Anyway, your assignments are as follows:
1) Re-write the lead on your story from last Friday. Re-write only the lead. You can email it to me by 5 p.m. on Wednesday.
2) News round-up, week two. Remember Michael and Allie are on news editor duty. Respond to this post by 4 p.m. on Thursday with your top local, national and international stories. Each story submission should have a link to the article and rewritten news lead about the story.
Your lead re-write will be combined with some in-class lead writing exercises for a final grade.
See you all on Thursday.
International: Iran says they will execute 9 more over election riots.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/02/iran.protest.sentences/index.html
National: Medical journal retracts study linking autism to vaccine.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/02/lancet.retraction.autism/index.html
Local: Scot Meader resigns as manager of Western Montana Fair.
http://www.missoulian.com/news/local/article_4610750e-0b7b-11df-a0eb-001cc4c03286.html
Charlie
ReplyDeleteLocal: Democrat Tyler Gernant has filed to enter the race for the U.S. Representative seat for Montana.
http://www.missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_542fc906-107a-11df-a4b6-001cc4c002e0.html
Nation: A top military official is supporting the repeal of the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-02-03-dont-ask-dont-tell-policy_N.htm
International: A new treaty is being proposed between the U.S and Russia that would reduce the nuclear arms of both countries.
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20100203/157757631.html
LOCAL:
ReplyDeleteMajor John Engen proposes the “Best Place Project” along with the reconstruction of Russell Street hoping to help boost Missoula economy. http://www.missoulian.com/news/local/article_31a1b3ce-1078-11df-b08f-001cc4c002e0.html
NATIONAL:
Congress concerns over the effects of the impact of the elimination of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law for society and the military.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dcnow/2010/02/pentagon-to-study-ending-dont-ask-dont-tell.html
INTERNATIONAL:
Haitian parents gave their children to the Americans Baptists Missionaries for a home and an education while Americans are still being detained and questioned for taking the 33 children illegally. Parents now being questioned.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/world/americas/03orphans.html?ref=world
Allie
ReplyDeleteInternational: European leaders worry that Greece's debt problem could cause another round of financial crisis and mess with the value of the Euro.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/business/global/29bailout.html?fta=y
National: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff calls for an end to the "don't ask, don't tell policy."
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/us/politics/03military.html
Local: Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. is entertaining notions for future uses of Frenchtown plant which closed last friday.
http://www.missoulian.com/news/local/article_5011ef82-0fc3-11df-8200-001cc4c03286.html
Local: Man arrested for Trying to flush kitten down the toilet.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.missoulian.com/news/local/article_3a4d2f20-0f98-11df-bec3-001cc4c002e0.html
National:Punxsutawney Phil emerges from his hole to predict if there is six more weeks of winter.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35182353/ns/weather-livescience/
International: Pope to take a Papal visit to U.K. A Pope hasn't visited the U.K. since John Paul II in 1982.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8491479.stm
Caitlyn Walsh:
ReplyDeleteLocal
Brewery Co-Founder, Doctor Raise $100,000 for Haiti
Bjorn Nabozney, co-founder of Big Sky Brewing Company and ALex Omura, a local anestheologist, collected $100,000 in donations and medical supplies in three days.
http://www.missoulian.com/news/local/article_561a58c6-0fc1-11df-bc71-001cc4c03286.html
National: US Military Urges Repeal of Gay Ban
Obama is calling for the repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in the United States Military.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/02/2010221911090201.html
World: Blast hits Pakistan school opening
Three US military personnel and four school girls among eight dead in roadside bombing that targeted the Grand opening of a Pakistani Girls School
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/02/201023125741180461.html
Rachel M.
ReplyDeleteLocal: Missoula mayor, John Engen, announces his Best Place Project which includes Russell Street.
http://www.missoulian.com/news/local/article_31a1b3ce-1078-11df-b08f-001cc4c002e0.html
National: Attacks on the U.S. likely within 6 months.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-02/al-qaeda-likely-to-try-u-s-attack-in-six-months-panel-told.html
International: A bomb attack in Pakistan in a Taliban stronghold leads to 3 American soldiers' death and many wounded.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/world/asia/04pstan.html?ref=world
Daniel Mediate
ReplyDeleteLocal:
New head football coach unveils recruits on National Signing Day
http://www.missoulian.com/sports/college/montana/article_76318d58-1086-11df-a862-001cc4c03286.html
National:
Defense officials look to end ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/us/politics/03military.html?ref=us
International:
Iraqi court overturns ban on candidates for next election.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/world/middleeast/04baghdad.html?ref=world
Zoe Cross-Karras
ReplyDeleteLocal: Missoula man ocnvicted of multiple sex assults faces up to 100 years in prison after arrest on DUI charge.
missoulian.com/news/local
National: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood now says he misspoke when telling owners of recalled Toyotas to stop driving them.
seattletimes.com.nwsource.com
International: China's Defiance on Human Rights stirs fears for Gao Zhisheng, a missing dissident.
nytimes.com/2010/02/03/world
Camillia Lanham
ReplyDeleteLOCAL: The Missoulian: Missoula Mayor speaks of the Best Place Project, in his state of the city address
missoulian.com/news/local/article_31a1b3ce-1078-11df-b08f-001cc4002e0.html
NATIONAL: NPR: Top officer calls for a lift on "Don't Ask" policy
npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123275178
INTERNATIONAL: NPR: US troops killed in Blast in Pakistan
npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyID=123309104
National: Transportation Secretary LaHood's comments about Toyota cause shares to drop in price. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/03/AR2010020302109.html?hpid=topnews
ReplyDeleteInternational: Idaho missionaries could be put on trial for child trafficing. http://news.bostonherald.com/news/international/americas/view/20100203pastor_arrest_of_missionaries_a_misunderstanding/srvc=home&position=recent
Local: Greg Barkus on trial for boating accident. http://www.missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_1ac14a62-1081-11df-b787-001cc4c002e0.html
Local: Missoula Mayor announces new plan to bump up local economy
ReplyDeletehttp://missoulian.com/news/local/article_31a1b3ce-1078-11df-b08f-001cc4c002e0.html
National: Military chief backs Obama's plan to lift ban on gays serving openly in military
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/military-chief-backs-barack-obamas-plan-to-lift-ban-on-gays-serving-openly/story-e6frg6so-1225826501812
International: Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir can be charged with genocide
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/02/03/sudan.bashir.genocide/index.html?hpt=Sbin
Local: The new mountain Line buses.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.missoulian.com/news/local/df97cde8-1081-11df-bc5f-001cc4c002e0.html
World: Avatar meets the Amazon.
http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/movies/avatar-in-the-amazon1863.html
National: Obama loses some support.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100203/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_las_vegas;_ylt=AoeH.hmfq70CKy_oCxXAhAADW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTJvcHUzbmczBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwMjAzL3VzX29iYW1hX2xhc192ZWdhcwRwb3MDMTMEc2VjA3luX2FydGljbGVfc3VtbWFyeV9saXN0BHNsawNmdWxsbmJzcHN0b3I-
Local:
ReplyDeleteOrganizers will begin checking sobriety of students coming into Foresters' Ball.
http://www.montanakaimin.com/index.php/articles/article/foresters_ball_boozers_will_be_busted_organizers_to_crack_down_on_drinking_/661
National:
Repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy is supported by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mullen, and Michigan Senator Carl Levin.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/us/politics/03military.html?ref=us
International:
Iraq overturns ban on candidates in national elections
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/03/AR2010020300929.html?hpid%3Dtopnews
Local: http://www.missoulian.com/new/local/article_31a1b3ce-1078-11df-b08f-001cc4c002e0.html
ReplyDeleteMissoula Mayor Engen announces plan to boost the Missoula economy.
National: http://nytimes.com/2010/02/03/us/03terror.html?ref=us
The man who was involved with terrorist attack attempt on an airliner Christmas day has been talking to officials. The officials say that he is providing helpful information.
International: http://nytimes.com/2010/02/04/world/middleeast/04baghdad.html?ref=global-home
The Iraqi judiciary decided to oust a recent ban on certain candidates for the upcoming election. This allows at least for a freer, competitive campaign, but the court also said they would reconsider banning certain candidates after the election.
local: Engen outlines Best Place Project
ReplyDeleteMayor John Engen announced Tuesday a new plan to pump up the local economy, the Best Place Project. Engen, in the first year of his second term as Missoula mayor, noted the initiative during his state of the city address at the annual Missoula Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Some 250 people attended the event at the Hilton Garden Inn.
State:
Great Falls places Moratorium on Pot Shops Great Falls placed a three-month moratorium on sales and cultivation of medical marijuana while the city determines where pot shops could be located.
National:Obama aunt girds for new bid to avoid deportation
President Barack Obama's aunt, a Kenya native who once cared for his siblings, defied a deportation order in 2004 and became a political liability for her famous nephew, is preparing to make her case in federal Immigration Court that she be allowed to stay in the United States.
International: Iran seeking nuke compromise_ or is it?
Iran's effort to revive talks on a deal that would inhibit the country's ability to make a nuclear weapon was met with skepticism by world leaders Wednesday, a reaction to months of waffling by Tehran.
National: sweat loge kills three http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/us/04sweat.html
ReplyDeleteInternational: Obama faces unspecified sanctions from China to meet with the Dalai Lama http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6123QL20100203?type=politicsNews
State: If you like to fish this is the place to behttp://www.montanakaimin.com/index.php/articles/article/fishing_film_festival_flies_into_missoula/652
U.S. News
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/03/super.bowl.preview/index.html
WORLD NEWS
ReplyDeleteTaliban leader takes credit for American Deaths
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2010/02/04/pak.taliban.bombing.cnn
LOCAL NEWS
NO DRINKING FORESTERS BALL
http://www.missoulian.com/news/local/article_445d0de8-1153-11df-b886-001cc4c002e0.html
http://www.missoulian.com/news/local/article_445d0de8-1153-11df-b886-001cc4c002e0.html
Carol b. said:
ReplyDeleteLocal:$50 million in bonuses paid. Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.dold out roughly $50.4 million in bonus pay last year while owing $1.18 million in taxes to Missoula County.
http://www.missoulian.com/news/local/article_a2072a32-1536-11df-8ccd-001cc4c03286.html
National: Another major snowstorm headed to the Mid-Atlantic. Snow blew across the Mid-Atlantic on track for the hard-hit Mid-Atlantic , where federal government offices were closed for a second day and utility workers struggled to restore power knocked out by a weekend blizzard.
http://www.missoulian.com/news/national/article_1dda0ba8-6362-5743-97e1-f99c05e3f753.html
International:Iran to stop enrichment if given nuclear fuel for its Tehran plant.
Iran says it will stop enriching uranium to a higher level if the West will provide the fuel for its Tehran research plant.
http://www.missoulian.com/news/national/article_1dda0ba8-6362-5743-97e1-f99c05e3f753.html