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I do not think people understand the meaning of the holidays anymore. I have never read about such crazy and selfish people before. With sales being bigger and better this year for Black Friday, is seems people have gotten crazier too. 
It stuns me that at a Wal-Mart not too far from where I live, a young boy, as old as I am, 20-years-old, is going as far as shooting someone and trying to steal items in order to get what he wanted. Also, a woman went as far as pepper spraying other shoppers over an Xbox video game! That is going way beyond what the holidays are supposed to be about, let alone Black Friday!
There is no need to be pushing and shoving to get things that you want. I think that many of the shoppers could shop online and that would prevent a lot of the madness that takes place. The deals online are just as good and you get to shop in the comfort of your home without the mess and lines.
The holidays should be about happy times and not about what you can buy for the cheapest deal. Black Friday is overrated. 

Copy Edit the World

The ' should not be after the s

It should be $1 Million

                                                 

The th should not be there. 

It should be fliers.

Since it is the beginning of a sentence, it should be spelled out. 

It should be lower case.

Four of these were found in magazines and newspapers. The other two were fliers.

How Wired Are You

After taking the 'How Wired Are You' quiz, I found out there is more for me to learn when it comes to computers, the web and media. I scored a 10, which said that I have time to reboot and install lots of new brainware. I feel like I am pretty good when it comes to cell phones, but when it comes to building web sites and editing movies, I am not to good. 


In one of my classes that I am taking now, I am blogging regularly and am learning how to create a web site. I think this class will really help me gain knowledge of what to do on computers in a more professional sense and not just roaming the web. 

Gordon Greb Story

Kayla Goularte

Mrs. McCune

Jour 61

10/5/11

Life Lessons

Gordon Greb joined San Jose State once again, on Wednesday Oct. 5, to relay his message on how we can succeed.

As the founder of broadcast journalism in 1957 at San Jose State, the 90-year-old man has experienced many different types of communication. He has experience as an actor, writer, reporter, editor, producer, news director, news anchor, TV and radio documentary producer, call-in show host, narrator, and station manager.

After going to UC Berkley, University of Minnesota and Stanford, Greb has become a very knowledgeable man. He said to the audience, “Study the Constitution and exercise your rights.” This became useful when he wrote to the U.S. Supreme Court saying they could not censor movies under the First Amendment. Because Greb was so knowledgeable, he won his fight against the Supreme Court.

As a journalist, he knew that we have freedom of speech and he enforced that. He also knew that as a journalist you had to push the limit and ask questions. Asking questions defined a journalist, when it comes to Gordon Greb. He knew that being a journalist meant that people trusted you to inform them. He was good at informing and pushing the limit, which is why he was so great.

Gordon Greb knew to get somewhere, it would not just happen; we needed to fight for it. He fought for the chance to have his own news program at 21-years-old. Greb never had anything fall into his lap. He told us that “[We] are the future [and we must] think as we the people.” We need to be go-getters and grab our goals, just like Gordon Greb did.

As Gordon Greb found success in the broadcasting business, he found success elsewhere. Greb found success as being a father and grandfather. Although he has accomplished many goals regarding broadcast news and has furthered communications, he loves to be with family. His last words as a professor were “Take care of the children and we will be alright.”
More On Gordon Greb's Life

Student Journalists' News Attitude Survey

1. I think news stories usually: Get the facts straight
2. I prefer to get my news: By watching pictures or video footage, with audio narration
3. Generally, I think the government: should do as little as possible to restrict what the news media publish
4. The president is assassinated. What would you most likely do?: Turn on the TV, then leave it on constantly to monitor the situation as intensely as possible.
5. Which of these people do you consider to be a journalist? Katie Couric
6. In general, the news is biased in favor of: Neither
7. If you hear conflicting versions of a news story, which version will you most likely believe? The local newspaper
8. Which of these adjectives would you generally use to describe most news today? Useful, depressing, entertaining and negative
9. How often do you generally watch TV news? Several times a week
10. How often do you generally read newspapers? Never
11. How often do you generally read news online? Occasionally
12. A news reporting career seems like it would be: Frightening and important

I most agree with:
-I prefer news that's presented with an attitude, even if it's opinionated, because it makes the topics more interesting.
- I could easily go days without reading any news.
-Journalists are too critical of public figures and government policy.
-I can usually relate to most news stories I read, see and hear.
-When I read newspapers, magazines or Web sites, I usually just browse a few paragraphs at a time. I hardly ever read stories in depth.
-Generally, I prefer to read celebrity news and lighter, offbeat stuff.

Top News #1

The story that I picked that is top news is about Netflix. Netflix decided to split the company into mailing DVD's as one company, Qwikster, and streaming videos as another company, Netflix. By doing this split, it caused many people to cancel their memberships with Netflix because the prices went up, there will be two separate company's which means two separate bills, and it is more complicated.

The company did not do a very good job describing why the charges are more and how it will be good for the consumers. Their communication skills did not satisfy the ones who made Netflix so big and that is why there is controversy and Netflix's number are falling dramatically.

What makes it newsworthy?
This story does have an impact. It will impact every person who is a member of Netflix because there will be an increase in price in order to keep your Netflix account and there are now two parts to Netflix.

It is a little bit immediate. All of a sudden Netflix raised their prices without any warning. The news that is happening now is that they are apologizing for the immediate raise in prices and the change.

This story does have conflict. There is conflict between the people using Netflix and Netflix. Now that Netflix has made changes, the consumers have not been satisfied and are changing their minds about the whole Netflix business and what they are doing.

There are a lot of emotions. The people buying DVD's are upset and angry because they were not aare of this change and it is costing them more money to use it.