Just before Halloween, Liz made a comment about the body bag murder that happened in Indiana as a non-newsworthy. I can both agree and disagree, for mostly one Reason: Just because something is in the adjacent state doesn't mean it isn't newsworthy.
Indiana and Kentucky are literally right next to each other and some of the closest counties are considered part of Kentucky's county. That's a little of the reason why we have a Kentuckiana.
Though there's another reason why I'm making this post is because she mentioned in her blog , "there is not a clear goal of telling people about the crime, it does not impact a lot of people for a long time, and the article only has quotes from the police, no witnesses, family members, or anybody else, making it one-sided." This, however, is true for WHAS, but NOT WLKY. WLKY got coverage on the victim's mother and had a whole interview of her side of the story, and how shocked she was of how her son died.
Not to say this isn't a fake blog post or just that Liz is WHAS hater, though it's just saying that you need to be mindful on what you label as newsworthy and non-newsworthy because there's always another side to the stories we see.
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
72 Hours of Hell Response
Over the past few days over the weekend, we've had a lot of intense news over the weekend. Having to do with the Kroger Shooting, the pipe bombs incident, and the Synagogue Shooting. When we got into second period, and Mr. Miller said we were all going to meet together in the same room, I was a bit surprised.
Even though I knew kind of what it was going to be like, I was kinda shocked by the reaction the J & C teachers gave us. Certainly, these events should not go unmarked or unnoticed like an old news story. It made me wonder what we could do as journalists instead of standing by and just documenting and informing but turns out that we can do more with those skills.
We need to state our opinions more and the real facts so we can both tell the people that something is definitely wrong.
I just kind of wanted to say something about that second period because it was very eye-opening, and broadens the purpose of journalism, which I'm very glad that Mr. Miller and Mrs. Palmer decided to do this because it was extremely helpful.
Even though I knew kind of what it was going to be like, I was kinda shocked by the reaction the J & C teachers gave us. Certainly, these events should not go unmarked or unnoticed like an old news story. It made me wonder what we could do as journalists instead of standing by and just documenting and informing but turns out that we can do more with those skills.
We need to state our opinions more and the real facts so we can both tell the people that something is definitely wrong.
I just kind of wanted to say something about that second period because it was very eye-opening, and broadens the purpose of journalism, which I'm very glad that Mr. Miller and Mrs. Palmer decided to do this because it was extremely helpful.
Monday, October 29, 2018
Response to Satchel's Defense against WDRB Post
What Satchel said about Evie's post was true, not that I don't demote Evie's claim on this, but Satchel made a really good point. A half an hour of news does not represent an entire day's worth of news on a station, maybe half of one would, but not a half an hour. I like how Satchel politely, (Keyword, "Politely") defended WDRB for its airing social issues and human interests stories.
In his post, he said, " While I do see it as slightly problematic that they had no political stories on either the broadcast or website, especially coming up on the midterms, the numbers Evie presents aren't necessarily demonstrating that WDRB airs irrelevant stories." Then he goes on to defend WDRB.
Though in good defense, this is coming from a WDRB person, and it would be interesting to hear it from a non-WDRB person. Satchel made some good points to defend his article, and you should probably go take a look for yourself.
http://satchelsjcblog.blogspot.com/2018/10/in-defense-of-wdrb.html
In his post, he said, " While I do see it as slightly problematic that they had no political stories on either the broadcast or website, especially coming up on the midterms, the numbers Evie presents aren't necessarily demonstrating that WDRB airs irrelevant stories." Then he goes on to defend WDRB.
Though in good defense, this is coming from a WDRB person, and it would be interesting to hear it from a non-WDRB person. Satchel made some good points to defend his article, and you should probably go take a look for yourself.
http://satchelsjcblog.blogspot.com/2018/10/in-defense-of-wdrb.html
Sunday, October 28, 2018
Class Topic - Musical Experience
A topic we discussed in class a little while ago ("Ahem", that I was not fully present for) was how we experienced music. When I got there, there were two names on the board, one of them was Berliner and the other was Edison. Edison made the phonograph and Berliner made the gramophone.
It was so interesting when we got to the part of how musical experiences changed over the years. We made a graph of before the 1890s and after the 1890s. I found it eye-opening that there were many ways you could experience music.
I thought it a very scary thought to live in a world where music wasn't mobile and you'd have to pay to go to an orchestra or learn the music to play for yourself, or to literally think about it and that's it. Though in a way it's kind of cool because then you can go and experience the music in a real concert and experience something incredible the first time.
Then again, I would want to experience this and luckily we still get to thanks to orchestras that perform today.
It was so interesting when we got to the part of how musical experiences changed over the years. We made a graph of before the 1890s and after the 1890s. I found it eye-opening that there were many ways you could experience music.
I thought it a very scary thought to live in a world where music wasn't mobile and you'd have to pay to go to an orchestra or learn the music to play for yourself, or to literally think about it and that's it. Though in a way it's kind of cool because then you can go and experience the music in a real concert and experience something incredible the first time.
Then again, I would want to experience this and luckily we still get to thanks to orchestras that perform today.
WLKY's Diversity in News
The News channel, WLKY, the one I'm following, has a bland taste that doesn't seem to change when it comes to there stories. The structure of their 6:00 o' clock news starts out with a top story, then goes on to smaller local stories or national stories, and the to local sports.
I found this funny the other day when they broadcasted the whole Kroger Shooting, but nothing about the Khashoggi incident in Saudi Arabia. What the heck DUDE! I get the Kroger Shooting was huge news, and I mean HUGE. But to discard an international story of a missing renowned Washington Post Author and replace our local stories.
Maybe I'm wrong, and earlier in the day they did do something with the Khashoggi story. But I think it's strange to put all these other stories and not include the top most important stories. I guess that's how WLKY does it. Maybe I'm being too critical about this, but I still have a funny feeling why they wouldn't at least sneak a couple of other national stories.
I found this funny the other day when they broadcasted the whole Kroger Shooting, but nothing about the Khashoggi incident in Saudi Arabia. What the heck DUDE! I get the Kroger Shooting was huge news, and I mean HUGE. But to discard an international story of a missing renowned Washington Post Author and replace our local stories.
Maybe I'm wrong, and earlier in the day they did do something with the Khashoggi story. But I think it's strange to put all these other stories and not include the top most important stories. I guess that's how WLKY does it. Maybe I'm being too critical about this, but I still have a funny feeling why they wouldn't at least sneak a couple of other national stories.
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