Breech of Ethics

   Jeannie "Click" Wilbur was the best photographer the Daily Scoop newspaper had ever had.  She had strong ethics, amazing photography skills, and could work with practically everyone.  Everyone wanted to be paired up with her.
   Julian Wilkes was a journalist.  He occasionally wrote interesting articles, but he was under no circumstances the best in the business.  He wanted to become the best journalist ever, and he figured if he partnered up with Jeannie he would instantly be awesome.
   Then, Jeannie got an offer to take pictures of a newsperson to put in an article she would also write.  Instantly, Julian knew he had to be the star of the article.  He hatched a plan.
   "Click, will you use me for the article?" Julian asked, while discretely pushing money into her hand.
   Jeannie stared at him in disgust.  Didn't he know how unethical that was?
   "Sorry, I'm not into writing about jerks." she smiled sweetly at him, ripping up the money.
   The journalist gaped, while Jeannie skipped off.  If you ever meet Jeannie, remember doing unethical things around her will usually cause you to lose money.

World-changing Event Essay

             You probably have heard about Japan’s massive 9.0 earthquake, the tsunami, and the nuclear crisis.  I’m sure you’ve heard someone saying it was news that changed the world.  You may not realize, though, that Japan’s earthquake did change the world, literally.

            The earthquake caused Japan to shift about thirteen feet towards North America.  It also shortened the day by 1.6 microseconds, sunk Japan about two feet, and shifted the world’s axis by 6.5 inches.  Now that is what I call world changing.

            The nuclear disaster impacted people more than you may know.  The leaking and explosions at three power plants caused it.  The power plants melted down, and released radioactive material into the air.  When they tested the water there were traces of radiation.

            The tsunami attacked cities and farmland, causing destruction everywhere.  It was caused by the earthquake, as most tsunamis are.  The huge wave sent warnings as far as the west coast of the United States and South America.

            These three disasters devastated Japan.  In July the amount of missing and dead people reached farther than twenty-two thousand.  So many lives were affected.  It was a world-changing event in many different ways.     

The Truth and Lies

   Everyone knows that people make mistakes.  It's just the way it is.  Unfortunately,  that includes journalists.  Journalists try to keep their mistakes to minimum, but sometimes that isn't enough.
   For example, an article published on October 21 said that a man, Salvatore Pusaterik, had died.  In truth he had only retired from his shop.  Another example would be when another newspaper said that in "Angry Birds," the popular iPhone game,  the aim of the game was to knock down the birds.  You actually have to use the birds to knock down the fortresses.
   While people are free to make mistakes, maybe journalists should be a little more careful than most.  You can affect someone poorly with just one mistake.  The mistake also embarrasses the newspaper.  

Sources

   I've always found the subject of cannibalism fascinating.  Most people don't realize how often it show s up in history.  All of the continents but Antarctica have some incident of it reported.
   In Asia they sacrificed to the Goddess Kali, a goddess with a craving for blood.  In the nineteenth century, in Calcutta, they sacrificed a child everyday in a certain temple.  In fact, if a couple wanted a lot of children, but only had one they might sacrifice their only child in order to get many more from Kali.
   In Central America the Aztecs were famous for sacrificing people, and then eating the corpses.  The conquistadors put a stop to this when small pox killed off most of the population.

Sources:
http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/essays/cot/t0w13cannibalism.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism#Cannibalism_by_performance_artist
http://home.comcast.net/~burokerl/cannibalism.htm

How is it Unethical?

  I believe this headline is unethical because it's not true.  There is absolutely no way it could be true.  False information is unethical, because it is basically lying to the public.
  A headline like this might just be a joke, but someone will believe it.  Dishonest headlines can ruin a person's reputation, irreversibly.  It isn't right to ruin  someone's reputation over a joke, or to provide some people with entertainment.
  A journalist's job is to tell the truth.  Whoever wrote this article failed at it.  Lies aren't ethical.  You learn that when you're a toddler.  I guess these journalists forgot that.
 

Is the Internet a basic human right?

   I believe that the Internet is a basic human right.  So many people use it, and as long as you have access to a computer, why shouldn't you?  It isn't really a privilege, because as soon as your an adult, no one but the government can take it away.
   The government can take away your rights if you do something against the law.  On the Internet you could hack, and that is illegal.  You could end up in jail, and obviously they wouldn't give you a computer, just like they wouldn't give a murderer a knife or a gun.
   The Internet connects the world, and lets people share thongs with others.  We all have the right to free press, and taking away the Internet would be limiting the average person's right of free press.  Some people can't share their thoughts any other place but the Internet for whatever reason.
  

Willow's Journey

   Willow the cat was living in Colorado, but somehow got lost.  Five years later she was found in New York.  I have finally figured out how this happened.  It all starts when Willow gets chased by her owners' dogs.
   She escaped out of an open window, and decided to take refuge in a bush near the house, when she heard the window she had just come out of slam shut.  Jumping up, Willow tried to find a way back in, but to no avail.  She was truly locked out, and it was almost dinner time.
   Deciding that she had to get food, she wandered off to another house.  This house belonged to the McDoobles, a family who was saying their final goodbyes to Colorado.  Willow slunk up to them, and put on her cutest face.  Only the youngest child noticed, but he was too upset to do anything but shoo her.
   Feeling slightly injured, Willow snuck into the moving van with all of the Mcdoobles' stuff.  There she fell asleep on a faded floral couch.
   When she woke up she was flung onto the floor.  The whole truck was rocking.  This went on for a while.  Eventually it did stop, and Willow noticed she was almost starving.  As soon as the truck was opened she shot out of there, only to realize she wasn't at home anymore.  Willow was in Virginia, although she didn't know that.
   Willow scavenged for three years in garbage cans for her food, until she was a flea bitten mess.  Then, a girl noticed the cat, and brought her home.  Willow was fed, bathed, and the thrown out by the girl's mother.  Willow hopped on a Dart bus, and rode all the way to New York, where she was discovered by her owners.  She went back home, and probably was a little wary of leaving home for some time.  

R.I.P. Steve Jobs

   The death of Steve Jobs, creator of Apple, has hit many people hard.  He was a genius.  He was responsible for so many advances in computers, and other pieces of technology like the iPhone, iPad, iPod, Macs, and much more.  His inventions have changed the world.
   Macs for example has helped people everywhere.  In fact, the cure for cancer may eventually be on an Apple computer.  Wouldn't that be ironic, to have his invention having the cure for what killed him?  The Macs have made a lot of jobs too.  Think of all the people who's job revolves around computers.
   Steve Jobs' death is a great loss, and no one should forget him.  HE changed our world into the world we live in today.  I go to an art school and computers are ridiculously important to Communication Arts.  In fact I'm typing this on a Mac right now.  

Cure for Cancer Found!

   For years cancer of all kinds has plagued humanity, but Dr. Lawliet, a well-known medical researcher has found the cure.  Dr. Lawliet discovered that the only way to cure cancer is to feed them sea urchins soaked in a special kind of spider venom.
   Dr. Lawliet has been researching cancer for twenty years ever since his mother died of thyroid cancer when he was younger.  He swore to find a cure so that people wouldn't have to go through the awful experience of having cancer, or losing a loved one to it again.  He never gave up, and now cancer will no longer be an issue to anyone.
   The cure will be distributed through hospitals everywhere on the globe because as Lawliet said, "Cancer is something that needs to go away forever.  To make it go away everyone has to be cured no matter what country they live in."  Soon cancer will be a thing of the past just like the plague.  I'm sure no one can wait for that.