The story of Neda has created commotion around the globe. CNN has the story of the young woman that died during a protest against the election results in Iran. Is a throwaway lede, the anchor starts by saying “The cliché is that a picture is worth a thousand words.” The story focuses on the death [...]
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June 22, 2009Summer Food
June 20, 2009The Summer Food Service PSA campaign, by Ad Council is sponsored by Feeding America, an organization dedicated to eliminate hunger in America. The goal of his specific campaign is to increase awareness of the free nutritious meals offered during the summer to those with low resources. The printed add explains more about the campaign, their [...]
Jon Rubinstein Appointed CEO of Palm
June 16, 2009Palm Inc. declared Jon Rubinstein as their new CEO in a press release on June 10,2009, the Daily Tech covered the story. Palm Inc. also released a new product called Pre. The press release by Palm Inc. was different from the story in the Daily Tech. One of the main differences between these two story was [...]
The Repercussions of the World’s Economic Crisis on Panama
June 14, 2009The tourism industry and the amount of foreign investors have dramatically decreased in Panama due to the world’s economic crisis. Panamanians are afraid that the situation could get worse. Panama’s dollarized economic system relies mainly on the administration of the Panama Canal, its banking sector and the tourism industry. Amazing enough, the economic crisis [...]
Online News
June 11, 2009Reuters Reuters is an online paper that provides local and international news. Reuters run different edition in various countries, but online it combines everything together. The online version uses several features of multimedia, including: videos, hyperlinks, blogs, e-mail, sent, print, share and pictures. It is designed for graphical user interface, which makes it easier to [...]
Adam Lambert is gay
June 10, 2009Adam Lambert is gay. The American Idol Season 8 runner-up ends any speculation in the next issue of Rolling Stone, out Friday. “I don’t think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear I’m gay.” He explains: “I’ve been living in Los Angeles for eight years as a gay man. I’ve been at clubs [...]
Dad injected him with HIV as a baby, he’s survived to inspire
June 7, 2009ST. CHARLES, Missouri — Brryan Jackson has been left out of birthday party invitations and asked not to use water fountains. His daily routine at one point included 23 pills, three IV medications and two injections. But the toughest part of growing up with AIDS for him may be knowing how he got it. When [...]
More debris found from Air France plane crash
June 3, 2009RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (CNN) — Searchers found four more debris fields Wednesday from an Air France jet that plunged into the Atlantic Ocean early Monday with 228 people on board, the Brazilian Air Force said. Searchers had found two debris fields Tuesday and identified the wreckage as coming from Flight 447. The Airbus A330 [...]
News/Attitude
June 2, 2009“I prefer to read, watch or listen to news that’s presented with an attitude even if it’s opinionated, because it makes the topics more interesting.” I think this statement is accurate because news can be alter and modify to evoke the audience. It can’t ever be truly subjective or neutral because there is someone behind [...]