Hannah's Journalism Blog

News: Austin City Council votes to remove curfew This story was about how the Austin City Council voted on September 28th, 2017 to have the day and night time curfew removed. The curfew had been inconvenient with students and didn't help as much as it was intended to. 1. Ellen Toxclair, Han Vo, and Jason Stanford were quoted in the story. 2. The quote that was the strongest was from Han Vo: "Now that the curfew is removed I have a lot more wiggle room to do things I need in a timely manner after an evening shift. I don't have as much stress this year as I did last year surrounding time management and work." This quote shows how inconvenient the curfew was to this student and how they feel better now that it is no longer in place. 3. Yes. 4. The conclusion was a quote from junior Han Vo. Commentary: We shouldn't joke about death This story was about how students should stop making jokes about death. It may come across as insensitive to certain people and yo...

1. Grace Y 2. Their story is about how AISD should lower the attendance rate. 3. Their direct opinion is: "Students should not have to attend 90% of their course in order to get credit for that class. I believe that as long as you have a passing grade in the course, you should get credit for the class." 4. Yes 5. Yes they said that some students are more likely to succeed if they have good attendance rates, but backed it up by saying that it might be true but not always, which was kind of confusing. 6. No 7. Third person 1. Grace Y 2. Their story is about cell phone addiction. 3. Their direct opinion is: "Cell phone addiction is becoming a more prominent issue in today's society...Society needs to realize as a whole how cell phone usage can affect our social interactions and people's well-being." 4. No 5. No because their quotes and information supported only the down side of cell phones usage. 6. Yes 7. Third person 8. It is an editorial beca...

1. Homework amount 2. Cell phones during class 3. Dress code One columnist I read on a daily basis is an-terra on Tumblr because she posts a lot of nice quotes and interesting photography. The blog is very calming to the eyes with soft colors and photos on film that are really good.