Photography & Film

Tuesday: Photojournalism articles are due TODAY...with the 5 photos emailed separately, or on your student drive. (see earlier post on details)
Homework Hour: if you are owing any LJs.

Today: Notes on History of Film
Class Assignment: Film Genres

Unit Review Sheet for June :o)

LJ #8: Journalism at NBCC

You will need the handout from NBCC:

Read the Article JOURNALISM from NBCC.

You may also go to their website, www.nbcc.ca (Woodstock campus)



1. Is Journalism a career path you have considered? Why or Why not?
2. What is the cost of the two year program at NBCC?
3. Which campus is this program available at?
4. What are some skills you would learn more in this program?
5. What practical experiences would you experience?
6. Explain the link to St. Thomas University, and possible choices.
7. Go to the website www.schoolfinder.com In the “quick search”, check out JOURNALISM programs. Where else in Canada could you study Journalism? Choose one to explore further and explain the pros and cons of that school.

Feel free to look around this last website for other career options that might be of interest to you personally!

Photo Journalism ARTICLE Due Apr 26

Choose a topic of interest to you, relative to life on Grand Manan. This could be at school, in the community, at home…your choice.

Ex. Drama Dinner Theater/Festival; Basketball Provincials; Youth Group; Jobs for Teens; Places to See; etc.
Write a 150-200 word news article about the topic or event.
Take a photo to go along with your article, remembering all the points of a good photo, and the Rule of Thirds.
**Article and photo may be made up or real; factual or created.

DUE: Tuesday, April 26th
Checklist:
Decide on a topic (of interest to teens)

Take 5 photos to go with your article
Choose ONE photo to go in the article final copy- cropped and edited as needed
Caption for photo (see guidelines)
Brainstorm list of ideas
Draft copy of article
Story typed AROUND article
Headline (effective title)
On time! Email to Mrs. B by TUESDAY!!
(all photos, and final article as it would appear in a newspaper)
brownhea@nbed.nb.ca

Crimestoppers...online? LJ #7

Refer to the following websites for your LJ #7 Questions:
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/1396216
http://www.crimemapping.com/
LJ #7: Crime Mapping


For this LJ, you will be referring to the article from the Telegraph Journal, “Police Enlist help of public by pinpointing where crimes take place” (Thursday, April 7, 2011), as well as the website, www.crimemapping.com

1. Read the article, write a brief summary, including why police would use crime mapping.
2. Go to the website, www.crimemapping.com Be sure to go to the Canadian site (click Canadian Flag icon, top right). Type in Grand Manan, NB
3. What is the purpose of the radius tool?
4. Click on the Crimemapping.com logo, then click on New Brunswick. Click on police force.
5. Check out Crime Types Tab along the top. What are the most common types of crimes in Saint John? Click on any one of the crime icons. What purpose could the “how close am I?” link have?
6. How could this information be useful to families in NB? Police forces? You, as a future grad?
7. Click back on the crimemapping.com logo, and switch to United States map. Choose any three cities you think might have high crime rates. Tell me why you chose these three...did media influence your rationale?
8. For each of your three US cities, list the most common crime types.
9. What purpose could having this information hold? And to who?

Live Cams...Eagles

http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles

which of the 6 Key Roles of Media do these type of websites address?

This eagle family has been followed since 2007. Two of the three eggs have hatched...#3 any day!