Brainstorming for my news story

If I were to create my own news story or shoot my own news story, I would definitely pick the article/current event I did a response on, involving Elexander Fitzgerald and the death of his son, Daniel Graves. I would choose this because this story is very touching to me. It is about a father who lost his son due to a shooting, the ordinary crime of Asbury Park, NJ. The main reason why I would choose this article to reflect upon is because I live in New Jersey, only about 30 minutes from Asbury Park. This is something that affects people who are close to where I live so it is interesting and appealing to me. I would like to show people what is going on, so close to where I live. The way I would go about this was to find out how to possibly get in touch with Elexander Fitzgerald. I don't think this would be too hard because he has been openly speaking to the public about his son's death and has been interviewed by many. I would be interested to interview him as well as other people who live in Asbury Park. I would also like to interview my boss at my job in New Jersey because he lives in Asbury Park and witnesses this crime quite frequently. I have easy access to interviewing him in my hometown. 

News Story Brainstorm

            I think that a news story that would be relevant to this class would be something involving social media.  For example, we could interview students and ask them what their thoughts are on the effects of social media such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, on their lives.  I feel like we hear a lot of times that social media has a negative effect on young adults but those opinions are usually voiced by people a lot older than us.  I think that it would be interesting to hear the opinion of people our own age.  

School Shooting - Austin Sipple

On Sunday around one a.m. gunmen in a rural college town of Yobe, Nigeria fired upon sleeping students.  It was said that gunmen fired indiscriminately on a male dormitory building at the College of Agriculture Gujba killing twenty-one.  All evidence points towards an Islamic militant group the Boko Haram.  This group is well known in Nigeria to be a huge problem.  They have had three attacks on schools in the past four months.  The President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has declared a state of emergency for Nigeria.  Jonathan has even created a specialized wing of the military to deal with this western hating militant group.

         Whenever I hear of these horrible shootings and how frequent it happens in other countries it makes my jaw drop.  It makes me think about how fortunate the United States citizens are that we do not experience bombings and mass murders due to religious differences.  It makes me sick to think that these students were growing and starting their lives by going to school and were killed because of it.  I would like to know what goes through these groups heads and how they can believe what they are doing 



http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/29/world/africa/nigeria-college-attack/?hpt=zite_zite1_featured

News Story Brainstorm

I think it would be an interesting news story to talk about the legalization of gay marriages. Recently it was made legal in New Jersey, so I think it would be appealing to see how other states and even countries value this law. Its a very versatile topic depending on the area you are focusing on. Also it is a very talked about topic that many people have strong opinions on.

News Story Brainstorm

If I needed to compose my own news story I think that I would most likely make one having to do with Syria because that is a developing news story so it would be easy to find information about it and I think that it is very important. Like the video we watched in class the other day called Control Room I think that it is my job to find out Syria’s side of the story as well. Living in America we really only get one side of the story so what I would do is look up Syrian news websites or even #Syria on twitter because that way I can see photographs and such. I know that Syrians typically write in Arabic which is obviously a foreign language to us so I would need to find a news website that is in the English language but is still giving me the Syrian citizens side of the story. I could also look on Russian websites too because the deal that Obama wants to propose to Assad has to do with Russia being involved so if I wanted to get Russia’s point of view on the entire thing I could find a Russian news story. I think that I could probably look at pictures on the internet too because sometimes you don’t necessarily believe the things that you hear from people unless you have a photo to prove it or just an image to prove it.

News story brainstorming

It is no secret to anybody that the United States seriously suffers from obesity. I wonder if the majority of Americans wish to live a healthier lifestyle, or if they only care for the happiness of their taste buds. I think it would be interesting to do a news story/survey on which people would choose: their taste buds, or the health of their bodies. I could use twitter to post if people would rather choose McDonald's or Saladworks. Not that Saladworks is much healthier, but it just the idea that they want to eliminate McDonald's out of their diet and get the vegetables in. I could ask for "retweets" for McDonald's, and "favorites" for Saladworks. By doing this, I think I could get an idea of what people wish to do in regards to their food choices. However, this could not be a fair test due to the fact that I would only get results from people my age. Still, it would be a good representation.

News Story Brainstorming

       I think a good idea for a news story would be to interview people on their opinion of marijuana legalization. I think this would be very interesting because its a situation that is being  talked about A LOT. It can include their opinions on the issue and why they think that. It can have those who do not agree and you can hear the argument from both sides of the spectrum.