Jo(hn)urnalism

In yet another online story posted to Wave3's website, they have continued to disregard the following of the journalistic yardsticks. The story in this edition is titled, "That's the fact, Mack! Bill Murray visits UofL hoops practice." Now I do understand, much of the Wave3's audience is UofL fans. These fans might just happen to also like Bill Murray. But that has nothing to do with this stories newsworthiness. It's so very clear that this story will lack a large or lasting impact on the community. Wave3 did explain, however, that Bill Murray did have a tie of his son being an assistant coach for the squad. Yet, that fact truly shows that this is yet another case of Wave3 trying to make something that they find interesting, important to the public. I believe that instead of trying to have us view celebrity fluff so often, news stations like Wave3 and other local networks should create more hard-hitting, long lasting, and important stories for their audienc...

In a story ran on Wave3's website entitled, "On eve of Halloween, it's National Candy Corn Day", the station posted the story, originally done by CNN. Now while I do agree that Candy Corn seems to be a surprisingly heated subject for people to discuss, I find it completely ridiculous to feel it necessary to make a story out of it. Now I do understand, Wave3 did not have anything to do with the writing of the story. But similar to what we discussed in class, a news media outlet doesn't have  to share anything and everything. Wave3, didn't at all have to share this pointless story. This story by no means follows the yardsticks of journalism. In fact, it completely goes against the very guidelines of Newsworthiness  and Explanation. In terms of this story being locally relevant, there's not much to say. This will have no large effect on anyone, nor will it have any lasting effect on anyone. This proved that is directly violates to yardstick of Newsworthine...

In a story featured on Wave3 news' online page titled, " Mom, daughter score winning $1 million Powerball ticket in Crestwood," Wave3 reported on the lucky winners. Now, while this may have been interesting to hear about a winning ticket so close to home, it is in no way particularly newsworthy. Of course, this was a enormous amount of money that these two women are now the proud recipients of, but that in no way means that it follows any of the elements or yardsticks of journalism. I believe and know that our local news has the duty and obligation to provide us with the most current, correct, and newsworthy news. But when stories like this are so frequently aired, it makes me feel like our own news stations don't value providing us with news that will have any lasting impact on our community whatsoever. Wave3's Original Story

In digital design class on the twenty-ninth, we spent around half of our class discussing the events that occurred over the weekend. These event being the Kroger shooting in Louisville, the Synagogue shooting in Pittsburg, and the multiple pipe bombs delivered around the country. As a class, we all gathered with the other half of the J&C magnet in Mr. Miller's room and had a very frank and open discussion about how we felt.  I was really happy that as a group, we all came together to talk about the tragic events over the weekend. I like the idea that as a magnet, we can come together when huge events occur and feel safe to share how we feel, and what to do.  We talked about what fueled these events, and things like, what actions have been taken by our government in recent times. Something that really stuck with me was what Miss Palmer said about our generation. She talked about how much change we as a group have the potential to bring, and the power that we hav...

In a recent article written by Wave3 news, journalists, Sarah Jackson, and Sara Revest covered a story on a recent incident in which an officer from LMPD was exposed to suspected drugs during a traffic stop. The Officers were searching a woman's car when one was exposed to needles possibly containing a mix of drugs. The officer was then given medical assistance and the woman's bond is set for twenty-five thousand dollars. Now while this story may be interesting to some, it completely violates the Journalistic yardstick of   Newsworthiness. The basic guidelines for something to qualify as newsworthy are that it must affect a lot of people for a long time. And in this case, although it did affect those involved with the situation, it does not have any lasting impact on the community whatsoever.  The journalists in this case simply made something they saw as dramatic and made it into a story. This wasn't just any article though, it was featured as ...

Christeen's Original Post When I read Christeen's blog entry about mass communication in the modern world, I really understood what what she was saying. Christeen stated that " You don't have to be an award winning author or director to get a message across." This was a statement I could understand and made sense for me. In our new era of technological advancements, we all have access to the Internet. To agree again with Christeen, to have access to an Internet connection is to have a massive amount of power right at your finger tips. Even I have the ability to mass communicate. In fact, I'm doing it right now. As I type this blog about one of my high school classmates entries for our first real project of our freshman year, it's being saved for anyone who can get to the Internet to see for years and years to come. Although it may seem unlikely, this very blog post has the potential to reach hundreds, thousands, even millions of people. It's crazy t...