 percent. But now it's jumped to 6 percent.
a. What’s the percent increase? %20
b. What’s the percentage increase? 1%
9. Parents are always worried about the safety of their college student. But is Pullman safer than other areas? Let's say Pullman had 183 assaults last year. Spokane had 502. Spokane has 200,000 people. Pullman has 25,000. How do we compare those two numbers? Is the average person more likely to be assaulted in Spokane or Pullman? (Again, not real figures.) How much more likely?
.0073 PULLMAN VS. SPOKANE .00251 -- PULLMAN IS RISKIER
10. Five houses sold in your neighborhood for the following prices: $225,000; $207,000; $3.2 million; $129,000; $192,000.
a. What’s the mean price? $790,600
b. What’s the median? 207,000
c. Which is a more accurate measure of the typical home price?
Make note of the 3.2 mill. house - median is more accurate measure
Includes some examples from Poynter
Edit these sentences.
1. He competed in (11) events.
2. The boy, (5) was not injured in the crash.
3. More than (one-third) of the students failed the assignment.
4. The store owner discounted the shirt 25 percent).
5. The stock price rose (4) percent last year.
6. The police department reported (more than) 200 cases of fraud.
What's Wrong with this Story - Clinton
First of all.. Lede is very confusing -- what is the topic?
** Can be inaccurate because people that complete surveys about pre-voting or post-voting probably are a different demographic than those who actually vote?
** change of polls in within margin of error-- premise of story is false.
Other survey : written - 6% admitted, face to face - 1% --> social desirability
depends how you are conducting a survey -- varies results and margin of error.
** Can be inaccurate because people that complete surveys about pre-voting or post-voting probably are a different demographic than those who actually vote?
** change of polls in within margin of error-- premise of story is false.
Other survey : written - 6% admitted, face to face - 1% --> social desirability
depends how you are conducting a survey -- varies results and margin of error.
Questions on Profile
Let's look at 1) News value 2) evidence 3) story details 4) quotes
1) Average BAC level is .33 - shocking, Officers say it can happen again, one died, one lived. recovery
2) hospital evidence
The following morning, Chad awoke, coughing and choking from the tube down his throat. He was unable to talk, his eyes were swollen shut and he could barely move.
“Every single night I pray for a flashback to remember why I climbed over the fence,” Chad said.
“It’s a sad way to die by yourself,” she said. “I would hate for an end like that for anyone.”
1) Average BAC level is .33 - shocking, Officers say it can happen again, one died, one lived. recovery
2) hospital evidence
The following morning, Chad awoke, coughing and choking from the tube down his throat. He was unable to talk, his eyes were swollen shut and he could barely move.
“Every single night I pray for a flashback to remember why I climbed over the fence,” Chad said.
“It’s a sad way to die by yourself,” she said. “I would hate for an end like that for anyone.”
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Comma Drama,
Correct the following sentences. If the sentence is already correct, write “correct.”
1. He looked through the door, but he did not see anyone inside the church.
2. "We could wait to see if anyone else came, or we could go back home" she said.
3. Reed, a graduate of Washington State University, was elected Secretary of State in 2000.
4. The organization paid the speaker $1000, but their officers were unable to attend the event.
5. According to Washington state law, bars will become smoke free on February 15th.
6. He saw Karen, and then they had coffee.
7. The bales are then sold to a processing center in Tacoma, Washington which ships them to Moscow, Id.
8. It was raining, so we stayed home.
9. Later, he phoned again.
10. This will end up having an affect on consumers, she said.
11. He introduced the speaker to Floyd, Moos and Wulff.
1. Sam Reed, a WSU graduate, spoke Wednesday, Sept. 22 at the Honors College.
2. The concert will be held on Friday night as part of WSU's Homecoming Weekend.
3. President Elson S. Floyd, promised he would lobby legislators in Olympia out of frustration regarding cuts to higher education.
3. President Elson S. Floyd, promised he would lobby legislators in Olympia out of frustration regarding cuts to higher education.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
In class - 10/19
445,000,000 total expenditures
163,000,000 farmers sold to crops
LY: total: 399,000,000
Whitman county crime:
burglaries doubled from 2009-2010
Forcible rape: 17 reported crimes, only 2 arrests
jail population increased significantly from 2009-2010
Whitman vs. King County = half as likely to be a victim of violent crime!
163,000,000 farmers sold to crops
LY: total: 399,000,000
Whitman county crime:
burglaries doubled from 2009-2010
Forcible rape: 17 reported crimes, only 2 arrests
jail population increased significantly from 2009-2010
Whitman vs. King County = half as likely to be a victim of violent crime!
Monday, October 17, 2011
Food Stamps etc on census!
food stamps have increased nearly 30 percent in washington since last year.
why?
Washington State is increasing 40% faster.
**White person is automatically more likely to be homeless.
Poverty level in Whitman county is 2x state average. why? Majority is students.
why?
 | Population, 2010 | 6,724,540 | 308,745,538 |
| | Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 | 14.1% | 9.7% |
Washington State is increasing 40% faster.
| | White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 77.3% | 72.4% |
| | Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 3.6% | 12.6% |
| | American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.5% | 0.9% |
| | Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 7.2% | 4.8% |
| | Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.6% | 0.2% |
| | Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 4.7% | 2.9% |
| | Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 11.2% | 16.3% |
| | White persons not Hispanic, persons, 2010 | 72.5% | 63.7% |
**White person is automatically more likely to be homeless.
Poverty level in Whitman county is 2x state average. why? Majority is students.
Newsworthy Survey Data
I think an interesting survey was that home ownership was very high.
Also, the foreign born population of the U.S. and how it has changed due to demographics.
Also, the foreign born population of the U.S. and how it has changed due to demographics.
Newsworthy facts from the report
1. 11,000 of the homeless children are under 6 - means they can't fend for themselves.
2. A full-time worker earning minimum wage ($8.07 per hour) in Washington
would need to work close to 80 hours per week for 52 weeks a year in order to afford
a two-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent.** - what happens if a worker has a family of 5? Probably cannot afford to live in a house...
2. A full-time worker earning minimum wage ($8.07 per hour) in Washington
would need to work close to 80 hours per week for 52 weeks a year in order to afford
a two-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent.** - what happens if a worker has a family of 5? Probably cannot afford to live in a house...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Arrests made -10/7
11-P08776 Disorderly Conduct 01:26:50 10/08/11 Heidi Lambley ACT
600 NE Colorado St PULLMAN, WA 99163
Arrested for Assault 4th Degree: Crawley,Maxwell W (032790). Report taken.
2 other arrests made on October 7th.
J.D. Hop (Jeremiah D. Hop)
real Name: Jeremiah D. Hop -- relative M. Hop
Facebook page below, has son?
from Pullman Wa.
Criminal Record:
Facebook page below, has son?
from Pullman Wa.
Criminal Record:
| 1 | Hop, Jeremiah Daniel Defendant | Colfax Municipal | 11311 | 12-11-2006 | |
| 2 | Hop, Jeremiah Daniel Defendant | Whitman County Dist | 8Y6059101 | 11-17-2008 | |
| 3 | Hop, Jeremiah Daniel Defendant | Spokane County Dist | XY0001091 | 12-20-2010 | |
| 4 | Hop, Jeremiah Daniel Defendant | Whitman County Dist | XY0045219 | 03-15-2010 | |
| 5 | Hop, Jeremiah Daniel Defendant | Whitman County Dist | 1Z0269674 | 04-21-2011 | |
| 6 | Hop, Jeremiah Daniel Defendant | Whitman County Dist | I00011756 | 12-11-2008 | |
| 7 | Hop, Jeremiah Daniel Defendant | Spokane Municipal | U00106634 | 02-06-2009 | |
J.D. Hop
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Ethics - Neo Nazi
If I were to find that a prominent student leader showed ties to a neo-nazi organizer, I would consider using them under certain circumstances. Depending on what viewpoints he tried to represent, if they seemed to contradict what is shown in these photographs, I would publish them because he is portraying himself as a hypocrite. If I felt like through seeing these pictures, I feel wrongly educated about his personality and ideals, I would publish them. But, if the pictures are very dated and if he had shown to make an effort not to affiliate himself, I would not.
People do deserve privacy, but if he is aware of the pictures, he is responsible.
People do deserve privacy, but if he is aware of the pictures, he is responsible.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Nexis lexis - using online tools
Search people on:
google, pipl.com, bing.com
use courts.wa.gov to search criminal records
search for sex offenders, etc.
Female farmers: Two women's names are laura and electa from NYT 1871.
Carl Maxey -- Gonzaga Ring Squad Primed for Opening Card Tonight
google, pipl.com, bing.com
use courts.wa.gov to search criminal records
search for sex offenders, etc.
Female farmers: Two women's names are laura and electa from NYT 1871.
Carl Maxey -- Gonzaga Ring Squad Primed for Opening Card Tonight
CoachWulff Coach Wulff
Great win! So proud of our players & fans! Our fans were so loud it felt like a home game! We have the best spirit in the nation! Go Cougs!
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Photo 3:
(New Orleans, LA) Clenching a few imperishable goods close and her daughter even closer, Cavel Fisher Clay, 33, waited fearfully in a hostile line for buses to Houston Astrodome.
Photo 5:
(New Orleans, LA) "Keep Moving" were the words written on the packaging Jememiah Ward used to construct his make-shift shoes after being rescued in the Ninth Ward. With the shoes secured with two rubber bands, he got by like many storm evacuees - without crucial possessions.
(New Orleans, LA) Clenching a few imperishable goods close and her daughter even closer, Cavel Fisher Clay, 33, waited fearfully in a hostile line for buses to Houston Astrodome.
Photo 5:
(New Orleans, LA) "Keep Moving" were the words written on the packaging Jememiah Ward used to construct his make-shift shoes after being rescued in the Ninth Ward. With the shoes secured with two rubber bands, he got by like many storm evacuees - without crucial possessions.
Edit Your Peers part II
Edit Your Peers
1. “Their music can be so lively and energetic - they really know how to connect with their audience,” said John W. Christopher, senior biology major at Washington State University.
2. He died Feb. 1, 2010 from a heart attack.
3. Facebook and Twitter are two of the many social media that we journalists can use, Koppel said.
4. The lasting effects of global warming may not be known for years, Muller said.
5. Pete Dickinson, Pullman planning director said the conference will be held Dec. 7-9.
6. During his first couple games of the season, Donaldson displeased his coach with his performance.
7. Only 7 percent of the federal prison are there for violent crimes, the journalist-turned-writer said.
8. The WSU alumnus said people need to learn to embrace life.
9. He asked the audience “which side are you on?”
Monday, October 3, 2011
Joe Peak
His name really isn't Joe?
1) That he lives in utter poverty but doesn't care. "Cockroaches scutter across his table"
2) He is more worried that white staffed hospitals won't care for him
1) That he lives in utter poverty but doesn't care. "Cockroaches scutter across his table"
2) He is more worried that white staffed hospitals won't care for him
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