Rankin News Media

When we log the news in Mr.Miller's class. I find it quite interesting. We usually have similar top stories. I find this  interesting because you’d think the news stories would be different. But, then again we are in Louisville and these are all local channels. Some stations branch out more than others. I know WLKY loves to report from Southern Indiana. I find that good and bad, let me explain. I know when i either watch or read the news I want find stuff that local(Louisville). Southern Indiana doesn’t affect me at all. Why should I be reading about Southern Indiana? I live In Louisville. I we can find stories in Louisville. We as journalist need to be good at having local relevance. I would say WLKY hasn’t been so good at this, at least recently. I think when writing a story they should ask to themselves “Why do people need to know about this?”. This could also be a good thing too because at the same time people should be willing to be involved in semi-local matters. It doe...

A couple of days ago both journalism classes had a group discussion. Mr.Miller made a Google Slideshow called “72 hours of hell”.  That was a very good title. Last week was tragic for too many people. From the Kroger shooting, to the package bombs, and lastly the Synagogue shooting in Pennsylvania. We really needed to talk about this. Mr.Miller went over stuff that we as regular citizens should do.  We openly talked about these terrible acts and heard many opinions on the topic. I comment I heard specifically was “ These terrible acts are happening from both sides of the aisle”, but that's simply not true. When in last 10 years have you  seen any leftist do something to this degree? I bet your answer was “no” . We talked on how we should watch out for ourselves and overall be more aware. I think in today's society we need to change the way we think. These crazed people were  racist, Anti-semitic , hated all minorities. Maybe mental health was a problem, but t...

When looking at WLKY’s news website I find it rather astonishing that so many stories are not newsworthy. When i look at news I expect it be actual news that people care about. For the past week I’ve seen the same stories. One “ The 14 best halloween costumes”. Why should I need to know that? If I really wanted to know about costumes I would go to the costume store which tells me all my answers. I don’t need a news story telling me what they think are the best halloween costumes are. I do understand that we do have slow news days, but that doesn’t mean put in terrible stories. We as journalist need to be more honest to ourselves now more than ever. We live in the Trump era where journalist are being more attacked and oppressed more than ever now. I don’t think this type of stuff should ever be posted. I can say WLKY does have mostly relevant stories on their website. Everytime we have to go on the website and look at news stories the top story is always either and accident/disas...

When searching WLKY’s  website, I find very good stories one I just read was very informative. This story was named “ Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect pleads not guilty, requests jury trial”. I applaud the jouralist who wrote this--(https://www.wlky.com/article/squirrel-hill-synagogue-shooting-suspect-pleads-to-charges/24512762). They gave great info. Detailed charge details for the killer. This article is the golden piece to the first thing you learn in journalism, the truth. WE should all use this example for any journalism class. This is the most unbiased piece I’ve ever seen. I think we need to be unbiased. Too many times I see biased news stories which aren’t good for the public. He/She did not let her opinion show one bit. She/ He got straight to the facts and never looked back.

Today in class we talked about how our lives would be different if the printing press didn’t exist. I can tell you know that we had some deep thoughts in this discussion. My first reaction was me not doing anything but working. We wouldn’t have any kind of school unless you were rich. Imagine not having a chance to go to school because you’re poor or not good enough. That would be outrageous. We would all be illiterate. Books would be few, and life would be hard. We would have to literally sit around and talk amongst each other. What a radical idea? Things would be very different. I heard multiple people say they wouldn’t even be here. Either they were mixed or their parents met in college. The reason I say mixed people wouldn’t be alive is because their ancestors come from different areas around the world. People didn’t travel  much prior to the Colonial era. People lived tight knit societies. You would have regional activities that only they would know. There would be many di...

When reading Lily Wobbe’s blog I found some things that I disagree with. One specifically her blog titled” Trump: America's Last President?”  I think this blog was a bit of an overreaction on her part. Let me explain why. When having this discussion we were just mentioning the point some journalist were making in Trump becoming  America’s last president. I do  agree that these so called journalist do over exaggerate the stories. Trump isn’t a fascist. Only people with extreme views believe such a thing. Lily states “Let's dissect that. In order for Trump to be the last American president, total chaos and/or anarchy would essentially have to have consumed the U.S., whether this be by way of nuclear war, natural disasters, of just complete revolution among citizens. And we're a very long way from any of those happening to the degree that democracy in America collapse” . I disagree. To understand the United States politics you must go back. The downfall of America has b...