JenniferPrextag:blogs.setonhill.edu,2009:/JenniferPrex//3932009-11-19T22:07:45ZMovable Type Commercial 4.23-enArticle Spacingtag:blogs.setonhill.edu,2009:/JenniferPrex//393.343522009-11-19T19:28:48Z2009-11-19T22:07:45ZWhen looking at The Cavalier Daily website, I liked how each of the articles referenced on each of the pages were more prominent. Between the way they were spaced and the size of the font, it didn't really seem like...
The Cavalier Daily website, I liked how each of the articles referenced on each of the pages were more prominent. Between the way they were spaced and the size of the font, it didn't really seem like any of the articles were overshadowed. It was also interesting that they offer PDF downloads of their newspaper. I guess this would be for anyone who would rather read the articles in paper format rather than online but don't have access to the print version, maybe.
The only thing I wasn't sure that I liked was that all of the pictures they had on the homepage were in a row on the top rather than spread out.
Other Thoughts On Cavalier Daily]]>
Crowded Webpagetag:blogs.setonhill.edu,2009:/JenniferPrex//393.343462009-11-19T04:09:34Z2009-11-19T04:35:30ZI almost thought there was too much going on on the homepage of The Harvard Crimson. I can understand arranging all of the individual sections to be this way, but they tried to put too much on that first page....
The Harvard Crimson. I can understand arranging all of the individual sections to be this way, but they tried to put too much on that first page. It takes away from the content. If a few articles had been emphasized more, then more attention would be paid to them.
That aside, it seemed like a good idea to have the picture in the middle to change and have each of the pictures in the cycle to link to their corresponding articles. In all honesty, though, I don't know that I would have thought to click on the pictures if we hadn't talked about that in class today. The articles these pictures linked to were also mentioned elsewhere on the page as well. If they would add a comment under the cycling pictures saying that they link to the articles, they could leave the other links to these off of that page to save space.
I did like how some of the pictures linked to slide shows and to include videos for some of the sports stories; the slide shows allow the readers to see more, if they so choose, and if the story is focused on something that happened during a sports game, the video would be more effective.
Other Thoughts On Harvard Crimson]]>
Easy Accesstag:blogs.setonhill.edu,2009:/JenniferPrex//393.343152009-11-18T05:41:53Z2009-11-18T05:56:56ZI looked at two articles on wired.com, Concept Art Offers Peek at Tim Burton's Twisted Mind and First Look: Tim Burton Takes Alice to Weird, Wild Wonderland. In both articles, the links served the purpose of allowing the readers easy...
wired.com, Concept Art Offers Peek at Tim Burton's Twisted Mind and First Look: Tim Burton Takes Alice to Weird, Wild Wonderland. In both articles, the links served the purpose of allowing the readers easy access to more information, if they should choose to seek it. There were a few links to wikipedia articles and many links to imdb.com. There was another link that didn't work, but my guess is that it was supposed to link to the publisher's website--this was in reference to Tim Burton's art book that is supposed to be released in December, and the link said "Steel Publishing." The purpose of this link was to give any interested readers easy access for pre-ordering the book, as the article stated.
Other Thoughts On Wired]]>
Skepticism Can Be a Good Thingtag:blogs.setonhill.edu,2009:/JenniferPrex//393.343122009-11-18T05:30:28Z2009-11-18T05:40:45Z"But the checking process is best begun with the mindset that the tip is just as likely to be wrong as it is right." ~page 59 of Haiman's Best Practices for Newspaper Journalists...
Best Practices for Newspaper Journalists]]>
Other Students' Thoughts on Haiman 57-67]]>
Potential Online Content for Article 4tag:blogs.setonhill.edu,2009:/JenniferPrex//393.342982009-11-18T01:28:57Z2009-11-18T03:06:53Z Level 3 Communications - This is the official website for Seton Hill's new internet service provider. Wikipedia Article on "IP Access Controller" - This would serve the purpose of giving the reader more information on what the controller is...
Level 3 Communications - This is the official website for Seton Hill's new internet service provider.
Wikipedia Article on "IP Access Controller" - This would serve the purpose of giving the reader more information on what the controller is and does, as Seton Hill's controller has been upgraded.
Level 3 Communications Commercial - Self explanatory . . . it is a post on youtube.com.
Informational Video on Level 3 Communications - Self explanatory . . . this is also a post on youtube.
Troubleshooting Internet Connection Problems - This site gives information on what can cause internet connection problems other than problems with the server.
Other Students' Article 4 Online Content]]>
The Whole Packagetag:blogs.setonhill.edu,2009:/JenniferPrex//393.342722009-11-17T08:28:33Z2009-11-17T08:36:02ZIt seemed the StarNet interactive website is a good way to educate people about the garbage and recycling processes. The one problem with it is that I don't know that anyone who isn't initially interested would "stay tuned" for the...
StarNet interactive website is a good way to educate people about the garbage and recycling processes. The one problem with it is that I don't know that anyone who isn't initially interested would "stay tuned" for the entirety of both routes. Regardless, the many links to outside sources, the videos, the pictures, and the captions all work together to give the reader a good sense of what happens with garbage and recyclables. It wouldn't have the same effect if any one of those components were missing.
Other Students' Thoughts On Arizona Star]]>
Interactive Content Draws You Intag:blogs.setonhill.edu,2009:/JenniferPrex//393.342062009-11-15T00:43:54Z2009-11-15T00:56:47ZI found a link to a slide show in the "Late Night Revolution? In Taste, Perhaps" article. I know in class we've talked about how print news is designed to draw the readers' attention to different parts of the paper....
slide show in the "Late Night Revolution? In Taste, Perhaps" article. I know in class we've talked about how print news is designed to draw the readers' attention to different parts of the paper. It seems that online news is the same way. The slide show link was in the article. Below this link there were links to two related articles. There were links to these same two articles on the slide show page. The last page of the slide show was the same as the second to last, except that a box popped up prompting the reader to either go back to the beginning, go to related articles, share, or email.
The very nature of the interactive content has a tendency to draw people in as well. People are more likely to pay attention the whole time if interaction is involved. I remember hearing that, in general, the typical attention span is about seven minutes long--or something like that--and that's why commercials were spaced the way they were on television. I don't know how accurate this is, but, regardless, it is true that people are more likely to stay interested if they are involved or if the page changes--e.g. each new picture of the slide show along with new captions as part of the news.
Other Thoughts On NY Times]]>
Newswriting Portfolio 3tag:blogs.setonhill.edu,2009:/JenniferPrex//393.341082009-11-11T02:22:54Z2009-11-11T03:22:00ZThis is my eleventh blogging portfolio--my third for news writing. This is basically a list of all the blogs I've posted since my last portfolio....
This is my eleventh blogging portfolio--my third for news writing. This is basically a list of all the blogs I've posted since my last portfolio.
Coverage (This is a complete list of all the blogs I've posted since the last time.)
~Editorials vs. Persuasive Essay
~No Room for Excessive Pride
~Comment Withdrawal
~Remember, You're Human Too
~Importance of Good Listening
~Don't Forget the "Ordinary"Depth (This is a list of blogs that are more in depth.)
~Remember, You're Human Too
~Importance of Good ListeningInteraction (These are some of the comments I've left on peers' blogs.)
~Derek Tickle's Whether You're Complaining or Praising, Just Be Nice!
~Derek Tickle's Just Please Look It Up
~Angela Palumbo's I Wish to Remain AnonymousDiscussions (These are blog entries that have sparked discussions.)
~Editorials vs. Persuasive Essay
~No Room for Excessive PrideTimeliness (These are all of the blogs that I've posted on time.)
~Editorials vs. Persuasive Essay
~No Room for Excessive Pride
~Comment Withdrawal
~Remember, You're Human Too
~Importance of Good ListeningXenoblogging (These are comments I've left on peers' blogs that happened to be the first comment on their blogs.)
~Kaitlin Monier's Sources make for a more credible argument
~Greta Carroll's The Rough Road to Respect--Admitting One's ErrorsWildcard (This is the entry that I think is best this time around.)
~Remember, You're Human TooOther Students' Portfolios]]>
Don't Forget the "Ordinary"tag:blogs.setonhill.edu,2009:/JenniferPrex//393.340962009-11-10T23:29:38Z2009-11-10T23:44:20Z"The most powerful concern about bias we encountered in our roundtables was the perception that news organizations had a 'negative' bias. A school superintendent complained about the 'normalization of radical behavior' because it was so often prominently covered -- that...
Best Practices for Newspaper Journalists]]>
Other Thoughts On Haiman pages 43-56]]>
Importance of Good Listeningtag:blogs.setonhill.edu,2009:/JenniferPrex//393.340812009-11-10T15:32:03Z2009-11-10T16:08:50Z"Good journalists know how to listen. Listen to people even if they do not seem to have any useful information. They may still say something you can use later." ~chapter 40 of The News Manual...
The News Manual
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really listen. Instead of just listening to the words that they say, I need to learn to listen close enough to see if there are follow up questions I need to ask or if there is maybe even a better story than the one I'm following or a better angle for the one I'm following. A lot of times, I seem to stay so focused on the fact that I need to interview the people--to ask them specific prepared questions, since I'm not always good at coming up with the questions on the spot--that I often don't know what to do when they finish speaking except awkwardly say, "Ok. Thank you. Um," and then move on to the next question. I guess what I really need to do is relax so I can fully listen to what they have to say and, if that still doesn't work, learn the importance of following up later if I come up with new questions after listening again.
Other Thoughts On Sample Investigative Reporting]]>
The Steel Driving Mantag:blogs.setonhill.edu,2009:/JenniferPrex//393.340772009-11-10T04:15:00Z2009-11-10T05:54:53Z"John Henry was a railroad man, / He worked from six 'till five" ~stanza one of an early version of "John Henry, Steel Driving Man"...
John Henry, Steel Driving Man"]]>
On the course website, Dr. Jerz asked "In what ways is the John Henry story a tall-tale? How is it social commentary? Is it primarily a story about technology, or about race? Is it too simplistic to say 'both'?"
This story is a tall-tale in the sense that it is exaggerated. John Henry is made out to have superhuman strength. The only argument I can think of that would work against this point is that he dies as a result of using this strength, which I don't think is a trait of these tails, if I recall correctly.
As for how it is a social commentary . . . John Henry tries to prove that he is a better worker than the machine and succeeds in doing so. Technology would still have been new at the point that this came about, so it makes sense that people would have fought against it more than they do now. It is still an issue today, but not as big. Anyways, the social commentary is that humans can be better than machines, despite what people may think.
Going along those same lines, I think it is more about technology than about race. There are race issues involved--more apparent in some versions of the song (and folk lore, most likely) than others--but the main issue seems to be technology.
Foster Class of '09tag:blogs.setonhill.edu,2009:/JenniferPrex//393.340522009-11-09T19:11:56Z2009-11-09T19:22:55Z"What this book represents is not a database of all the cultural codes by which writers create and readers understand the products of that creation, but a template, a pattern, a grammar of sorts from which you can learn to...
How to Read Literature Like a Professor]]>
As has been stated time and time again in this and other literature classes, there is no one true answer. This book can only serve as a guideline--the building blocks, if you will--as Foster indicates in this final chapter. All we can do is take what we have learned from reading this book and use what works for us and discard what doesn't. It's up to us now to do what we can with what we've read.
Look the Other Waytag:blogs.setonhill.edu,2009:/JenniferPrex//393.340422009-11-09T03:28:29Z2009-11-09T19:10:48Z"The South ought to be led, by candid and honest criticism, to assert her better self and do her full duty to the race she has cruelly wronged and is still wronging. The North--her co-partner in guilt--cannot salve her conscience...
The Souls of Black Folk]]>
Washington. I think it has more to do with this human tendency to just assume that problems have gone away because people don't really want to deal with them rather than one persons' unwillingness to openly criticize.]]>
How Truetag:blogs.setonhill.edu,2009:/JenniferPrex//393.340412009-11-09T03:14:05Z2009-11-09T03:26:57Z"I early learned that it is a hard matter to convert an individual by abusing him, and that this is more often accomplished by giving credit for all the praiseworthy actions performed than by calling attention alone to all the...
Up from Slavery: An Autobiography]]>
No matter what the situation, who is addressed, and what the time period, this is something that never really seems to change. It makes sense that it would be this way. If all a speaker does is focus on all the negative things a group or person has done, that group or person will tend to get outraged and defensive; they will not be able to really listen to what the speaker has to say. If the speaker instead mentions the good the group or person has done, they would be more likely to listen; any criticism given in that situation--as long as it is given tactfully--would then be taken in stride; the group or person would be more likely to do something about it. In a situation such as the one Washington faced, this was a tactic he needed to use in order to make progress. It makes me wonder if he purposely chose to write this particular passage as a word of advise to others who try to make a difference.
Remember, You're Human Tootag:blogs.setonhill.edu,2009:/JenniferPrex//393.339322009-11-03T02:05:32Z2009-11-03T05:42:07Z"What if the roles were reversed; how would I feel?" ~page 30 of Haiman's Best Practices for Newspaper Journalists...
Best Practices for Newspaper Journalists]]>
Other Thoughts on Haiman 29-42]]>