News Scoops

America’s Thanksgiving Parade thrills parade goers

It's been a tough year for many Americans, especially for Metro Detroiters going through hard times but, that didn’t stop them from coming out to the 83rd Annual America’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
They were many volunteers. From the big-headed elves, to the drivers on the floats, to the special celebrity guests, high school marching bands, clowns and more.
And they all gave a thrill to a huge crowd of people, as they walked down Woodward Avenue. One big-headed elf volunteer received an early unexpected Christmas gift in front of the Fox Theatre, as her soon to be fiancée held out a diamond ring, and proposed to her as parade marchers carried a banner that read: "Will you marry me Julie?"
Santa Claus himself, who was riding in the last float that was accompanied by the elves, announced the result to the cheering crowd: "She said yes."
"I was totally flabbergasted," Badaczewski said. "I started crying. He put the ring on my finger but I couldn't see it because of the big head I was wearing."
DeMaggio said later he was nervous, but confident. "I wanted to do something big for her," he said.
Many visitors come from all around to partake in the extravaganza; some come to visit Detroit relatives and others come to visit friends. Officials said all 6,000 grandstand seats were sold out.

EMU Enrollment is up


Michael Belanger, a senior, chose Eastern Michigan University because of cost. He thinks that the cost is affordable and that Financial Aid is helpful. He thinks at Financial Aid is helpful. He thinks that enrollment is up due to the economy. “People are going back to school to get an education because of the jobs,” says Michael.

Eastern Michigan University’s overall enrollment has surged 4.26 percent for the 2009-10 school year. As of Sept. 22, 22,859 students are enrolled for fall 2009 compared to 21,926 at the same time last year, an increase of 933 students. Enrollment is up at both the undergraduate and graduate levels according to EMU.

Outlining Final Paper

Idea of Story

-My idea is to write a story that focuses on life after graduation. It would be interesting to find out how many college graduates actually find jobs in their field within the 1st year.

Steps

-Research
• Trends within the past 2-5 years of college grads getting jobs
• What careers are seeing a hiring trends
• Sources including search engines, career services on campus

-Interviews
• Graduate students across campus
• Career Service Workers
• Advisors and Professors

-Possible Lead Styles
• 1st began with a Prediction Lead
• Descriptive
• Delayed

Answering Questions

What does a hybrid newspaper look like? To me a hybrid newspaper would be both print and online. It contains both elements. How do you strike a balance between editorial control and citizen expression? This question seems to be quite intriguing. I'm not exactly sure how you could balance between editorial control and citizen expression. The only thing that comes to mind is being able to allow the same space for feedback or just allowing feedback on editorials that way its equal opportunity. I'm not sure, what do you think?

Americas Change In Journalism

"We need the established press to not just aid this effort but to lead it. The marriage of all this connectivity with an activist mission of public-service journalism could cut through the layers of banality that clog not just the mainstream media but also the rest of our sprawling information environment. Such a marriage could organize and lead the kind of critical culture that Berman and Carey sought. It could begin to establish a public agenda that reflects the struggle over how America should live—over what America means—in this new century." says Brent Cunningham.

You see, I'm not actally sure if I agree or disagree with Brent 100%. However, I do understand some of his viewpoints. I agree that we are in time where things are changing and that journalism could help add in this change for the better.

Brent Cunningham stated in his article, "In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, as the press faced criticism for failing to use the catastrophe to initiate a national conversation about race (or class, or infrastructure, etc.), Jonathan Klein, the president of CNN/U.S., defended his network’s coverage to Eric Deggans, the press critic at the St. Petersburg Times: “We go in looking for stories,” he said, “not issues which need to be raised."

Now I would have to raise the question, "Why in the hell not?" Why would we not care to address issues of the people. Is it because we have become so greedy to make money, or is it the fact we don't care about things that really affect the people. It's sad that media outlets can do the exact opposite of what there are suppose to be built on. When are we going to take a stand and address these issues. We are the journalists and its our job, we can address it if no one else will.

WE COULD AND SHOULD BE THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE...HELP MAKE THE CHANGE!!!!

This I Believe...What do you believe?

The Importance of God and Family

All Things Considered, November 1, 2009. Growing up from a child to an adult, you are taught certain things about life. In school, you learn about different subjects like math, reading, language and music. At home, you’re taught how important it is to have morals, values, and family. You’re also taught how to be a polite, respectful young gentleman. Then you are drilled about how important it is to receive an education. However, one of the most important things I was taught was the importance of God and family.

Every Sunday as a family we would attend church. It would be my mother, father, sister, cousins, aunties, uncles, and grandmas. Considering the fact that two of my uncles are pastors and my father is a reverend, no excuses were allowed. We had to be there. Every week there was something going on at the church, bible class, Sunday school, and choir rehearsals. Sometimes we would be in church all day long, and if there were two services than we were at church from 9am until 10pm.

Now, as a child growing up you don’t understand certain things. You don’t understand why you have to attend church, pray, or even have a relationship with God. But, you have to be taught and attending church is like attending school. You go there to learn about God. Once you’re a little older you begin to understand for yourself about how important it is to have God in your life.

It’s just the same with family. While growing up, you learn your family members. Then, you learn to love your family. If it wasn’t for having family, I think life would be rather boring. I can remember all the times when our family spent time with each another, its so much fun!! Like the holidays are just amazing, we rotate houses between aunts and uncles. There’s always enough food for any and everyone. The key is that we’re always and I mean always having a great time with each other. We laugh about the past and talk about the present and future.

You see, there’s not a person on Earth who could convince me that family and God isn’t important. Without the two, I don’t know where I would be in life. This I believe.