In this essay I will be comparing two articles taken from local newspapers in different areas. I will be looking at the techniques used in each article and their effectiveness. I will use this comparison to eventually decide which article is the more effective of the two. The two headlines from the articles are quite different. ’Inches from tragedy’ is a large‚ bold headline written in a way that makes you want to see what the headline is talking about‚ as it sounds serious. ’Firemen free bathroom
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The contents of the Southeast Missourian online paper may seem so much more fitting with this day and age‚ but the traditional newsprint edition still offers their subscribers a lot more information. The print version organizes the newspaper with pictures from various sections located at the top‚ side‚ and bottom in order to draw the reader in to the articles and advertisements. The online version is very to the point in its content in the fact that the Southeast Missourian does not have to sell
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data makes clear that the future of hard copy newspapers is questionable at best. But to see how much longer newspapers can hold on before giving way to a strict‚ online format‚ the two researchers assembled a 10-question survey‚ to gauge the early 2014 priorities of those that depend on newspapers (in either online or print formats) for their information. It was determined that the data collected in this survey supports the belief that online newspapers are eventually going to take over as the main
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Informative Speech Instructions De Matteis This assignment is designed to provide you with the opportunity to use the skills you possess‚ coupled with the knowledge gained in class‚ to execute an effective extemporaneous informative presentation. The topic can come from a wide variety of areas - i.e.‚ an historical event‚ present/past figures of note‚ organization‚ issue‚ concern‚ etc. Make sure you target the presentation to your specific audience‚ provide a “WOW” factor in your opening
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Two Dead Early this hot afternoon the Montagues and Capulets had at it again. What started out as just some hurtful words at one another turned into a deadly battle between three men. One was killed and the other was reportedly killed shortly after. The first dead was claimed by the Montagues. He was 27 year old Mercutio. The second was claimed by the Capulets‚ his name was Tybalt the killer of Mercutio. After Mercutio was killed Romeo chased after Tybalt and killed him. Soon after prince Escalus
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Buffett’s Bid for Media General’s Newspapers Situation: Media General is a mature company which has a lot of business including newspapers‚ television broadcasting and digital businesses primarily serving the southeastern U.S. (Over 18 TV stations and 64 newspapers). While because of the popular of Internet from the 2000s‚ more than 300 daily newspapers disappeared and daily circulation of newspapers fell to 44 million in 2011‚ the U.S. newspaper industry is dropping. With the decreasing
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4.4.2.1. Grammar and Syntax Distinct grammatical and syntactic structures are essential features in newspaper language and differentiate the language of quality press and popular press newspapers. In fact‚ tabloidization involves a “movement away from longer‚ complex‚ analytical writing” in connection with the style of newspaper language (Bird 2009: 41). Firstly‚ the article from 1966 consists of 26 sentences and‚ thus‚ has an approximate average of 3 sentences per 100 words. Furthermore‚ it contains
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On 13th May 2012‚ in China‚ 4 months old baby girl‚ Mai Chen‚ (her name was on a note tucked in her clothes) was found in a dumpster behind a cinema in Beijing‚ her parents have and been taken to court for abandonment. The couple have admitted to abandoning their daughter and they said “We wanted a boy to lead out family after us and we had to leave Mai do follow to follow this and the one child policy”. The one-child-policy has led to many cases like this where children have been neglected‚ aborted
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Clay Shirky says what everyone in the field of journalism is thinking‚ but is scared to admit- we can’t predict the future of journalism‚ in “Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable”. We have an idea of where it is headed‚ that being technological instead of pen and paper but nobody knows for sure where the technology is going to take us because lets face it‚ nobody thought that we would be where we are today. We are living in the “unthinkable scenario”. So what does that mean for anxious journalism
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At 7:12PM on Wednesday‚ March19‚ 2003‚ President Bush authorized a full-scale war on Iraq and the Saddam Hussein led regime by uttering just two simple words. "Let’s go‚" President George W. Bush said to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfield Wednesday at the close of a nearly four-hour meeting in the Oval Office. The war on Iraq‚ which has been given the title "Operation: Iraqi Freedom"‚ is the result of months of Hussein’s refusal to let United Nations weapons inspectors into Iraq. The U.N. suspects
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