Feature Ideas

1. I would like to do my feature on something about the Japanese culture. 


2. I would like to do my feature on the music industry or a music group.


3. I would like to do my feature on traveling the world.


4. I would like to do my feature on the fashion industry or maybe even more specifically a company or brand.


5. I would like to do my feature on Delta Gamma sorority.

Blog #7 NPR Radio interview analysis

Jon Stewart: America’s Ruling King of Fake News

In this NPR Radio interview analysis Terry Gross interviewed Jon Stewart for about thirty minutes.

Gross new a lot of background information on Stewart that went all the way back to his childhood.

It was obvious that she had done her research and was knowledgeable about Stewart’s past.

She knew that Stewart was the funny guy in high school and had his Bar Mitzvah when he was thirteen.

She also knew his political background well.

Gross asked a variety of questions ranging from Stewart’s political point of views to his Jewish religion and childhood memories.

She asked him about his career and how he is able to work so hard and still go home and be a family man.

Gross explored the type of questions that seemed to be easily elaborated on so that there was no awkward pauses or moments that were not interesting.

To build up questions Gross would start by telling a short story or giving an example of an event that happened in the past and Stewart would elaborate on what she started to talk to about.

The interview seemed interesting like a conversation instead of question after question.

For follow up question Gross would say, “Tell us what this was like or one more thing.”

The main strategy of this interview seemed to just pick Stewart’s brain about certain political topics.

She would ask a bunch of sarcastic questions and asked questions from the audience as well.

           

Whenever there was an evasive answer or a sarcastic response Gross would make a statement or question to clear the air.

The relationship between the interviewer and the interviewee seemed to be a professional one with some sarcastic moments.

From this interview I learned that when interviewing someone you should keep it interesting and not just ask question after question.

I also learned that it is important to know detailed background information on your interviewee so that you ask the appropriate questions and keep the conversation informational.

Blog #6 IMHO

The fact that the media and the public are obsessed with Charlie Sheen and his disgusting habits has really bothered me lately.

I feel as though the media should be focusing on other things around the world to open the eyes of people in this country.

This country idolizes famous people so much that sometimes we forget about reality and the fact that there are other things going on in the world that for some are too painful to talk about.

Sheen is not important to me and he is making millions by distracting people from what we should really be paying attention to.

In the past couple weeks you really could not look anywhere without seeing something about Sheen.

In a recent interview with CNN Sheen talked about the fact that he couldn’t remember the last time he did drugs and that he was only trying to live life to the fullest.

Sheen said, "My motto is to enjoy every moment, I don't think I would trade any of it because I'm still alive, which is pretty cool."

Sheen also stated in the interview that he wanted three million instead of two million per episode of Two and a Half Men.

The fact that he gets paid that much for a show is literally ridiculous and the media is only fueling the fire.

The public has picked Sheen’s personal life apart, but in reality he should be getting help for himself and his children.

Although he is famous I don’t think its right for people to get exploited in the tabloids and news.

Sheen has always been known for partying, womanizing and violent acts.

He is obviously on drugs and needs as much help as he can get because he has fallen completely off the deep end.

Now that the earthquake and Tsunami have taken place in Japan I hope people focus their attention on those people in need of help.

The news is important in relaying information to us around the world, but it sometimes distracts us from what is really going on.

I understand that sometimes a good laugh and lightheartedness is what people need to see and hear, but I don’t agree with how much Sheen has been involved with the media these past couple weeks.

Here are the links I used for this blog:

http://articles.cnn.com/2011-02-28/entertainment/charlie.sheen_1_conduct-and-condition-charlie-sheen-half-men?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/charlie-sheen-opens-relationship-goddesses-vow-protect-family/story?id=13022500

ABC 20/20 Interview

Word #10

1. Scrutiny
2. Yahoo News
3. The scrutiny escalates in college football, where — as the only major sport that leaves certain outcomes to arbitrary opinion polls — the opinions of talking heads actually matter
4. Noun, plural -nies.

1.

a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry.

2.

surveillance; close and continuous watching or guarding.

3.

a close and searching look.

5. When you are applying for a job managers will usually scrutinize your resume and make sure there are no mistakes.

Word #9

1. Preliminary
2. Yahoo News
3. Preliminary estimates put repair costs from the earthquake and tsunami that struck Friday in the tens of billions of dollars — a huge blow for an already fragile economy that lost its place as the world's No. 2 to China last year.
4. Adjective:

1.

preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, orbusiness; introductory; preparatory.
Noun:

2.

something preliminary, as an introductory or preparatorystep, measure, contest, etc.: He passed the preliminary andwent on to the finals.

3.

a boxing match or other athletic contest that takes placebefore the main event on the program: A preliminary wasfought at 8:00.

4.

a preliminary examination, as of a candidate for academic degree.

5.

preliminaries, Printing . front matter.

5. The preliminary values of the furniture have not be evaluated yet.

Word #8

1. Allaying
2. Yahoo News
3. But Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said the reactor's inner containment vessel holding the nuclear fuel rods was intact, allaying some fears of the risk to the environment.
4. Verb (used with object), -layed, -lay·ing.

1.

to put (fear, doubt, suspicion, anger, etc.) to rest; calm;quiet.

2.

to lessen or relieve; mitigate; alleviate: to allay pain.

5. The troops came in to allay any trouble that citizens were worried about.

Word #7

1. Equity
2.Yahoo News
3. This route to an earlier retirement is not for everyone, and it favors people who live in high-cost areas and have considerable equity in their homes to tap.
4. Noun, plural -ties.

1.

the quality of being fair or impartial; fairness; impartiality:the equity of Solomon.

2.

something that is fair and just.

3.

Law .

a.

the application of the dictates of conscience or theprinciples of natural justice to the settlement ofcontroversies.

b.

a system of jurisprudence or a body of doctrines andrules developed in England and followed in the U.S.,serving to supplement and remedy the limitations andthe inflexibility of the common law.

c.

an equitable  right or claim.

d.

an equity of redemption.

4.

the monetary value of a property or business beyond anyamounts owed on it in mortgages, claims, liens, etc.

5. The equity of my grandparents business rose over the years.