Monday, August 31, 2009
Summary 1
Guy Heinze Jr. arrived home to find his worst nightmare at his residence in a mobile home park. Heinze called 911 when he walked into his home only to find his father, mother, uncle and cousin all lying dead inside. There are no current suspects and police are still investigating. -CNN.com
Thursday, August 27, 2009
My three most noteworthy news experiences
Some of my most noteworthy experiences, ones that I will always remember, are the times that I watched my dad on TV since I was a kid. My dad is the manager of the forestry program in the DNR, so he was often interviewed from a variety of different news stations about different forest fire issues. It wasn’t a very rare occasion to watch my dad being interviewed on the news, but it was always an exciting one. My brothers and sisters and I never ceased to get excited when my mom would inform us that my dad would be on TV that night. I felt so proud and special that my dad was being interviewed by TV anchors that, even as a child, I knew were well known people.
Another one of my noteworthy news experiences would be all the news I experienced surrounding September 11. I was only around 8 years old when the events of 9/11 unfolded before my eyes. Because I was still so young it was hard for me to fully comprehend everything that was going on. At first all I knew was that something horrible had happened. I remember watching the news and reading newspapers for days straight during the days surrounding the event. Those news reports and newspapers explained the whole situation to me in a way that I otherwise may not have understood. I used clippings from the newspapers to put inside my journal so I would never forget what had happened.
My final noteworthy news experience was one which happened to me last year at the state fair. My sister and I stood were walking around the fair and looking for something to do when we saw the WCCO channel 4 news anchors standing outside of their booth signing autographs. I usually do not watch that news station so neither I nor my sister recognized any of the anchors signing autographs, but we decided to stand in line for some anyway. There were three or four different anchors standing in the line that we went through to get the free pictures we had received autographed. When I came to the last anchor in the line he stopped me before I left and asked if he could ask me a few questions. I figured that he would just write my answers down, so I said that it was fine, but then he called his camera man over to videotape our conversation. He then began to ask me why I had stood in line to get the autographs and I replied that my sister and I had simply wanted the autographs. He followed up my answer by asking me if I had ever seen him on TV before and he asked me to be honest. I smiled and answered that, no, I had not. Turns out he was doing a report about why people get autographs and randomly asking people who had waited in line. I still chuckle at the fact that I stood in line to get the autographs of news anchors I did not know and just happened to be the one stopped.
Another one of my noteworthy news experiences would be all the news I experienced surrounding September 11. I was only around 8 years old when the events of 9/11 unfolded before my eyes. Because I was still so young it was hard for me to fully comprehend everything that was going on. At first all I knew was that something horrible had happened. I remember watching the news and reading newspapers for days straight during the days surrounding the event. Those news reports and newspapers explained the whole situation to me in a way that I otherwise may not have understood. I used clippings from the newspapers to put inside my journal so I would never forget what had happened.
My final noteworthy news experience was one which happened to me last year at the state fair. My sister and I stood were walking around the fair and looking for something to do when we saw the WCCO channel 4 news anchors standing outside of their booth signing autographs. I usually do not watch that news station so neither I nor my sister recognized any of the anchors signing autographs, but we decided to stand in line for some anyway. There were three or four different anchors standing in the line that we went through to get the free pictures we had received autographed. When I came to the last anchor in the line he stopped me before I left and asked if he could ask me a few questions. I figured that he would just write my answers down, so I said that it was fine, but then he called his camera man over to videotape our conversation. He then began to ask me why I had stood in line to get the autographs and I replied that my sister and I had simply wanted the autographs. He followed up my answer by asking me if I had ever seen him on TV before and he asked me to be honest. I smiled and answered that, no, I had not. Turns out he was doing a report about why people get autographs and randomly asking people who had waited in line. I still chuckle at the fact that I stood in line to get the autographs of news anchors I did not know and just happened to be the one stopped.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Introduction and 1st posting
My name is Rebekah Phillips and I am a second year PSEO student at ARCC in Cambridge. I do not have any real experience with journalism, but it greatly interests me and I am excited to learn more about it in this class. I've grown up in a family of 9, not counting my parents. I have 5 brothers and 3 sisters. I am the second youngest in my family, so I am sort of at the end of the group.
Some of my interests include sports, outdoor activities, spending time with friends, playing the piano, being around family, youth group, and music. One of the highlights of my summer this year was that I had the chance to go on a missions trip to Mexico with my church youth group. It was one of the best trips I have ever been on and I learned a lot from it. While I was there I was very enticed by the people and the way that they live. We stayed in Matamoras, Mexico which was definitely on the poorer end of Mexico, so it was very humbling to see how they lived with having little water and very small houses made out of brick. It was a life changing experience for me and I encourage anyone who has been interested in going on such a trip to do so.
I have many friends who blog, but this is my first time doing so. I look forward to learning more about journalism and also getting to know my classmates through their blogs.
Some of my interests include sports, outdoor activities, spending time with friends, playing the piano, being around family, youth group, and music. One of the highlights of my summer this year was that I had the chance to go on a missions trip to Mexico with my church youth group. It was one of the best trips I have ever been on and I learned a lot from it. While I was there I was very enticed by the people and the way that they live. We stayed in Matamoras, Mexico which was definitely on the poorer end of Mexico, so it was very humbling to see how they lived with having little water and very small houses made out of brick. It was a life changing experience for me and I encourage anyone who has been interested in going on such a trip to do so.
I have many friends who blog, but this is my first time doing so. I look forward to learning more about journalism and also getting to know my classmates through their blogs.
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