THE SEARCH FOR A FORMAT In order to begin broadcasting news on the television‚ NBC had to find the perfect format that could easily be understood by the audience. They started by experimenting with the combination of the method used by radio stations and the method used by theatrical newsreels. The news-anchor would recite the news while music played in the background‚ complimenting photos‚ filmed events‚ and headlines that were displayed on the screen. This program was first used by NBC in 1940
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Title: Evaluating News Coverage: September 11 Description of Target Population: This is a focused lesson that can be used with 11th or 12th grade students in honors English and/or journalism classes. (Students should already be familiar with traditional news values/ balance and their role on the front page of the daily newspaper.) Generative Topics: • Traditional news values (timeliness‚ proximity‚ consequence‚ prominence‚ conflict‚ drama‚ oddity‚ emotions‚ etc.) • The role of news values in the
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feel constitutes their special home. In Andrei Codrescu’s New Orleans‚ Mon Amour‚ the author feels his city under attack from the tourists escaping their realities for a Mardi Gras fantasy that much of “America” associates New Orleans with. By definition‚ Codrescu is not a true native himself‚ being born in Romania and moving to New Orleans in his adulthood. However‚ like many other people‚ Codrescu was able to understand the beauty of New Orleans as something more than a “cheap trick”‚ and has become
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In the “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus‚ Lazarus describes America as the “ Mother of Exiles‚” which is symbolic for how America had become a destination for those who had no where else to go. The “ Golden Door” that immigrants saw coming from Ellis Island was a sign that they had made it‚ they had reached the promised land. The poem by Lazarus goes; Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame‚ With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed‚ sunset gates shall stand A
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November 2012 New World‚ New Housing The loss of a home by fire or any other means is a horrible and heart wrenching occurrence in any place and during any time but‚ for Anne Bradstreet and other colonialists settling a new land with a scarcity of tradespeople‚ and goods to rebuild and refurnish the loss must be unimaginable. American colonial settlers in the early seventeenth century lived in a variety of habitations‚ anything that could meet a shelter need after coming to the new world was used
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New Zealand English (NZE) which is now known as “New Zild” is an exciting and newfangled language they speak in New Zealand. New Zild is forever evolving-forming new‚ abbreviated ways of speech. Their shared language – Te Reo/English makes up their unique‚ lucid dialect‚ which unites them as a country and distinguishes them from the rest of the world‚ this is a great aspect as their language will be fancied in the future. New Zealand English is the newest most fascinating language in the world
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August 11‚ 2009 U.S. History 1914-1945 Final Paper The New Deal was a welcomed change from the politics as usual in Washington DC. This fact is proven by the landslide victory achieved by Franklin Delano Roosevelt over Herbert Hoover in the election of 1932. In the New Deal‚ President Roosevelt pledged a new system of doing things‚ which would not only bring an end to the Depression but also prevent the events that brought it. This new deal was necessitated by the effects of the Great Depression
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The New York Times vs. The Guardian on the U.S. Economy On Friday‚ February 1‚ 2013‚ the New York Times and The Guardian published stories on the United States’ current situation regarding job growth and increasing unemployment. The Guardian provides and compares a variety of statistics between the past and present‚ while the New York Times solely provides current figures. The New York Times’ has a pessimistic position towards the situation and does not give any insight for hope of an improving
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family moved from the New York state where he lived in the country‚ to North Carolina‚ a city. In the country‚ there were no streetlights‚ sidewalks‚ and you couldn’t see anyone for miles. Sedaris compares this life to his life in the city‚ where even in his house‚ other homes were visible‚ as well as the people living in their households. It was difficult for Sedaris to adjust to the new environment‚ hence he found it challenging to make friends. He hoped that in this new life of his‚ he could witness
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Will New York finally tap? The Legalization of Mixed Martial Arts in New York J______ G____ Minnesota School of Business CM121 LK6 Composition Mr. Bisser Senator John McCain’s’ campaign‚ against Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in the late 90’s‚ lead to the banning of the sport in 37 different states. He sent letters to every governor stating that “No holds bar” fighting competitions should not be sanctioned because it was nothing more than a brutal display of “Human Cockfighting.” (Furman‚ 2011)
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