Taryn's Journalism Blog

Rewarding Our Kids                       Seven or eight dollars may seem like a lot to especially when you a kid. Usually this is around the set amount that a child would be rewarded for something they've done well. But, what if your child hasn't been good, do you still reward them with money? I mean it's not that much what harm  could it do, right? Well that seven or eight dollars probably seems like a lot more to your kids then it does to you. That much money for a kid is like winning the lottery even when they've been bad.             Rewarding a kid for not behaving or not acting appropriate teaches them that, you get rewarded when your bad. And that's not how it works in the real world. In real life you don't a raised salary if you are not doing your job. So that shouldn't be how we should treat out children to thi...

Hurricane Victor Yesterday morning around 2 a.m. cyclone Victor was detected by meteorologist at Nadi Wether Centre moving across the south-west Pacific, heading toward the Solomon Islands. More than 100 people are now homeless, with six people killed and 18 in hospitals. "We are devastated that our son, Frank, was killed,"  Mother of one of the men killed, Lisa Ramos said. "H e was returning home from a vacation to Australia when the storm hit." Police say that out of all the six people who died, three men drowned when their car was blown off the road into a river, and two women and a man were killed by flying debris. "We have heavy hearts over the six people who lost their lives today,"  Police Chief Marianna Adams said. In Honiara, more than 20 houses were destroyed and a number of other buildings sustained considerable structural damage.  "It could have been worse,"  Adams said. "B ut the emergency shelters established three ...

The Schnur Brunch The definition for family is “the descendants from a common ancestor,” but is that what truly defines family. In the Schnur family everyone was related whether it was blood or not. “It was different, because you had to learn everyone else’s story and where they came from,”oldest brother Chad Schnur said. “And just adjust to them being in your lives.” Chad Schnur is the oldest brother in the family and his older sister Suzanne Schnur and him soon got two new siblings. “I was so happy to just have a little brother and sister,” Chad said.” I kind of let go of what people would say. It was never them who made it hard it was the outsiders looking in.” Though they felt so happy about their new family, it soon would make things harder for Chad at school. “In the time I grew up a lot of people would make fun of me for having ‘two moms’ or ‘step siblings,’ Chad said. “Because those kind of things just never really happened or were talked about.” ...

(multiple choice) 1. Timeliness  The fact or quality of being done or occurring at a favorable or useful time. - Really recent  2. Proximity Nearness in space, time, or relationship. - Close the story is to us  3. Human Interest The aspect of a story in the media that interests people because it describes the experiences or emotions of individuals. - Something we find appealing -Appeals to human nature 4. Prominence The state of being important or famous. -How important the person is 5. Conflict A serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one. - Two sides against  each other  ( fighting) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (word bank questions) 6. Interviews A meeting of people face to face, especially for consultation. -gets information from a source  7. Research The systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and ...

1. Who were the sources? The sources were Garland O'Quinn, Virginia O'Quinn, Samuel Lawerence, and Carrie Lawerence. 2. Summarize in 1-3 sentences the story: This story talks about Garland O'Quinn and how amazing he was at gymnastics. He found his love ad passion for this sport and eventually went off to the olympics. He then became a coach with his other previous coach and started to teach kids too.   3. How many paragraphs is the story? There are 33 paragraphs in this story. 4. How many words is the story (you can do this in the Google Doc itself)?  There are 1,051 words in this story. 5. How many direct quotes are there in the story? There are 17 direct quotes in the story. 6. How many different people are quoted in the story? There were 4 different people quoted in this story. 7. Which quote is the most impactful of all the ones included? Defiantly this quote it was a very emotionally attention grabbing and it almost made me tear up tbh... “Every human be...

1. Who were the sources? My dad, Aunt Suzanne, Aunt Deana, and Uncle Kenny were the sources. 2. Summarize in 1-3 sentences the story: I talk about family in my story, and was defines being family. The struggle of having multiple parents, step of half siblings used to be a huge issue mainly for my dad and Aunt Suzanne. It has grown to not be as big of an issue now today but some people would still consider them not 'real' siblings. Though they grew up and were taught just like to b siblings like anyone else. 3. How many paragraphs is the story? There are 31 paragraphs in my story. 4. How many words is the story? There are 753 words in my story. 5. How many direct quotes are there in the story? There are 15 direct quotes in this story. 6. How many different people are quoted in the story? There are four different people quoted in my story. 7. Which quote is the most impactful of all the ones included? I think that the last one was so that's...

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Short Answer: 1. Who are the owners of Austin Sports & Entertainment? Page A1 "Proposal to replace Expo Center.." The owners of the Austin Sports & Entertainment are Sean Foley and Andrew Nestor. 2. Why did president Donald Trump remove protections from two national monuments in Utah yesterday, according to the article on Page A5 "Trump takes step to reduce national monuments" Donald trump removed protections from two national monuments to "reverse federal overreach" and to "restore the rights." 3. Why will the University of Texas raise its tuition the next two years? Page B1 "UT seeks 2% tuition...." This increase tuition will be used for keeping up with inflation, to offer competitive pay, and to offer change and updates to the rooms and laboratories. 4. Who are the three finalists for the Heisman Trophy and what school do they play for? Page C1 "OU's Mayfield a Heisman finalist" The three finalists are Baker Ma...

STRESS-Violet Glenewinkel ( commentary) First:  write a two sentence summary of the story. This story discusses stress and how it can impact us. This stifle was very well thought out because it didn't just give disadvantages it also showed some things that you can do to help. Second:  answer the following questions: 1. Who was quoted in the story? Head counselor: Lisa Saunders Therapist: Michael Gonzalez Senior: Piper Kosper Junior: Cade Blagdan Principal: Mark Robinson 2. What quote was the strongest in your opinion? "I see a lot of students who are really struggling to handle all of their extra curricular activities, responsibilities, and commitments. Kids who are really over achievers and they really want to give all their everything in the end may end up spreading themselves too thin." 3. Did the lead sentence make you want to keep reading? YES! 4. Was the conclusion a quote or a statement? a quote. The Murder-Myster Blosso...

1. Who is your main subject? My main subject is going to be is going to be my aunt beth. 2. Supporting interviews (who else do you need to talk to, minimum 2  other people)? My supporting interviews are going to be my dad, and my aunt  kat. 3. What is the topic or potential topic? How our home-life, school, eat. has evolved over time. 4. Which angle from above will you write the story? Historical Feature 5. Then to help you get going faster, come up with 20 questions that you  can ask your  main subject.  Type these in your blog. - What was it like when you where around 10 years old? - Can you remember a significant moment in your childhood that  stood out to you? - What was middle school like for you? - Was anyone mean to you during middle/high school, were you  ever bullied? - Did your school have cliques? - How do you remember the school work being at that time? - What were your grades during school? - Can you ...

1. What is the difference between a hard news lead (lede) and the one you read above? The difference between a hard news lead and the one I read is that it took time to  reveal parts and parts about how the story dos, instead of just listing the facts. 2. What paragraph(s) did you learn the following information? a. Who: Ted Williams b. What: Becoming famous c. Where: Hudson  Street  d. When: When someone uploaded a video of him singing e. Why: He was a good singer  f. How:  They uploaded a video and it gots lots of attention 3. Are there quotes in this story? Yes, there are quotes in this story. 4. Are those quotes arranged in the "quote-transiton" style we used in news writing? This article does have a lot of quotes and transitions, but it's not really the same exact structure that we have been using. 5. Who is quoted in the story? The people that were quoted in the story were  Kevin McLoughlin,   Doral Chenoweth III,  Ken And...