Grace's Journalism Blog

1. I enjoy reading from the Daily Mail news column. The Daily Mail is an online newspaper, but is also a story on snapchat. I like to read from it because they provide interesting and funny stories on a daily basis. They also provide news on Trump and real world situations. I like to stay up to date on current issues, and this is a good platform to learn about these situations. Comm story 2

1. New additions that may be added to bowie (Air conditioning, plumbing) 2. High School students amount of homework 3. Social Media Usage

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1. Dawna Dukes paid $1,840 in fines. 2. Pilot's must get a clean bill of health from an FAA-approved doctor 3. AISD: $1.05 billion Leander: $ 454 million Bastrop: $88.5 million Lake Travis: $ 253 million Eanes: $ 253 million 4. 50,000 jobs and potentially a $5 billion dollar investment 5. Your nearest web browser Long Answers: 1. Google created the first self-driving car. This car was the first to drive itself on a public road without help, and it could provide more freedom to those who are disabled. This was a large step in the world of self-driving cars. 2. Some people that would benefit from self-driving cars are people who are visually impaired, or elderly people that can no longer drive anymore. This would help them go places and not have to rely on other people to travel. Other people who would benefit from these cars are people who experience road rage, this is because many deaths occur when people get mad behind the wheel. If you take the wheel from the people w...

Politics should not play a role in tragedy: 1. The story does not contain a by line. 2. The article is about Hurricane Harvey victims of Texas being from a red state, and how the media mainly focuses on that. 3. The writers opinion is that the states political views should be put to the side in times of tragedy. "However, it's important that in times of tragedy, partisanship is pit to the side temporarily so the focus can go towards helping the victims recover from their losses," said the author. 4. The author didn't address the other sides opinions 5. The author was not wishy washy with their opinion 6. There were no quotes used. 7. The article is in first person. A. The difference between hard news and commentary are the use of facts, the use of quotes, and hard news normally follows the who,what,when,where, why rule.  B. I believe opinions are very difficult to display in photos. C. Three topics that are good to write opinions on are favorite foods or dr...

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SNO Online Papers: 1. The Journal Online, Decafur High School - Holiday Consumerism by Faith Myers - The article is about how Americans have turned once religious holidays into reasons to spend money and buy gifts - " As the new year approaches, millions of families will repeat the preposterous cycle of consumerism that runs deep within our culture. Hopefully, the cycle will break in 2017 and families will gather to celebrate each of the holidays as they were meant to be, without over commercializing them and spending quality time with family instead of focusing on holiday sales"  - The author did not address the other sides reasoning or opinion - The writer kept her strong opinion the same through the entire article, it did not change - There are no quotes used in the story - The story was written in first person point of view 2. The Teal Tribute, Pebble Hills High School - Our President Is the Biggest Cyberbully of Our Nation, Marissa Antilano  - The article is a...