Dr. Madon had no choice but to close the school on January 13, 2010 because the water pipes broke at Steinmetz Academic Center. It had been leaking since the January 10th and wouldn't stop so they went to the Chief Area Officer.
2. ROTC food drive benefits local pantry
By Sharon Almazan
January - February 2010 Steinmetz Star
THe ROTC held a food drive on November - December 15 at Steinmetz Academic Center. Students where ask to donate cans for the St. Cyprian's Food Pantry. To help out the need and provided food they need just to get through the day.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Writing the summary lead and back-up quote
Hefner Reaches Out
By: Yadira Olea
Hugh Herner was offer to help the school financially especially the Steinmetz Star. He from expirence knows how important and how much work goes into printing a paper for students to read. "I think that its a good think that he wants to help the Star out since he don't have the equiptment that we need to produce a decent paper."
By: Yadira Olea
Hugh Herner was offer to help the school financially especially the Steinmetz Star. He from expirence knows how important and how much work goes into printing a paper for students to read. "I think that its a good think that he wants to help the Star out since he don't have the equiptment that we need to produce a decent paper."
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Chapter 6 Vocab
five Ws and the H->Who, What, When, Where,Why, and How. Thes elements belong in nearly every newspaper story.
inverted pyramid-> a style of newswritting in which the main facts go at the top of the article(the lead). The facts become less significant until, toward the bottom, they may be dispensable. This gives the reader the essential facts first and permits expansion or contraction in editing and page layout.
lead-> The first paregraph of the news story. It often consists of just one sentence.
question lead->A lead that begins with a question. This kind of lead gives little information and is generally to be avoided.
quote lead->A lead that begins with an unattributed qoute. This kind of lead is unclear and should usually bre avoided.
summary lead->A lead that provides the briefest possible summary of the major facts of a story in the first sentence.
tease-> use a lead that coaxes readers into a story by making them read further to see what the lead really means.
inverted pyramid-> a style of newswritting in which the main facts go at the top of the article(the lead). The facts become less significant until, toward the bottom, they may be dispensable. This gives the reader the essential facts first and permits expansion or contraction in editing and page layout.
lead-> The first paregraph of the news story. It often consists of just one sentence.
question lead->A lead that begins with a question. This kind of lead gives little information and is generally to be avoided.
quote lead->A lead that begins with an unattributed qoute. This kind of lead is unclear and should usually bre avoided.
summary lead->A lead that provides the briefest possible summary of the major facts of a story in the first sentence.
tease-> use a lead that coaxes readers into a story by making them read further to see what the lead really means.
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