tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82226480082352446772024-03-13T04:49:01.504-07:00No News is Bad NewsWhat is supposed to be (and is) a news journal for my Introduction to Journalism class, will turn into a collection of emotions toward the media. A good thing.Melissa Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323152248028593738noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222648008235244677.post-72651369988841435742010-04-12T11:17:00.000-07:002010-04-12T11:25:05.290-07:00Last One<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><div id="section" class="bylineRegion" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase; padding-bottom: 2px; ">TRAVEL</div><div id="nyt_headline" class="nyt_headline" style="font-size: 15px; padding-bottom: 3px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><a href="http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/travel/11Frugal.html">Mangia, Mangia!</a></div><div id="byline" class="byline" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 11px; ">By MATT GROSS</div><div id="pubdate" class="timestamp" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-size: 11px; ">Published: April 11, 2010</div><div id="summary" class="story" style="clear: left; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; ">In Italy, home cooks invite strangers in to eat, and eat some more. Why go to a restaurant when you can taste the real thing?</div><div id="summary" class="story" style="clear: left; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; "><b>Article Analysis:</b></div><div id="summary" class="story" style="clear: left; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; ">Over the course of the semester I have become more withdrawn from the idea of 'hard news'. My best day will never be someone's worst day. I will never be able to grip a camera and watch as someone suffers, carefully adjusting the ISO or the shutter speed. One thing, however, has remained constant: my love for travel. I could read travel articles all day long. I am enamored by the idea of going somewhere new and writing about how beautiful people can be, how wonderful (or terrible) the food can taste and how the air smells when it rains.</div><div id="summary" class="story" style="clear: left; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; ">My words can flow from my fingertips when I am in the mood. If <i>I </i>had just eaten an amazing home-cooked Italian meal in Italy, <i>I </i>could write ten thousand words. </div></span>Melissa Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323152248028593738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222648008235244677.post-34314917407336430442010-04-12T11:16:00.001-07:002010-04-19T12:12:39.087-07:00Do Not Fear Losing a Hand<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:14;"><div id="section" class="bylineRegion" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase; padding-bottom: 2px;">BUSINESS</div><div id="nyt_headline" class="nyt_headline" style="font-size: 15px; padding-bottom: 3px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/business/11novel.html">Grabbing Gracefully, With Replacement Fingers</a></div><div id="byline" class="byline" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 11px;">By ANNE EISENBERG</div><div id="pubdate" class="timestamp" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-size: 11px;">Published: April 9, 2010</div><div id="summary" class="story" style="padding: 2px 0px 30px; clear: left; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">A Scottish company’s motorized prosthetic fingers bend so that the user can more easily pick up a piece of paper, dial a cellphone or hold a glass of wine.</div><div id="summary" class="story" style="padding: 2px 0px 30px; clear: left; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b>Article Analysis:</b></div><div id="summary" class="story" style="padding: 2px 0px 30px; clear: left; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Great quote at the end. A perfect quote to tie that story together. The writer was very lucky.</div></span>Melissa Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323152248028593738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222648008235244677.post-22578127296233306362010-04-12T11:15:00.001-07:002010-04-19T12:13:03.143-07:00Druuuuugsss duuuuudddeee.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:14;"><div id="section" class="bylineRegion" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase; padding-bottom: 2px;">SCIENCE</div><div id="nyt_headline" class="nyt_headline" style="font-size: 15px; padding-bottom: 3px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/12/science/12psychedelics.html">Hallucinogens Have Doctors Tuning In Again</a></div><div id="byline" class="byline" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 11px;">By <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/t/john_tierney/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More Articles by John Tierney" class="meta-per" style="color: rgb(0, 66, 118); text-decoration: none;">JOHN TIERNEY</a></div><div id="pubdate" class="timestamp" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-size: 11px;">Published: April 11, 2010</div><div id="summary" class="story" style="padding: 2px 0px 30px; clear: left; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Scientists are studying the drugs’ potential for treating mental problems and illuminating consciousness.</div><div id="summary" class="story" style="padding: 2px 0px 30px; clear: left; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b>Article Analysis:</b></div><div id="summary" class="story" style="padding: 2px 0px 30px; clear: left; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">If I can be frank; LSD and psilocybins's definitely cured my depression. Amazing article. It hit home with me, and is a testament to the fact that the NY Times is fucking brilliant.</div></span>Melissa Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323152248028593738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222648008235244677.post-7477587975204748602010-04-07T09:24:00.000-07:002010-04-19T12:13:22.770-07:00Yay, for human contact!Health<br /><a href="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/05/surprisingly-family-time-has-grown/">Well: Surprisingly, Family Time Has Grown</a><br />By By TARA PARKER-POPE<br />Published: April 5, 2010<br />A new study shows that parents are spending more time with their families than did parents of earlier generations.<div><br /></div><div><b>Article Analysis:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>Meh, not my favorite. Loses momentum at the end.</div>Melissa Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323152248028593738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222648008235244677.post-16352611058554622252010-04-07T09:23:00.000-07:002010-04-19T12:13:46.019-07:00Smiling with Her EyesHealth<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/06/health/06mind.html">Seeking Emotional Clues Without Facial Cues</a><br />By BENEDICT CAREY<br />Published: April 5, 2010<br />People with facial paralysis have no trouble reading others’ expressions, a study finds.<div><br /></div><div><b>Article Analysis:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>Audio slideshow trumps article. Maybe it's because you are hearing her "voice"...literally.</div>Melissa Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323152248028593738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222648008235244677.post-85890774343525525172010-04-07T09:22:00.002-07:002010-04-19T12:14:11.720-07:00Foster Children Foster Bad Futures?U.S.<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/us/07foster.html">Study Finds More Woes Following Foster Care</a><br />By ERIK ECKHOLM<br />Published: April 6, 2010<br />Problems like unemployment, crime and poverty follow many young people after they “age out” of the foster care program.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Article Analysis:</span><br /><br />The article flows nicely till the last sentence; though it does seem a little like an infomercial. "Adopt this law now, and get your money matched for free!"<br /><br />Hearing from an over 21-year-old foster kid gave the story a bit more depth. Though it would have been nice to hear from a girl. Or hear from someone who turned out well? I realize stories need to have an angle, but it is nice to get the full circle.Melissa Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323152248028593738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222648008235244677.post-45537080668629787972010-04-07T09:22:00.001-07:002010-04-19T12:14:50.360-07:00I Feel Lucky to Live in a Fire Safe NationWorld<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/world/europe/08bishkek.html">Emergency in Kyrgyzstan as Police Fire on Protesters</a><br />By CLIFFORD J. LEVY<br />Published: April 7, 2010<br />Large antigovernment protests broke out in the capital and riot police fired on crowds that tried to storm federal buildings, killing at least 17 people.<br /><br />Article Analysis:<br /><br />I love these "story articles". They flow nicely and have a definite beginning and definite end. Sometimes I felt like I was reading a war novel. Nicely done.<br /><br />I am realizing more and more how much I love the NY Times. I think I might be their biggest fan... Now if only I can get them to hire me as a travel writer...Melissa Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323152248028593738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222648008235244677.post-19325500520703023992010-04-07T09:21:00.000-07:002010-04-19T12:11:45.284-07:00I have to write 8 more posts. I'm going to post the articles and then get back with the analysis later on.Melissa Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323152248028593738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222648008235244677.post-65485368044831088112010-03-30T08:02:00.001-07:002010-03-30T08:02:42.331-07:00Great TitleAutos<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/automobiles/28ELECTRIC.html">Scoring the Electric Mini Acid Test</a><br />By LAWRENCE ULRICH<br />Published: March 25, 2010<br />After leasing Mini E electric vehicles for a number of months, many of the drivers in a test program run by the company have become enthusiastic advocates.<br /><br />Watched the video, very informative.<br /><br />I want one!Melissa Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323152248028593738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222648008235244677.post-44087304344241604162010-03-30T07:54:00.000-07:002010-03-30T07:55:34.388-07:00WeatherScience<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/science/earth/30warming.html">Among Weathercasters, Doubt on Warming</a><br />By LESLIE KAUFMAN<br />Published: March 29, 2010<br />Meteorologists, familiar faces in people’s living rooms, are far more likely to question the science of climate change.<br /><br />I can't believe meteorologists would question climate change. Yesterday it was hot, today it is cold. That is strange. It didn't get cold until the beginning of January in Florida.<br /><br />I wish climatologists could be the weather people.Melissa Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323152248028593738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222648008235244677.post-88824265150262876292010-03-30T07:37:00.000-07:002010-03-30T07:42:01.067-07:00HolesU.S.<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/us/30militia.html">Militia Charged With Plotting to Murder Officers</a><br />By NICK BUNKLEY and CHARLIE SAVAGE<br />Published: March 29, 2010<br />Members of a Christian militia were indicted on sedition and weapons charges in connection with an alleged plot to murder law enforcement officers.<br /><br />Why were the sons arrested? The writers mention twice that the first son was arrested, and then mentions again that two sons were arrested. What for? Were they part of the militia? I hate holes in the story!Melissa Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323152248028593738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222648008235244677.post-13006702072569108562010-03-30T07:36:00.000-07:002010-03-30T07:37:21.940-07:00Space!Science<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/science/31collider.html">Large Hadron Collider Finally Smashing Properly</a><br />By DENNIS OVERBYE<br />Published: March 30, 2010<br />Following two false starts, the world’s biggest physics machine began to collide subatomic particles on Tuesday.<br /><br />So, tell me again what they're going to do now that it's working?Melissa Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323152248028593738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222648008235244677.post-80752831182370267432010-03-30T07:33:00.000-07:002010-03-30T07:35:53.856-07:00How Many Executions Today, Honey?World<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/world/asia/31execute.html">China Leads the World in Executions, Report Says</a><br />By MARK McDONALD<br />Published: March 30, 2010<br />China executed “thousands” in 2009, more than the rest of the world combined, Amnesty International said.<br /><br />It's strange how Amnesty International is considered "one voice", and the reporter could not quote a person who worked for Amnesty International.Melissa Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323152248028593738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222648008235244677.post-74739119941574188572010-03-25T07:59:00.000-07:002010-03-25T08:01:00.081-07:00Business<br /><a href="http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/tlc-acquires-sarah-palins-alaska/">Media Decoder: TLC Acquires ‘Sarah Palin’s Alaska’</a><br />By By BRIAN STELTER<br />Published: March 25, 2010<br />Discovery Communications' TLC cable channel has acquired "Sarah Palin's Alaska," a documentary series about the former Alaska governor and her state.<br /><br />NOOOOOO! That is all.Melissa Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323152248028593738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222648008235244677.post-32719598619227128682010-03-25T07:57:00.000-07:002010-03-25T07:59:44.960-07:00<meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cangel784%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><div id="section" class="bylineRegion">World</div> <div id="nyt_headline" class="nyt_headline"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/world/europe/25vatican.html">Vatican Declined to Defrock U.S. Priest Who Abused Boys</a></div> <div id="byline" class="byline">By <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/g/laurie_goodstein/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More Articles by Laurie Goodstein" class="meta-per">LAURIE GOODSTEIN</a></div> <div id="pubdate" class="timestamp">Published: March 24, 2010</div> <div id="summary" class="story">Vatican officials, including the future Pope Benedict XVI, did not defrock a priest who molested as many as 200 deaf boys, even after warnings from several bishops, church files show.</div><p class="MsoNormal">
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<br />Wow, that was a depressing story. We hear so much about the Catholic church and molestation of young boys, but nothing is ever done about it. I highly doubt that God approves of molestation. It's all sick. So, so sick.
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<br />The article covered everything and gave an in-depth story with great quotes. I just wish the <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Vatican</st1:place></st1:country-region> was not so secretive. Why try and hide sins? I guess they are all ashamed.<o:p></o:p></p> Melissa Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323152248028593738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222648008235244677.post-40887392282078514672010-03-25T07:56:00.000-07:002010-03-25T07:57:31.970-07:00Thrash Mobs<div id="section" class="bylineRegion">U.S.</div> <div id="nyt_headline" class="nyt_headline"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/us/25mobs.html">Mobs Are Born as Word Grows by Text Message</a></div> <div id="byline" class="byline">By <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/u/ian_urbina/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More Articles by Ian Urbina" class="meta-per">IAN URBINA</a></div> <div id="pubdate" class="timestamp">Published: March 24, 2010</div> In Philadelphia, so-called flash mobs of teenagers sprint through the streets, sometimes brawling and vandalizing.<br /><br />Article analysis:<br /><br />Good quotes, nice coverage. Would have been nice to read some quotes by teenagers who have been "texted" but didn't attend, did attend.Melissa Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323152248028593738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222648008235244677.post-14337111725222539882010-03-22T11:43:00.000-07:002010-03-22T11:45:08.922-07:00Interesting story, Boring article<div id="section" class="bylineRegion">U.S.</div> <div id="nyt_headline" class="nyt_headline"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/us/23bar.html">Trial in Same-Sex Marriage Case Is Challenged</a></div> <div id="byline" class="byline">By ADAM LIPTAK</div> <div id="pubdate" class="timestamp">Published: March 22, 2010</div> <div id="summary" class="story">Opponents of California’s ban on same-sex marriage are questioning the legitimacy of a trial held in January.<br /><br />It's a boring, boring blah-blah lead with some boring sentences, and to top it off: more boring sentences!<br /><br />What an incredibly interesting article that should have been rewarded with a personal story to start it off. Something!<br /></div>Melissa Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323152248028593738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222648008235244677.post-7880290017958481632010-03-18T08:14:00.000-07:002010-03-18T08:16:21.918-07:00Don't Ask, Don't TellI love these third person stories; a person telling a story about person telling a story about a person's story. And I'm not being sarcastic. The video to the left of the article shows stunning photographs shrouded in shadows. Usually photojournalism is about catching an expression, a moment. Sheng shows solitude, fear and a person torn between two things; work and lifestyle.<br /><br /><div id="section" class="bylineRegion">Fashion & Style</div> <div id="nyt_headline" class="nyt_headline"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/fashion/18sheng.html">He Asked. They Told.</a></div> <div id="byline" class="byline">By LAURIE WINER</div> <div id="pubdate" class="timestamp">Published: March 17, 2010</div> <div id="summary" class="story">A photographer uses his art to push for social change for gays in the military.</div>Melissa Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323152248028593738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222648008235244677.post-75645511225905586952010-03-17T12:29:00.000-07:002010-03-17T12:32:30.550-07:00I Remember Mister RogersI'm extremely certain that I would be a completely different person today if my mother had not let me watch Mister Rogers. There are videos of me when I was two, my eyes intently focused on the small television screen in Louisiana, mouthing the words to 'Won't you be my neighbor?'.<div><br /></div><div>He was like the grandfather that I never had. Teaching me about friendship, being honest and taking turns.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 14px; "><div id="section" class="bylineRegion" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase; padding-bottom: 2px; ">U.S.</div><div id="nyt_headline" class="nyt_headline" style="font-size: 15px; padding-bottom: 3px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/us/17pittsburgh.html">‘Mister Rogers’ Still Big in Pittsburgh</a></div><div id="byline" class="byline" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 11px; ">By SEAN D. HAMILL</div><div id="pubdate" class="timestamp" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-size: 11px; ">Published: March 16, 2010</div><div id="summary" class="story" style="clear: left; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; ">Fred Rogers died in 2003, and while many children nationwide no longer see his TV show, images and memories of him abound in the city where he lived and worked.</div></span></span></span></div>Melissa Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323152248028593738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222648008235244677.post-87690160749335451692010-03-15T12:00:00.000-07:002010-03-15T12:09:25.953-07:00http://www.HealthCare<div id="section" class="bylineRegion">Health</div> <div id="nyt_headline" class="nyt_headline"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/health/policy/16health.html">At Ohio Rally, Obama Tries to Personalize the Health Care Bill</a></div> <div id="byline" class="byline">By <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/sheryl_gay_stolberg/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More Articles by Sheryl Gay Stolberg" class="meta-per">SHERYL GAY STOLBERG</a></div> <div id="pubdate" class="timestamp">Published: March 15, 2010</div> <div id="summary" class="story">At a seniors’ center, President Obama talked about a cleaning woman who had dropped her costly insurance plan, only to discover she had leukemia.<br /><br />Article analysis:<br /><br />I would not consider this article an inverted pyramid at all. It kept my attention from beginning to end, and sadly I know hardly anything about the Health Care Bill. My parents take care of my health care and will take care of it until I graduate university. The newsworthiness of this article does not affect me, yet I read this article from the first to the last paragraph.<br /></div>Melissa Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323152248028593738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222648008235244677.post-46738654174475739382010-03-14T13:55:00.000-07:002010-03-14T13:56:43.762-07:00World<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><div id="section" class="bylineRegion" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase; padding-bottom: 2px; ">WORLD</div><div id="nyt_headline" class="nyt_headline" style="font-size: 15px; padding-bottom: 3px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/world/asia/15thai.html">Protesters Surge Into Bangkok, Urging New Election</a></div><div id="byline" class="byline" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 11px; ">By THOMAS FULLER</div><div id="pubdate" class="timestamp" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-size: 11px; ">Published: March 14, 2010</div><div id="summary" class="story" style="clear: left; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; ">Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters poured into Bangkok demanding that the government step down.</div></span>Melissa Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323152248028593738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222648008235244677.post-25942563924920697772010-03-14T13:54:00.000-07:002010-03-14T13:55:13.314-07:00Making People Feel Things is Art<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><div id="section" class="bylineRegion" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase; padding-bottom: 2px; ">ART REVIEW | 'MARINA ABRAMOVIC: THE ARTIST IS PRESENT'</div><div id="nyt_headline" class="nyt_headline" style="font-size: 15px; padding-bottom: 3px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/12/arts/design/12abromovic.html">Performance Art Preserved, in the Flesh</a></div><div id="byline" class="byline" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 11px; ">By HOLLAND COTTER</div><div id="pubdate" class="timestamp" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-size: 11px; ">Published: March 12, 2010</div><div id="summary" class="story" style="clear: left; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; ">With the opening of “Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present,” a long-building energy wave of performance art hits the Museum of Modern Art full force.</div></span>Melissa Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323152248028593738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222648008235244677.post-52173635404403078722010-03-04T13:27:00.000-08:002010-03-04T13:30:04.372-08:00It's like the Civil Rights Movement all over again<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><div id="section" class="bylineRegion" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase; padding-bottom: 2px; ">WORLD</div><div id="nyt_headline" class="nyt_headline" style="font-size: 15px; padding-bottom: 3px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/05/world/middleeast/05iraq.html">Deadly Attacks Mar Early Voting in Iraqi Elections</a></div><div id="byline" class="byline" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 11px; ">By <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/steven_lee_myers/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More Articles by Steven Lee Myers" style="color: rgb(0, 66, 118); text-decoration: none; ">STEVEN LEE MYERS</a> and <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/marc_santora/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More Articles by Marc Santora" style="color: rgb(0, 66, 118); text-decoration: none; ">MARC SANTORA</a></div><div id="pubdate" class="timestamp" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-size: 11px; ">Published: March 4, 2010</div><div id="summary" class="story" style="clear: left; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; ">At least 12 people were killed in attacks aimed at soldiers, police officers and other security workers who were voting early in parliamentary elections.</div><div id="summary" class="story" style="clear: left; line-height: 15px; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I wonder if whoever is conducting these attacks realizes that they are going to have a full-scale civil rights movement on their hands. People get so zealous in their self-medicated righteousness they fail to look at the big picture.</span></div></span>Melissa Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323152248028593738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222648008235244677.post-26698016915453654422010-03-04T13:16:00.001-08:002010-03-04T13:21:54.352-08:00CuttingI have a hard time analyzing news articles from a journalist perspective. Articles are either good or bad, poor or rich, correctly written or horrifyingly atrocious. So from now on, I'm going to write about the subject. If in fact I do run into an article that wants to make me claw my eyes out, I'll tell you all about it. But I'm reading the New York Times for goodness sakes!<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><div id="section" class="bylineRegion" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase; padding-bottom: 2px; ">EDUCATION</div><div id="nyt_headline" class="nyt_headline" style="font-size: 15px; padding-bottom: 3px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/05/education/05protests.html">California Students Protest Education Cuts</a></div><div id="byline" class="byline" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 11px; ">By <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/jesse_mckinley/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More Articles by Jesse Mckinley" style="color: rgb(0, 66, 118); text-decoration: none; ">JESSE McKINLEY</a></div><div id="pubdate" class="timestamp" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-size: 11px; ">Published: March 4, 2010</div><div id="summary" class="story" style="clear: left; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; ">The demonstrations, which are backed by a range of groups, are taking place on college campuses and at public schools.</div><div id="summary" class="story" style="clear: left; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">I think education cuts are such a bad idea. FSU and UF collectively have been doing an amazing job at getting rid of some students dreams. Physical Education and Sports Studies, Anthropology, Greek, Hospitality, etc. With 50,000 students paying somewhere between $10,000-$20,000 every year, you would think the school would have enough money to fund every major in the world. Guess not.</span></span></div></span></div>Melissa Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323152248028593738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222648008235244677.post-23815834272379092162010-03-01T10:59:00.000-08:002010-03-01T11:03:30.744-08:00<div id="section" class="bylineRegion">Magazine</div> <div id="nyt_headline" class="nyt_headline"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/magazine/28depression-t.html">Depression’s Upside</a></div> <div id="byline" class="byline">By JONAH LEHRER</div> <div id="pubdate" class="timestamp">Published: February 28, 2010</div> <div id="summary" class="story">Is there an evolutionary purpose to feeling really sad?</div><br /><br />Why are one-to-two sentences encouraged in a news story? I like reading paragraph formed writing, more so than little short blurbs. This article, for example, is like a story on Darwin's life, laced with information about depression. It's pretty much giving the reader something to compare themselves to.Melissa Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323152248028593738noreply@blogger.com0