Sunday, January 20, 2013
Analysis of News Source, week 9.2
10pm News 1/19/13, Kare11, Rena Sarigianopoulos and Blake McCoy
Story 1: Temperatures dropped, Jerrid Sebesta
Story 2: Lake Rescue, Rena Sarigianopoulos
Story 3: A family's fight, Lindsey Syber
Newsworthiness
A family's fight
Timing: The kid has been ill for a year but the need for a drug is recent
Significance: Not really significant
Proximity: Minnesota
Prominence: No one famous, just a family and a horrible tragedy
Human interest: People will sure care, especially if the drug gets approved - maybe it will help other kids with the same problem then.
Oddity/uniqueness: Not rare.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Analysis of News Source, week 9.1
5pm News 1/14/13, Kare11, Julie Nelson and Randy Shaver
Story 1: Water rescue, Julie Nelson
Story 2: Taxing clothing, John Croman
Story 3: Potential Gas Tax, Julie Nelson
Newsworthiness
Water rescue
Timing: This weekend
Significance: Not really significant but its always nice to see that there is still goodness somewhere
Proximity: Northern Minnesota, the state area
Prominence: No one famous, just a random unlucky woman
Human interest: People will go "awww" because that's the kind of response such stories with happy endings get.
Oddity/uniqueness: Pretty rare.
Story 1: Water rescue, Julie Nelson
Story 2: Taxing clothing, John Croman
Story 3: Potential Gas Tax, Julie Nelson
Newsworthiness
Water rescue
Timing: This weekend
Significance: Not really significant but its always nice to see that there is still goodness somewhere
Proximity: Northern Minnesota, the state area
Prominence: No one famous, just a random unlucky woman
Human interest: People will go "awww" because that's the kind of response such stories with happy endings get.
Oddity/uniqueness: Pretty rare.
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Weekly response Week 8
1. What do you find most interesting about what he says on these pages? What stands out as particularly useful to you as a storyteller?
The concept of "what if" seems to me very useful as a storyteller. I think it's important to ask those questions because they make you understand what it important ans what is not by cutting out the pieces of information. The "How to end a story" paragraph also helped me a little bit. I think a lot of people struggle with endings for their stories but in the end you don't need to invent something new, you just have to give a some kind of closure and the key to it lies in the very story you were writing all along.
2. What is the name of the story, and on what date did it first air?
The growing up of Jack Jablonski's little brother, first aired November 21st, 2012
3. List and describe four instances of natural sound.
1. Hockey stadium, the cheering and people's voices
2. Home background - just random noise of everyday activities
3. The cafe - people talking in the background
4. The hospital noise
4. List and describe (including the type and what they are showing) four camera shots that you find interesting.
1. CU of Jack Jablonski from behind with his little brother and the TV set in the back
2. WS of hockey team changing room, showing from the very bottom
3. CU of hockey coach, not looking into the camera but somewhere in the distance
4. CU of sign "Jack Jablonski 13 In out hearts", just cause it's clean and clear
5. Write a possible focus statement for the story (strong verbs; no “-ing” words)
Brotherly bond untwines
6. How does this story utilize Dotson’s “Building Blocks” (from Page 68)? Discuss a few of them, please. (100 words)
The concept of "what if" seems to me very useful as a storyteller. I think it's important to ask those questions because they make you understand what it important ans what is not by cutting out the pieces of information. The "How to end a story" paragraph also helped me a little bit. I think a lot of people struggle with endings for their stories but in the end you don't need to invent something new, you just have to give a some kind of closure and the key to it lies in the very story you were writing all along.
2. What is the name of the story, and on what date did it first air?
The growing up of Jack Jablonski's little brother, first aired November 21st, 2012
3. List and describe four instances of natural sound.
1. Hockey stadium, the cheering and people's voices
2. Home background - just random noise of everyday activities
3. The cafe - people talking in the background
4. The hospital noise
4. List and describe (including the type and what they are showing) four camera shots that you find interesting.
1. CU of Jack Jablonski from behind with his little brother and the TV set in the back
2. WS of hockey team changing room, showing from the very bottom
3. CU of hockey coach, not looking into the camera but somewhere in the distance
4. CU of sign "Jack Jablonski 13 In out hearts", just cause it's clean and clear
5. Write a possible focus statement for the story (strong verbs; no “-ing” words)
Brotherly bond untwines
6. How does this story utilize Dotson’s “Building Blocks” (from Page 68)? Discuss a few of them, please. (100 words)
Silence
I think silence was used pretty well in this story. It's a heart-warming story but it doesn't mean it's not a tragedy and sometimes it was necessary to make the viewer feel it. It was done well.
Pictures
There were a lot of shots of all kinds used in this story: CUs of Jack, his mother and his brother, his coach, shots from home, stadiums and hospital, personal photos. I think the good thing was that the story kept returning to the family member's commentaries because, in the end, they knew the most, everything from the inside out.
Soundbites
I think the good sign that the sounbites were properly used is when you don't notice them but then understand that nothing would work without them. That's exactly what I think about that particular story.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Analysis of News Source, week 8
6pm News 1/7/13, Kare11, Julie Nelson and Randy Shaver
Story 1:School threat, Blake McCoy
Story 2: School safety, Randy Shaver
Story 3: Fatal punch, Julie Nelson
Newsworthiness
School safety
Timing: Yesterday
Significance: It is significant especially after elementary school shooting
Proximity: Eagan, very close
Prominence: No one famous, the topic being discussed is more important
Human interest: People will be interested after Connecticut. My only concern is that events like this become so usual that we won't even pay attention.
Oddity/uniqueness: Not rare. School safety is always being developed regardless of the lately events.
Story 1:School threat, Blake McCoy
Story 2: School safety, Randy Shaver
Story 3: Fatal punch, Julie Nelson
Newsworthiness
School safety
Timing: Yesterday
Significance: It is significant especially after elementary school shooting
Proximity: Eagan, very close
Prominence: No one famous, the topic being discussed is more important
Human interest: People will be interested after Connecticut. My only concern is that events like this become so usual that we won't even pay attention.
Oddity/uniqueness: Not rare. School safety is always being developed regardless of the lately events.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Weekly response (Week 6)
1. Based on what you’ve watched in your newscasts this quarter, what sorts of stories comprise the start of a newscast? Identify three or four types of stories that do so. Why do you suppose this is?
1. Shootings
2. Any kind of killing/deadly situations
3. Anything that threatens people
4. Random stories that one way or another interest/have something to do with people.
Nothing odd about it - I think it's natural to make news of something that can affect or concern people because they're the reason news even exist. We don't necessarily need to like the news, we just want to be aware of what's going on. We also want to feel safe and to feel safe we need to know any possible catastrophe that could happen so we would be ready for it. If it has already happened, it's easier to learn something from the story.
2. The newsworthiness traits: Based on your analysis (go back and look them over again; don’t just go on a gut), which trait most often determines the newsworthiness of a story for your news source? Which one does so least? Why do you think this is? Give examples to support your answer. (100 words)
I think that the trait that most often determines the newsworthiness of a story for my news source is, as I said in the previous question, how significant it will be for people. For example, there have been 2 shootings in this month (seriously? no, seriously?!) and both of them were the one I thought was the most important among other news. The trait that determines the newsworthiness of the story in my opinion is probably promixity, even though it may seem like an important part, if the news are really good/interesting/important nobody will care where it happened. For example, does Connecticut really makes the shooting less or more important? Wouldn't you care just as much if it happened in Iowa or Wyoming? I think you still would.
3. What do you suppose it takes to be a nightly news anchor in this market? What traits make a person successful at it? Why do you say that? (75 words)
You should be very energetic. Because people watch night news usually lying on the couch and half-asleep, so you have to be engaging, have to make them so interested they would prefer watching news to sleeping. I say that based on my personal experience of watching TV late at night when you really don't want to do that but somehow still do. I never really looked for any special traits in night anchors but I think the energetic ones are so much more memorable.
4. Finally, what have you learned about local nightly news casts in general? (50 words)
Our local nightly news casts are all hard workers. They have to do a lot of work that usual news reporters don't have to: making people really want to watch the news and not just taking their wish for granted, working in extreme conditions (it's night after all). I will continue to watch them even when I don't have such assignments anymore.
Analysis of News Source, Week 6.1
5pm News 12/18/12, Kare11, Randy Shaver
Story 1: Students sickened, Renee Tessman
Story 2: Gun permit applications up, Lindsey Seavert
Story 3: CT school shooting victim burying, Randy Shaver
Newsworthiness
Students sickened
Timing: This week
Significance: Practically the whole school
Proximity: Paynesville, pretty close
Prominence: No one famous.
Human interest: People will be concerned, especially after the Connecticut shooting.
Oddity/uniqueness: Pretty odd because no one knows what in school makes students so sick.
Friday, December 14, 2012
Week 5 response, TWiP for week Nov. 22-29
Photo 1
Beginning: The wind during Hurricane Sandy was probably so strong that it was able to push a house that far from it's original place.
Middle: A house pushed into marshland by Superstorm Sandy is seen nearly a month later on Nov. 28. The house was in the Oakwood neighborhood of New York City's Staten Island.
End: This photo will probably become a place of nearby interest for a couple of weeks.
Photo 2
Beginning: This story probably doesn't have a beginning, just one man spontaneously did something spectacular and people gathered around.
Middle: A man breathes out fire. This fire-breathing act is part of a procession to the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India, on Nov. 27, the eve of the 543rd birthday of Sri Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh religion.
End:Nothing will happen. Just this photo will remind people of what happened once.
Photo 3
Beginning: Before this picture was taken nature worked for such contrast to happen for ages.
Middle: A man swims undisturbed by a red algae bloom in the waters of Sydney, Australia.
End: Maybe, someday later those two waters will somehow combine.
Photo 4
Beginning: The man wen through the war and Queen wanted to show her gratitude.
Middle: Queen Elizabeth II meets a camouflaged sniper from the Household Cavalry at Combermere Barracks in Windsor, England.
End: His life will go on and hers certainly will too - the difference is he will never forget it.
Photo 5
Beginning: Scientist probably worked hard for those suits to be made and then they had to test it.
Middle: Spacesuits wait for U.S. astronaut Thomas Marshburn, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko on Nov. 28 at the Russian training center in Star City. The men were donning the suits for a simulator test of the International Space Station.
End: Those cosmonauts will fly into the opened space in those suits.
Photo 6
Beginning: Guo Pei probably thought for a while how to impress her guests and she came to this glorious idea.
Middle: A model presents a creation by Chinese designer Guo Pei during Women's Fashion Week - Asian Couture in Singapore.
End:Fashions magazines will probably talk about it for a while.
Photo 7
Beginning: The farmers were looking for a way that would make politicians to care about their problem and they found it.
Middle: Police are being sprayed with milk by European milk farmers during a demonstration outside the European Parliament in Brussels. The farmers demanded subsidies for weak milk prices.
End: I guess they got what they were fighting for.
Photo 8
Beginning: That man probably overslept and knew that the traffic was horrible and didn't have any other choice other than to ride a bike, trying to cover from snow with an umbrella.
Middle: A snowy day in Munich, Germany, on Nov. 29 doesn't stop this cyclist.
End:he will probably get to work on time and with lots of attention.
Photo 9
Beginning: They were ordered to do this thing because the Kumbh Mela Festival takes a lot of work.
Middle: Indian laborers pull a pontoon in the Ganges River in preparation for the Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad on Nov. 21. Allahabad is where the Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati rivers meet and is a focal point for Hindu pilgrims during the Kumbh Mela, where millions gather to bathe in the three rivers.
End: Their lives will go on. I think it's something usual for them.
Photo 10
Beginning: A group of people decided to reenact Russian-French war. I think that they prepared for this for a long time because it looks impressive.
Middle: A mannequin takes flight while people dressed in historic uniforms of the Imperial Russian and French armies take part in a re-enactment of the 1812 Battle of Berezina near Bryli, Belarus.
End: They will continue that they do. It's not the first time and certainly not the last one.
Photo 11
Beginning: Going for his usual day at work, the policeman didn't think that he would be involved in anything unusual until he got called to clear out the airport.
Middle: A French riot policeman reacts after being doused with lime powder by protesters in Notre-Dame-des-Landes. Activists opposed to a new airport were being cleared out by police.
End:he will probably take medical help (if needed) and/or take a shower and go back to work.
Beginning: The wind during Hurricane Sandy was probably so strong that it was able to push a house that far from it's original place.
Middle: A house pushed into marshland by Superstorm Sandy is seen nearly a month later on Nov. 28. The house was in the Oakwood neighborhood of New York City's Staten Island.
End: This photo will probably become a place of nearby interest for a couple of weeks.
Photo 2
Beginning: This story probably doesn't have a beginning, just one man spontaneously did something spectacular and people gathered around.
Middle: A man breathes out fire. This fire-breathing act is part of a procession to the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India, on Nov. 27, the eve of the 543rd birthday of Sri Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh religion.
End:Nothing will happen. Just this photo will remind people of what happened once.
Photo 3
Beginning: Before this picture was taken nature worked for such contrast to happen for ages.
Middle: A man swims undisturbed by a red algae bloom in the waters of Sydney, Australia.
End: Maybe, someday later those two waters will somehow combine.
Photo 4
Beginning: The man wen through the war and Queen wanted to show her gratitude.
Middle: Queen Elizabeth II meets a camouflaged sniper from the Household Cavalry at Combermere Barracks in Windsor, England.
End: His life will go on and hers certainly will too - the difference is he will never forget it.
Photo 5
Beginning: Scientist probably worked hard for those suits to be made and then they had to test it.
Middle: Spacesuits wait for U.S. astronaut Thomas Marshburn, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko on Nov. 28 at the Russian training center in Star City. The men were donning the suits for a simulator test of the International Space Station.
End: Those cosmonauts will fly into the opened space in those suits.
Photo 6
Beginning: Guo Pei probably thought for a while how to impress her guests and she came to this glorious idea.
Middle: A model presents a creation by Chinese designer Guo Pei during Women's Fashion Week - Asian Couture in Singapore.
End:Fashions magazines will probably talk about it for a while.
Photo 7
Beginning: The farmers were looking for a way that would make politicians to care about their problem and they found it.
Middle: Police are being sprayed with milk by European milk farmers during a demonstration outside the European Parliament in Brussels. The farmers demanded subsidies for weak milk prices.
End: I guess they got what they were fighting for.
Photo 8
Beginning: That man probably overslept and knew that the traffic was horrible and didn't have any other choice other than to ride a bike, trying to cover from snow with an umbrella.
Middle: A snowy day in Munich, Germany, on Nov. 29 doesn't stop this cyclist.
End:he will probably get to work on time and with lots of attention.
Photo 9
Beginning: They were ordered to do this thing because the Kumbh Mela Festival takes a lot of work.
Middle: Indian laborers pull a pontoon in the Ganges River in preparation for the Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad on Nov. 21. Allahabad is where the Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati rivers meet and is a focal point for Hindu pilgrims during the Kumbh Mela, where millions gather to bathe in the three rivers.
End: Their lives will go on. I think it's something usual for them.
Photo 10
Beginning: A group of people decided to reenact Russian-French war. I think that they prepared for this for a long time because it looks impressive.
Middle: A mannequin takes flight while people dressed in historic uniforms of the Imperial Russian and French armies take part in a re-enactment of the 1812 Battle of Berezina near Bryli, Belarus.
End: They will continue that they do. It's not the first time and certainly not the last one.
Photo 11
Beginning: Going for his usual day at work, the policeman didn't think that he would be involved in anything unusual until he got called to clear out the airport.
Middle: A French riot policeman reacts after being doused with lime powder by protesters in Notre-Dame-des-Landes. Activists opposed to a new airport were being cleared out by police.
End:he will probably take medical help (if needed) and/or take a shower and go back to work.
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