7 News Values

PROXIMITY:

This article represents proximity because the incident had happened in local area; South Austin.

Police: Motorcyclist injured after falling from Interstate 35 overpass in South Austin

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/police-motorcyclist-injured-after-falling-from-int/nfMWH/

TIMELINESS:

This article shows timeliness because the event had been updated this morning.

Travis County sheriff’s office: Inmate escaped, re-arrested this morning

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/travis-county-sheriffs-office-inmate-escaped-re-ar/nfMPz/

PROMINENCE:

This article shows prominence because the President's actions is what the news is about rather than some ordinary individual. 

Obama Renewing U.S. Commitment to NATO Alliance]

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/27/world/europe/obama-europe.html?ref=world&_r=0

IMPACT:

This article shows impact because what had happened to the teen has an effect on the people who view this article, brining sympathy to the boy. 

Video shows teen getting punched in face at school

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/03/27/video-teen-punched-in-face/6949711/

CONFLICT:

This article shows conflict because of the incident that had happened between the customer and the server. The conflict shows conflict of maybe religious morals?

Starbucks: Sorry about '666' in coffee foam
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/04/02/newser-starbucks-satanic-coffee/7198189/

HUMAN INTEREST:

This article shows human interest because of all of the people who were effected by the sxsw crash as well as their families and friends and even people who had witnessed the incident.

20 more charges filed against man accused of plowing into SXSW crowd

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/20-more-charges-filed-against-man-accused-of-plowi/nfQLK/

NOVELTY:

This article shows novelty because reading about South Africans eating grass to survive is crazy and weird for Americans to hear about. 

Desperate South Sudan refugees eating 

grass, roots

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/04/02/south-sudan-hunger/7205811/

Notes: News Values

News Values:
Timeliness (Just happened)
Proximity (Where the event happened)
Conflict (What caused the event)
Prominence (Who caused the event: important/famous people)
Human Interest (Drama)
Impact (How it affects you)
Novelty (Weird news)

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Photoshop Practice

Resolution: 150 black & white

Resolution: 72 vertical

Resolution: 300 horizontal

Photoshop Introduction

4. Crop Tool- Used to cut off portions of your photo

5. Lasso Tool- Used to select specific part of your photo

6. Text Tool- Used to add text to your photo

7. What buttons do you push to "Undo" a mistake you made?

Command-Z (Mac) or CTRL-Z (PC) 

8. What can you open to "undo" more than one mistake? How do you open it?

You have to pull up the history palette. You find it by going to Window --> History menu.

9. How do you rotate an image?

You go to the image menu and then select "Image rotation" 

10. If you don't like the initial cropping box you drew, how can you change it before you make your crop?

You can cancel you crop by using the esc key.

11. Under the heading "Resizing while Cropping" when you enter dimensions as you crop, what are you telling Photoshop to do as you crop your image? HINT: it involves ratios.

You're telling photoshop what dimensions the image should result in after you crop it. After locking in the dimensions it forces the crop box into a certain ratio.

12. What is the correct resolution for newsletters and newspapers?

150-200 ppi

13. What is the correct resolution for magazines?

2250 or more ppi

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