Thursday, October 29, 2015

Blog 7

The lawyer game was somewhat fun but interesting at the same time and it taught me a few things about how court cases work on a basic level. It was also a little confusing at first but easy to adapt to. Overall Taught me alot.

blog 6

1.      Which items had the largest headlines?  Why? huge international stories, as well as hard impact new, the election

2.     Which items had the smallest headlines?  Why? stuff that wasn't that exciting or didn't have  whole lot of information 


3.     Which stories had photos?  Why? the biggest stories have photos. to add a picture to whats happening.

4.     Consider the placement of the articles.  Does the position of a story (above or below the fold) affect the reader’s response to it?  Why? yes, the more centered and bigger it is the more important it is to the reader to read.


5.     What other information does the front page include in addition to major news reports?  How does this extra information affect the reader’s attention? involvements with military in countries, ads, big time deaths.

6.     How many stories are on the front page? 11 stories


7.     How many stories are local?          National?  5      International? 7

8.     What do you find appealing about this front page?  What would you like to change? the art and ads on the bottom, the rest is just to boring almost. id change the format. more user friendly

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Blog 5

1. 53 degrees

2. World Series Drama: A Four Minute Blackout

3. Soda Tax: Not The Answer

4.Greenland Temperatures Rising

5. Rights ‘Dire’ in Iran, U.N. Official Says

7. Kierra Knightley

8.Rights ‘Dire’ in Iran, U.N. Official Says

9. A Strangeness In My Mind

10.its an essential read for anyone who wants to know what happens on the federal open market.

11.Richard Cardamone

12. "Evidence of contagion in Earnings Management"

13.Royals 5, Mets 4

14. Kitchen Appliances

15. International page