the winner!

4.)success getting a job after graduation: Are graduates finding jobs? Canadian paper says that grad school applications are up because of economy. How are May 2008 graduates doing? 3 tips from career center on how to survive in this economy.

Pitch ideas

1.)GLBTA: A story about what has changed for them since the attacks on campus. How do they feel now. Did the university "community" make them feel safe.

2.)athletic dept economy: WSU has so many cut backs in store, is the athletic dept required to make cuts also?

3.)local business owners and economy: How are local business owners dealing with the economy? What changes are they making to make it through this recession?

4.)success getting a job after graduation: Are graduates finding jobs? Canadian paper says that grad school applications are up because of economy. How are May 2008 graduates doing? 3 tips from career center on how to survive in this economy.

5.)20th century artists: How do you deal with environmental issues? being green has become a hot word, how are you dealing with pressure to go green? With economy has it been hard to sell work, getting commissioned?

6.) Indian students thoughts on Indian Pakistan conflict: What do 5 Indian WSU students think about the conflict? How has it affected them. and their families. What will it take to end conflict?

web critique

here are my web sites:

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/

http://www.sltrib.com/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/

The Miami Times site is geared towards a younger audience. When I first looked at the site the two headlines that grabbed my attention were:
Girl Scout Cookies Hit Streets, Scared of Salmonella?
and
Haha, Obama! Huizenga Rids Himself of Dolphins

The first story that appeared on the page was about Obama's inauguration. Other stories at the top of the scroll talked about the best thing to do in Miami on that particular day, and the success of a local hip hop group.
The site does have a national news section, but I could not find a world section. It seems to be more focused on art, entertainment, and food in Miami.

The Salt Lake Tribune reminded me of a standard news site, 90% of the stories were about Obama. The only frustrating thing is that a huge cars sales ad. popped up and was hard to close. The top of the scroll consisted of Obama and health issues that Utah is facing. This papers target reader seems to be individuals that are more conservative, and possibly have families. This site is more fair and balanced than the miami times, because there seems to be more information about things going on around the state beyond entertainment.

The BBC seems to be the most fair and balanced out of the three I picked. All of the stories at the top of the scroll were all about different places and events. The biggest difference is that at the top of the site was a small sports section. The Miami Times and Salt Lake Tribune all had sports sections just not at the top. The target reader for this paper seemed to be buisness men and women.

If I had to pick between these three to read I would split up my reading between The Miami Times and BBC. The Miami times stories are fun and off beat, and the BBC covers a broad scope of stories from around the world.

My first Day in J305

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