Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Drunk driver kills teen


Late Saturday night, 47 year old Chuck White was driving under the influence and had a head on collision with 18 year old Cindy LeBlanc, killing her instantly. The accident happened on the corner of Peasant Street and Hollow Drive.

Officer Paul Smith had this to say about the accident, "It's a real tragedy, this kind of accident could of easily been preventable."

The family was very heartbroken over the death of their only daughter. Martha LeBlanc, Cindy's mother, had this to say, "Cindy had everything going for her, she was going to go away to university next month. Please don't drink and drive."


Chuck White is getting charged with manslaughter and a DUI. Chuck will serve up to 5 years in jail with possible chance of parole.










Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Starting with the basics

News story #1

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2010/09/22/igor-aftermath.html

The news article is talking about Newfoundland and Labrador and how they are dealing with the aftermath of hurricane Igor. Hurricane Igor happened from September 21 - 22, 2010. The reason that they did an article on the aftermath of Hurricane Igor is because the aftermath was enormous and people need to be informed about the people of Newfoundland. The lead is very effective because it catches your attention. It catches your attention because it is very informative but it makes you want to keep reading because it doesn't tell you all the information. "Unfortunately, we have our drivers held up on both sides of the road closure," said Gord Peddle, an official with the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association. "Both sides [are] just more or less waiting it out." The source of this quote is Gord Peddle. The most important and interesting information was told first. It was talking about the most interesting things about the aftermath of Hurricane Igor. The story has a good ending because it explained how the storm set records and that the how much rain Newfoundland and Labrador got in a short period of time, which shows how bad Hurricane Igor really was.

News Story #2

http://www.thecanadianpress.com/english/online/OnlineFullStory.aspx?filename=DOR-MNN-CP.65b90ea8bb344c9986b39da027764fab.CPKEY2008111310&newsitemid=4598819&languageid=1
The news article is talking about how Quebec dropped what would of been precedent-setting plan to charge health fees. This is happening currently in Quebec. The reason that they did a article on the charge of health fees in Quebec is because people everywhere were in an uproar over the fact that Quebec wanted to start to charge health fees. The lead is very effective because it catches your attention. The lead catches your attention because it leaves you wanting to know more about the issue. "The polls had been very favorable to user fees. But when it's staring people in the face they change their minds," Finance Minister Raymond Bachand said Wednesday. The source of this quote is Finance Minister Raymond Bachand. The most important and interesting information is told first. This information is about how they have dropped the idea and why they did. It has a good ending because the ending keeps you thinking about what is the government going to do now to fill that budget shortfall.

News Story #3

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/africa-mideast/iran-nuclear-program-disrupted-by-cyberattack-experts-believe/article1723083/

The news article is about how the Iran nuclear program was disrupted by a cyber attack. This just happened recently in Iran. They wrote this article because it tells people about this virus, what it does, and how sophisticated this virus is. The lead is very effective. It is effective because it catches your attention and leaves you wanting to know more about this virus in Iran. “We cannot rule out the possibility (of a state being behind it). Largely based on the resources, organization and in-depth knowledge across several fields – including specific knowledge of installations in Iran – it would have to be a state or a non-state actor with access to those kinds of (state) systems.” The source of this quote is Kevin Hogan, Senior Director of Security Response at Symantec. The most important and interesting information is told at the first of this article. The important and interesting information is what happened when the virus was put into the Iran nuclear program and how its not only in their computers but other peoples computer are getting this virus too. The article has a good ending because the companies are reassuring everyone that they are working on finding the source of the virus and how to fix it.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Applying for the job

September 21, 2010

Mr. Allen Carter
Blackville High School

RE: APPLICATION FOR THE TALON - PHOTOGRAPHER AND REPORTER

I am interested in applying for the position of photographer and reporter at The Talon, which was advertised by you, Mr. Carter, in Journalism class, September 20, 2010.

As a high school student, I have developed the skills needed for this position. I also have the experience in this field of work because last year, I did some interviews and other things related to this position. I have the skills as a photographer as well because I love taking pictures and do so on my own time.

I would enjoy being part of The Talon team and am available for an interview at your convenience.

Sincerely,

Jessie C.
Blackville, New Brunswick


September 21, 2010

Mr. Allen Carter
Blackville High School

RE: APPLICATION FOR YEARBOOK PHOTOGRAPHER

I am interested in applying for the position of yearbook photographer at the Blackville School, which was advertised by you, Mr. Carter, in Journalism class, September 21, 2010.

As a high school student, I have developed the skills needed for this position. I love taking pictures and I do so on my own time, which gives me the skills for this position. I would do a great job at taking yearbook photos because it is a passion of mine and I would love to help out with yearbook.

I would enjoy being part of the yearbook committee and am available for an interview at your convenience.

Sincerely,

Jessie C.
Blackville, New Brunswick

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Reflection Entry #1 – First Newspapers

Some obvious differences between newspapers today and the newspapers back then are, the newspapers back then had a different font and they had less information on them. The newspapers today have more pictures, ads, and more important information. The newspapers today are bigger and more up to date than the newspapers back then. Today's newspapers have colored pictures and the newspapers back the didn't even have pictures.

I think that the reason that today's newspapers are still published even though they are critical is because the government doesn't have a very big say in what gets published or not. I think that the government doesn't have a big say in what gets published or not because they only care about the information that is getting published in the newspapers that are about them. If the information doesn't concern them they allow the newspaper company to publish them. They kinda monitor what gets published, if its not appropriate they will not let it get published.

I was kinda surprised to find out that the first newspaper in Canada was in Halifax. Halifax is a big city now and was back then too. I was expecting the first newspaper in Canada to be in Ontario or Ottawa, somewhere where the city is huge and filled with important news. Halifax seemed like a place where the news wouldn't be all that important, but as it turns out Halifax had some news to tell.