1.
Who: Michael and Robert Meeropol
What: Discovered that the parents were spies
When: July 1953
Where: Lower East Side apartments
Why: Cooperation with Soviet propaganda campaigns
How: F.B.I. agents arrested them
Lead: They were the most famous orphans of the cold war, only 6 and 10 years old in 1953 when their parents were executed at Sing Sing for delivering atomic-bomb secrets to the Soviet Union. Then they were whisked from an unwanted limelight to urban anonymity and eventually to suburban obscurity.
My lead: They were just young boys, when their parents were executed for delivering atomic bomb secrets to the Soviet Union during the 1950's. 
Type of lead: Immediate identification


2.
Who: Stephen Fishler
What: Selling his comic book at an auction
When: February 2009
Where: Comic connect
Why: The comic is one of only 100 made and only one out of 20 that is not restored and untouched, also worth a lot of money.
How: The man found the copy of his comic in his mother's basement and held onto it without telling anyone, waiting for the value to increase.
Lead: After being hidden away for years, a copy of the original "Action Comics No. 1" comic book, featuring Superman and friends, will make a comeback -- to the tune of about $400,000, a comic expert told CNN Thursday.
My lead: Starting Friday, comic book collectors and Superman fans will have the opportunity to bid on a comic classic that is now worth about $400,000 after being hidden away for a long time.
Type of lead: Delayed identification  

Caption Warm-Up

Ben Dover is at his ranch playing with his goat Billy. He's had his goat ever since he was 6 years old.
Rules of photography: mergers, leading lines, rule of thirds, depth

Caption Writing Practice

Akins senior Courtney Jackson is overwhelmed with her team winning the football game. She's there supporting and cheering her friends.

Sophomore Brandon Wasson is aiming for his final, perfect shot. The Akins Eagles had a great game that night.
-This photo has a merger; the guy behind him makes Brandon look as if he has 3 arms. It also has leading lines, which are his arms leading to the basketball. 

Creativeness is one of Gabe Maldonado's main personality traits, as shown here with his unique design. He has designed this collage in hopes of winning an award at the art fair.
-There's a merger coming from his forehead, another student's hand. There's also rule of thirds because if you draw the tic-tac-toe box you can fit it in. There's a leading line formed by his arm.


One of these last unidentified species of owl is being carefully examined before being publicly viewed. The owl was found nearby the coast, flying mercilessly in a storm.
-The guy in the background is creating a merger. The portraits in the back create leading lines.

Africa: Black and White

1. This power point didn't really cause a reaction to me. I must say that they were pretty cool shots and the different angles look amazing and are very eye-catchy.

2. My favorite photo would have to be the one where there's two zebras looking back. It looks like a reflection in some way, but they're like overlapping.

3

A. Pentax 67, with short lens 

B. Those animals are disappearing  because of global warming these animals are disappearing really fast and it’s going to get worse. 

C. He wants people to help in any way they can and so the people could see what is happening to Africa and the animals. 

D "I’m recording this world as it is now and may never be again."

Elements of news

Proximity:

http://austin.ynn.com/content/local_news/277581/house-budget-bill-passes-98-49

Prominence:

http://www.myfoxaustin.com/dpp/top_stories/Texas-House-Approves-2-Year-Budget-20110404-apx

Timeliness:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/04/05/severe.storms/index.html

Oddity:

 http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/celebrity.news.gossip/04/05/bieber.mom.fire.ppl/index.html?npt=NP1 

Consequence:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/04/04/long.work.hours.heart.attack.risk/index.html?npt=NP1

Conflict: 

http://www.cnn.com/2011/LIVING/04/05/when.to.act.like.man/index.html?iref=storysearch  

Human Interest:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/04/05/iphone.5.release.date/index.html

5W1H Blog warm-up.

Who? Barrack Obama, Joe Biden
What? Preparing to begin their campaign for their re-election
When? April 14
Where? Chicago
Why? He'll need to fund raise money for his re-election
How? Having conference calls with their top donors and supporters; working on getting them re-engaged in the re-election.

Basic News Writing

Austin district holds community budget forum tonight

Who?
Who is involved? AISD, AISD employees, and parents
Who does/did the situation affect? AISD employees
Who said so? School Board

What?
What is happening? AISD is making cuts
What did happen? AISD laid off employees
What are the consequences? Alot of employees lose their jobs
What is different about this? Job loss
What are the choices? Firing teachers or looking for a different way to save up money.

When?
When did or will this happen? Last week
When was this discovered? They've been having meetings about budgets

Where?
Where did or will this happen? Last week's budget forum

Why?
Why did this happen or will it happen? To 'discuss the district's cutting 1,153 jobs, which is necessary', officials said, 'to balance the proposed $688 million 2011-12 operating budget'.

How?
How did it or will it happen? School board will vote on whether to fire employees or be in debt.
How much does it cost? $94.4 million
How many people does this affect? A lot. 
How do you feel about this? I feel that AISD should have paid better attention to money issues before this happened.

Velarde testifies he received HGH injections from Bonds' trainer

Who?
Who is involved?  Barry Bonds, Randy Velarde, Greg Anderson, Jason Giambi, Jeremy Giambi, Marvin Benard
Who does/did the situation affect? Velarde, team, fans, coaches, the whole professional baseball community
Who said so?

What?
What is happening?
What did happen? Velarde purchased performance-enhancing drugs
What are the consequences? is charged with four counts of lying and one count of obstruction for telling a grand jury in 2003 that he didn't knowingly use performance-enhancing drugs.
What is different about this?It's cheating and the players are famous, so it's interesting to sports fans.
What are the choices? Maybe jail..?

When?
When did or will this happen? Wednesday
When was this discovered? 2003

Where?
Where did or will this happen? San Francisco

Why?
Why did this happen or will it happen? Team members got caught taking steroids.

How?
How did it or will it happen? They'll go to court and go on trial
How much does it cost? $500-$800
How many people does this affect? Not too many
How do you feel about this? I feel he should be punished and it's dumb.

Radiation levels in seawater off Japan plant spike to all-time highs

Who?
Who is involved? Hidehiko Nishiyama, Michael Friedlander
Who does/did the situation affect? Japanese people 
Who said so? Scientist.

What?
What is happening? The levels of radiation in ocean waters off Japan's embattled Fukushima Daiichi plant continue to skyrocket
What did happen? Tsunami and the earthquake
What are the consequences? Poisoned seafood
What is different about this? It's dangerous for the environment
What are the choices? Find out where the radiation is coming from.

When?
When did or will this happen? Now
When was this discovered? March 11

Where?
Where did or will this happen? Tokyo, Japan

Why?
Why did this happen or will it happen? Nuclear plants exploded

How?
How did it or will it happen? Nuclear plants exploded
How much does it cost? 25 trillion yen ($300 billion)
How many people does this affect?
How do you feel about this? I feel devastated that this happened and I hope they are able to contain the radiation.