The McDonald's Hiring Wave

    McDonald's has hired a large amount of people recently. This was mostly to lower the high amount of teenage unemployment. I believe this was a pretty smart idea, actually. If it helps why shouldn't other fast food resturaunts do it. Helping the economy is important to almosty everybody these days.
  It's nice that teenagers will have more jobs because having a job is good for an adolescent. A job can teach you responsibility, and how to deal with co-workers. Preparing a teen for the real word of jobs is important.
  It is a smart idea, and as long as it works it should continue. McDonald's was smart because now they have many more employees and good publicity.

A Selfless Act: Jesus Garcia

  On November 7, 1907 Jesus Garcia saved an entire village at the sacrifice of his own life. He saved the village, Nacozari in Sonora, Mexico. Garcia was a railroad engineer, and it's a good thing he was.
  Garcia happened to realize that a box car containing dynamite was on fire. He- in despite of the threat to his own life- dtove the box car away. The dynamite exploded. It killed Garcia and twelve others. His bravery and sacrifice saved the whole village.
  The town renamed itself Nacozari de García in honor of their hero. They have made a monument in honor of Jesus Garcia. Many streets are named after him, and dubbd a soccer stadium in his honor. All of Mexico now celebrates November 7th as a national holiday.

Including Others in my Decision Making

  To include other people with different perspectives in my decision making in my articles I might take surveys to find out what the people want. At least I would be able to take their opinions into consideration, which would be nice.
  When I was writing an opinion piece I could add my own opinion, but also add a few quotes from people with the opposite view.  It would make the article more lively.  You could even use the quotes as a basis on what to put into the article.
 I figure including other people is difficult especially when they disagree with what you think. We have to get over that because we have to think of the audience. Without the audience where would journalists be?
 

Are Yearbooks Journalism?

  I don't really think that yearbooks are journalism because it's mostly pictures. I do appreciate that there is more to it than pictures but I wouldn't count it as journalism really. The words that are written in the yearbooks are mostly just captions to different photos.
  Journalism is when you are writing articles about some kind of news. Little captions and cute little titles aren't real articles. It needs some substance.
  They both serve the same purpose though. It is to entertain. While there are some similarities I think you can probably agree that there are too many differences to make a yearbook journalism.  

Changing Ethics in Journalism

  Journalists have their ethics. Of these ethics four of them heven't really changed. They are seek truth and report it, act independently, be accountable, and minimize harm. With online journalism two of these ethics are being affected.
  First, minimizing harm is being affected. People who are posting articles on blogs and such don't bother minimizing harm as much because they are on the Internet. They think that they won't be held responsible.
  That brings me to being accountable. People don't feel as if they'll be held responsible for an article if it's online. They feel safe and secure in front of their computer screen. Clearly they're forgetting that what you write is even more traceable to you through the internet.
   I personally feel that the ethics are best left alone. It isn't as if the Internet is really doing anything. It's the people who are reacting how they are to online journalism.