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    In Morgan’s blog, she talks about how WHAS11 heavily reports on the weather in one 30-minute segment, and I completely agree with her. I am also in the WHAS11 group and notice how much they spend on the weather. Every episode there are two weather segments that last anywhere from 2-4 minutes. The news organization spends so much time on the weather and then will mention a story and talk about it for 30 seconds. For example, on October 31’s 5pm airing the station spent 2 minutes on weather and spent less than a minute on a story about peace and unity for the community affected by the Kroger shooting. I feel this story should have been highlighted on more instead of spending time on the weather (especially since there was another weather segment later in the show.) I understand that the weather is something that people need to know but should be highlighted less on WHAS11. Read Morgan's blog post

     In John’s blog post, he talked about the class discussion the J+C freshman had about the recent violence in America. He mentions how its so nice to be in a magnet that can come together and have serious conversations about serious things that are going on in the country. As I read his post it made me realize how special conversations like the one we had the other day, and how unique J+C is as a magnet. J+C is teaching young students how to have an opinion on current events and to be able to speak their mind about it. Even if you don’t go into journalism or design in the future, you still learn valuable things that you can have for the rest of your life and will be useful in the real world. Personally, for me, it’s intimidating to share my opinion because of fear of what others may think about me. I like how J+C creates an environment that anyone can say anything, and nobody would judge them. I feel like after reading John’s blog post it opened my eyes to the uniqueness of J+C and

On WHAS11's 5pm news their lead story was about two boys who were injured in a hit and run. When I first saw this I t hought it was strange that the news started out with this story instead of an update about the  Kroger shooting suspect or victims   Kroger  shooting suspect or victims.  I thought this story would’ve been put later into the episode instead of the first thing talked about. As the reporters went on they talked about how this has not been the first accident at Broadway and 31 st street. They linked the hit and run into an overall issue that impacts more than just the two boys. The reporters focused on how there is not enough traffic safety in that area. They had a citizen and councilwomen speak on the lack of safety precautions and wanting to pursue adding traffic lights. By incorporating the Explanation yardstick (putting a story into a big picture; not just the “what” but the “so what”), this story becomes meaningful to the whole community. I appreciate how WHAS re

In a story published by Wave 3, I found it to be very well written and had many qualities about it that I admired. The story was about a woman who had been attacked by a man who is imprisoned but has been up for parole. The whole article goes into detail about what happened to the Melinda Ethington and how the event still impacts her today. Something I really appreciate this story does is that it puts the story into a bigger picture by advocating for Marcy’s Law. I feel like this story is a prime example of what the law would do for victims and gives citizens a reason to vote for it on Election day. In the article, it says how Ethington has been at every parole hearing for William Stark and wants to be a “voice” at the hearing and is an advocate for the Marcy’s Law. In addition, the story shares Ethington’s side of the story through many of her quotes. At the end of the article, it says how Wave 3 tried to get into contact with Stark to get his side, but he never responded. I thin