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We started this project by building a strong knowledge of what journalism is and the tactics that are used to write a good article. Some tactics i've learned is to gather strong/convincing evidence, and write in a way that gets your info across but is also interesting and entertaining. I personally took a lot of time trying to gather sources and research for such a narrow topic, but I feel that extra time benefits my article in the way that my evidence is more convincing and strong. As my class and I moved into creating our final products it was a more smoother process. This was because we all had solid ideas on what we were writing about and we had our evidence. We just had to rap it up and tie our ideas all together.
Through this project I have had my eyes opened to the world of journalism. I've realized that journalism is more than just conducting interviews and writing about it. Theres many different styles and types of journalism, and some of the many different types are: Local news, Entertainment, videos, news paper only, and strictly online. But that list can go on and on. This project has also shaped my view on bias and balance. I think a good article should have a good balance of info and entertainment, I basically mean get the info across but make sure that it's engaging and interesting. The way I view bias is that it's always going to be there, you just have to find the least biased source because there's no such thing as an unbiased source. My skills in journalism have definitely grown stronger. I've never tried to write an article before and this project has been a completely new experience for me. I've learned how to write an opinion article, and it was super cool that I was able to apply it to something I enjoy outside of school. I've learned how to use evidence in a stronger more convincing way. I've also learned how to write in the most unbiased way possible. I did have a couple challenges, I mostly had a hard time gathering evidence and I also had a hard time start writing. Once I did start writing it got much easier to write down my ideas. |
Skater’s Strife
By Evan Glogowski 5.8 million children younger than 19 have taken up skateboarding, far more than participate in sports like tackle football and ice hockey. Skateboarding is more mainstream than you think, it's no longer the outcast sport that it used to be. With skateboarding rising in popularity at Animas, the more the skateboarders need a better place to skate on campus. With the massive growth of skateboarding more schools and locations around the world have started supporting it. The New York Times has noticed how skateboarding has changed, “Instead of mere transportation, skateboarding has become more of a sport, particularly in the wake of X-Games sponsored by ESPN and advocacy by Tony Hawk, the skateboard trickster from California.” -NY Times. The skateboarding community at Animas High School has grown with this new school year, freshmen to seniors have started skating. This huge growth of skateboarding isn't just local to Animas or the U.S, Japan is seeing just as much growth in the sport following the official announcement of the 2020 Tokyo skateboarding olympics. The Japan News has reported on this, “More and more people are taking up skateboarding, which was added to the list of new sports for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Skateboarding parks, exclusively for that purpose have been built in many parts of the nation, and they are full of people including women and families. They have flat floors made of concrete, crooked slopes, uneven floor spaces and other features”. Japan has started building skateparks around the nation for their growing skate community, Animas should look into finding a space for skateboarders to skate safely. A spot that is not in the middle of a busy drop-off and pick-up zone. The idea I propose is to clear more of the gravel near the senior parking area and turn it into a place where Animas skateboarders can skate. The biggest concern to skateboarders would be traffic or damage to vehicles from skateboarding, but if the gravel is cleared further back then the those risks can be avoided. The majority of skateboarding injuries occur on the arms or limbs, particularly when you fall on an out stretched limb, but most Skateboarding fatalities occur on a busy road when there's traffic. With a proposed new skate area at animas with necessary support from the school, the school won't look bad from a skateboarding-traffic related injury, and the students will have a better and safer place to practice skateboarding. |