Week 16

1. Here's an interesting article about teasing from the NYTimes. What are your thoughts on this issue? Is there any forms of teasing that go on at MA? Is this something to look at for a future article?

2. An interesting follow-up to our article on cheating. Clearly the article in last year's paper wasn't an anomaly. What are your thoughts on this study? Do you think this issue needs to be revisited considering the community response and the lack of follow-up we've had this year?

Google and Censorship

Read this article from Sunday's NYTimes magazine and comment on it. What are your thoughts? What do you think about the cool graphic headline? What troubles do you see with internet censorship in the future? There's lots this article covers, so dig in and share your thoughts.

Please post all thoughts by 8AM Thursday morning.

Week 15

I will post three times in December. You have until the end of the month (12/31) to comment on the posts.

1. A pretty interesting human interest piece from the NYTimes. Not only is this a unique story, but it's well written and digs into the subject quite well. What do you think of this piece? While we have the Wildcats of the Issue in the sports section, how might The Voice work in more single person profile pieces to spice up its pages? And I'm talking about more than a review. What kinds of things are MA students doing outside the classroom, on-campus that merit a little spotlight?

2. With the recent trouble in Mumbai, this article from CNN discusses the role of Twitter in the fiasco. There were some moments when Twitter was the ultimate news source, and other times when it seems to fail. First, what is Twitter and how does it function? Second, how do you see Twitter playing a role in the future of news gathering and reporting? Is it a good tool with the potential for awesomeness? Or, like many other social networking tools, is it something that should be discredited for its lack of veracity?

Week 14

Final post for November

1. Check out this article and the graphic that goes with it. You'll have to click on the MULTIMEDIA side bar that says "Timeline for Chinese Democracy". It's a great graphic as it parallels GNR with the music world. What do you think? Is it effective? Eye catching? How might we use this idea for something in The Voice? What specific article ideas could be expressed through this kind of graphic? Think outside the box! Go crazy.

2. Here's a story on a trend from the NYTimes. It's well written, focused, and appealing to more people than those receiving shoe shines. Great. Now, what trends could we focus on in the next edition of The Voice? What sliver of campus could we expose and bring to the greater community?

Share your thoughts, comments, brilliance.

Week 13

Here we go ...

1. From the lead to the final line, the reporting, interviewing, quoting, writing and description are worth studying. This article titled "Guard Shot During Robbery Attempt at Waldorf" is amazing. The action verbs alone are a lesson. These reporters have, indeed, told a story. What do you think of this piece? Comment on the structure.

2. Another interesting story involving your favorite site: Facebook. What are you thoughts? Comments? Insights? Was the response from the school appropriate?

3. Just an interesting read on copyright violation and the struggles a school goes through to deal with it. Thoughts? Comments? What do we as a newspaper need to do to avoid some of these issues?

Week 12

1. While the article is an interesting read, what do you think of the graphic? This is from the Sunday Style section of the NYTimes. How could we use this simple layout and design spread to tell a story at MA? There's lots of room to tell stories with pictures, even in our publication. Thoughts? Comments? Ideas?

2. It's too important a moment to pass up, so comment on two of the front page designs from Wednesday, November 5. You can look through national, international, and alternative news outlets. There's some pretty cool and varied ideas. What worked best? What design did you like? Any headlines more interesting than others? What would you have done? Any ideas to bring to The Voice front page?

Week 11

Whoa -- lots going on. And, lucky you, some of it is local!

1. Check out this article from the Marin IJ regarding a student at Redwood High that has been suspended for distributing an underground newspaper. What are your thoughts on this situation? Remind yourself of some recent readings on the law and websites and comment on whether or not this student should have been suspended. Is it relevant to include that this student has gotten in trouble with the school prior to this incident?

2. Cartoon time. Here are some great editorial cartoons from the last week. What do you think? Effective? Not so much? What role do editorial cartoons play in the media these days? In this charged political climate?
Housing
Baseball
Obama Spending
Swing Voting

Share your ideas, brilliance, insights.