Michelle's Comm 303 BLOG

What I need to work on: 1. Comma placement.  An example: The 22 pens that President Obama used to sign the bill will go to Democratic congressional leaders. I wrote: The 22 pens, that President Obama used to sign the bill, will go to Democratic congressional leaders. 2. I often times write in passive voice […]

These are five blogs that would be interested in receiving my press release because they either deal with purchasing inside of the hospital or are hospital blogs in general. The first blog, Running a Hospital , would appreciate this press release because it discusses the costs of running a hospital. They would be interested in […]

For this assignment I listened to a news story of Report: Foster Kids Face Tough Times After Age 18. It was interesting to compare a broadcast story to how a print journalist would deliver this news story. I found this story on NPR.org and every story that I listened to began with a commercial that somehow […]

I chose to look at The Washingtonpost.com for my evaluation of a web package. When first viewing this website you are met with numerous tabs on the top part of the page. They allow you to click on them and go to different news articles or subjects. The home page is opened to the “news” […]

This past weekend, three local students were hospitalized Sunday morning from alcohol poisoning after attending the Alpha Beta Zeta fraternity party. The students involved were Press Martin, junior, Al Amalek, freshman and Rob Smith a sophomore . Lots of people have been concerned these days with drinking at fraternity parties; recently students at LSU and […]

In Richmond, Virginia drivers are allowed to continue talking on their cell phones while driving. They also will no longer be pulled over if not wearing a seat belt. A House subcommittee decided that talking on the cell phone while driving and not wearing a seat belt should not be a first offense. For at […]

Stovall Page 129 Exercise 5.10 Writing News Stories People are concerned with drinking at fraternity parties; recently at LSU and MIT students died from alcohol poisoning. Two weeks ago the University’s president Harvey Smithville went over the policy banning alcohol from fraternity houses, “Any fraternity in which the members have alcohol will be immediately suspended. […]

Straight News: Mom convicted of killing kids in freezer ROCKVILLE, Md – A Maryland woman was convicted Monday of murdering two of her adopted daughters, whose bodies were found in a freezer in the woman’s home. Anecdotal News:Cell Phones Linked to Brain Tumors WASHINGTON – Ellie Marks flew from San Francisco to Washington, DC this […]

Stovall page 126 Exercise 5.5 Lawsuit Suit filed in the Circuit Court against Amburn’s Produce Market for negligence; Ellie Maston slipped on green beans and broke her hip. Maston is filing the suit for $100,00 to account for permant bodily and mental injury, incurred medical expenses and lost income. The accident took place on April […]

A Nigerian drug smuggler was arrested in Switzerland because he stuffed 123 condoms with cocaine. He proceeded to swallow them adding 3.7 pounds to his stomach. There was so much cocaine in one condom that it could have killed anyone. The Nigerian was with 6 other people who were stopped after running a red light […]