Compare those headlines to the top news at sites like Yahoo News, Google News or the HuffPost. Select three news stories and explain why they are news. Identify the news characteristic that was leveraged for the news angle in each story.

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Professional journalists

Before you engage in discussion of these issues, make sure you understand what professional journalists consider the definition of news by completing the assigned reading in the following material posted in this week’s required reading:

  • ⦁ “⦁ The Characteristics of News”
  • ⦁ Chapter 1 of The News Manual
  • ⦁ Chapter 65 in 21st Century Communication: A Reference Handbook and
  • ⦁ Pages 5-8 of the Handbook of Independent Journalism.

Start by looking at what professional journalists at U.S. newspapers or U.S. broadcast and cable TV outlets have selected as the day’s news; you can find links to some major U.S. metropolitan newspapers under Course Resources > Webliography > General Journalism Resources.

Compare those headlines to the top news at sites like Yahoo News, Google News or the HuffPost.

Select three news stories and explain why they are news.

Identify the news characteristic that was leveraged for the news angle in each story. Was it:

  • ⦁ Timeliness
  • ⦁ Impact
  • ⦁ Proximity
  • ⦁ Singularity or Oddity
  • ⦁ Conflict or Controversy, or
  • ⦁ Prominence?

Identify the elements of news in each of your three stories by completing this worksheet for each one:

  •  Headline:
  •  Who:
  •  What:
  •  When:
  •  Where:
  •  Why:
  •  How:
  •  URL:

Tie this information together by explaining why the story elements you identified made each one news.

And if they’re news, connect what you concluded about the three news stories to your thinking about whether news media’s coverage of celebrities is too much, too little, appropriate, inappropriate, what?

Make sure you support your explanation with information from the four assigned readings and the video listed above. Use in-text citations and a reference list in APA style or links like journalists would use in your post.

 

After reading Chapter 1 of the textbook, watch the film Hugo (USA 2011) and write a short essay.

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Hugo Movie-

https://fsharetv.co/movie/hugo-episode-1-tt0970179

After reading Chapter 1 of the textbook, watch the film Hugo (USA 2011) and write a short essay touching the following topics:

1. The importance of the Movie Director (page 6): You may need to do some research about director Martin Scorsese.

2. Invisibility and the Cinematic Language (page 8): The Film grammar, Try to use just one of the scenes from “Hugo” to talk about the importance of the shot, the cutting of action, the transitions, etc.

3. Viewer expectations (page 13)
This is very important: Write about your mood and your experience watching the film. Try to do in your answer a little Formal Analysis of “Hugo”, based on the definition of Formal Analysis ( Page 15)

What elements does ShotSpotter have to establish to make its libel case in the U.S.? What defenses could VICE raise? Should ShotSpotter win? Why or why not? After analyzing the legal claim, discuss all of the ethical issues raised for you about VICE’s publication of the article.

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Assignment #2

Case Study:

On July 26, 2021, VICE Media published an online news story titled “Police Are Telling ShotSpotter to Alter Evidence from Gunshot-Detecting AI.” The article described how ShotSpotter, a company that partners with law enforcement agencies nationwide to implement a network of gunfire-detecting acoustic sensors to monitor and notify police of gunshots and to enable faster responses, has exhibited a “pattern” of “altering” gunshot alerts at the request of police departments. The article labeled ShotSpotter data as “untested evidence” and stated that prosecutors have been “forced to withdraw” ShotSpotter evidence during trials. On July 26, 2021, a VICE editor also posted three promotional tweets about the article and VICE’s CYBER podcast released an episode focusing on the article.

On October 11, 2021, ShotSpotter filed a lawsuit against VICE Media in the Superior Court of the State of Delaware, alleging libel based on the article, the tweets and the podcast. In its lawsuit, ShotSpotter sought $50 million in general damages, $50 million for future lost profits, $100 million for lost enterprise value, $100,000 for expenses incurred for combatting a disinformation campaign, and $100 million for punitive damages.

Questions:

What elements does ShotSpotter have to establish to make its libel case in the U.S.?

What defenses could VICE raise? Should ShotSpotter win? Why or why not?

After analyzing the legal claim, discuss all of the ethical issues raised for you about VICE’s publication of the article.

For reference use Chapter 3 (Libel) in the textbook and also the U.S. Supreme Court decision in NY Times v. Sullivachon, 376 U.S. 254 (1964) online.

 

Discuss how if the opportunity to not serve your country wasn’t an option anymore how devastating and destructive it would be to your life. Explain how you would love to accomplish so much more such as becoming a Commissioned Officer or a Chief in the United States Navy. Explain how you would love the opportunity to be a leader and make change in the military.

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Personal Statement

Assignment Directions:
Write an extremely compelling statement about what it means to be in the United States Navy and how important and grateful you are that you have an opportunity to serve.

Discuss and explain in a compelling manner how with having the proper mentorship and tools, that there is no limit as to what can be accomplished in a career in the United
States Navy.

Discuss how if the opportunity to not serve your country wasn’t an option anymore how devastating and destructive it would be to your life. Explain how you would love to accomplish so much more such as becoming a Commissioned Officer or a Chief in the United States Navy. Explain how you would love the opportunity to be a leader and make change in the military.

Discuss how extremely proud you are to serve your country, the United States of America.

Discuss that you want to continue to make your family proud by being a great sailor in the navy.

Explain why everyone deserves a second chance. Thoroughly explain why you deserve to be in the Navy (grab the reader’s attention and give reasons that are so believable to connect with the audience).

Give compelling reasons why you want to stay in the United States Navy. Use imagination with the reasons but make they extremely compelling and convincing. Be persuasive but not overly pushy.

Why is this movie interesting? Why is it relevant right now? What themes are present in the film? How is cinematography helping tell the story? Are there any humorous elements present int he movie and how to they serve the plot?

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Review of the film ”Lamb” (2021)

Write a movie review of the film Lamb(2021), which will be published on an online feminist magazine. The movie needs to be analysed in a creative and engaging way, especially focusing on the theme of motherhood (but other analysis and references need to present as well). Make sure not to just re-tell the movie but add meaningful commentary and relevance to current time. It needs to be suitable for a magazine so the style needs to be appropriate and engaging for the reader.

Why is this movie interesting? Why is it relevant right now? What themes are present in the film? How is cinematography helping tell the story? Are there any humorous elements present int he movie (for example when we see the naked baby sheep with a human ass) and how to they serve the plot? Is it even intended to be viewed as humorous?Basic questions to consider for the feature.

Do you read a newspaper (either an actual newspaper or an online one)? If so, when was the last time you read a newspaper? If not, why don’t you read about the news? Do you have some other source for news? If so, why do you prefer it over a newspaper?

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Do you read a newspaper

Answer one of the questions listed below. Your response should be at least one page, double spaced and should be uploaded in the Dropbox for this assignment.

1. Do you read a newspaper (either an actual newspaper or an online one)? If so, when was the last time you read a newspaper? If not, why don’t you read about the news? Do you have some other source for news? If so, why do you prefer it over a newspaper?

Will we find solutions to the problems we face today, like poverty and homelessness? Will technology enrich our lives further or be the cause of new issues?

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What Will Life Be Like In 2050?

Will we find solutions to the problems we face today, like poverty and homelessness? Will technology enrich our lives further or be the cause of new issues?

Many young students often think about the future, and this topic allows them to let their imagination run loose.

This way they can express their ideas on how the world will look like in a few decades. It also gives you insight into the child’s personality. Do they see the positives in everything, or are they a bit more realistic?

Think about this borough, what’s happening, how people are managing, suffering, hustling, thriving, living during and after Covid? What do we need to tell the world about this? What do the people who read the economy from the centers of economic influence, the Federal Reserve Bank, Wall Street, the Labor Department or the White House or City Hall miss?

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The Bronx Economy Project

Think about this borough, what’s happening, how people are managing, suffering, hustling, thriving, living during and after Covid?
What do we need to tell the world about this?
What do the people who read the economy from the centers of economic influence, the Federal Reserve Bank, Wall Street, the Labor Department or the White House or City Hall miss?
What do they not get?
What do we need to be able to tell a fuller, more accurate, live Bronx story? Whose voices should we hear?
What sounds should we hear?
What ideas need to get communicated to listeners?
Think these things out for a few minutes. Then post a few sentences or bullet points on whose voices, whose experiences we need to capture to tell the story of the economy in the Bronx during Covid and at this moment. In class we mentioned for example, the Mr. Softee guy and a coquito cart man and a nurse. Write out a few sentences of your thoughts a few Bullet points.

Think about this borough, what’s happening, how people are managing, suffering, hustling, thriving, living during and after Covid? What do we need to tell the world about this? What do the people who read the economy from the centers of economic influence, the Federal Reserve Bank, Wall Street, the Labor Department or the White House or City Hall miss?

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The Bronx Economy Project

Think about this borough, what’s happening, how people are managing, suffering, hustling, thriving, living during and after Covid?
What do we need to tell the world about this?
What do the people who read the economy from the centers of economic influence, the Federal Reserve Bank, Wall Street, the Labor Department or the White House or City Hall miss?
What do they not get?
What do we need to be able to tell a fuller, more accurate, live Bronx story? Whose voices should we hear?
What sounds should we hear?
What ideas need to get communicated to listeners?
Think these things out for a few minutes. Then post a few sentences or bullet points on whose voices, whose experiences we need to capture to tell the story of the economy in the Bronx during Covid and at this moment. In class we mentioned for example, the Mr. Softee guy and a coquito cart man and a nurse. Write out a few sentences of your thoughts a few Bullet points.

Write an essay for International Women’s Day 2022. with the Theme “Break the Bias. In the body highlight plans that can possibly support women in Healthcare and other sectors.

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Future projections for women

Write an essay for International Women’s Day 2022. with the Theme “Break the Bias. In the body highlight plans that can possibly support women in Healthcare and other sectors.