Jaws news report 2

What was originally a perfect and sunny summer day at Village Beach turned into a nightmare when 10 year-old Alex B. Kintner was killed in what appeared to be a vicious and unprovoked shark attack.

His mother, Marion Kintner, is being treated for shock at the Amity General Hospital.  There were no other reported injuries.

Alex had been in the water on a yellow rubber raft at around 2 p.m. when the attack took place.  Shortly after everyone fled from the water his raft washed up on shore with what appeared to large bite marks.  His body has yet to be recovered.

This is the second death to happen today.  Earlier this morning, 17 year-old Christine W. Watson was found dead at a remote part of South Beach. 

According to Dr. Robert Nevin, Amity’s medical examiner, Watson’s wounds resembled that of a motor boating accident.  However there were numerous rumors and speculations that Watson also died of a shark attack.

“We now believe that it may be possible that the Watson death could also maybe have been linked to possible shark activities in the vicinity of Amity,” Amity’s chief of Police Martin Brody said in a press release.  “That investigation is still ongoing.”

A meeting will be held tonight by the Mayor, Chief Brody, and the Amity Board of Selectmen at 6 p.m. to discuss this matter further.

Jaws news report 1

Seventeen year-old Christine W. Watson was found dead this morning at South Beach of Amity Village shortly after 6 a.m.  Watson was last seen alive by college sophomore Christopher P. Hoggenbottam III at around 11 p.m.  Both teenagers had been drinking heavily and may have been under the influence of marijuana.

According to Hoggenbottam, Watson had decided to go swimming at a remote section of South Beach near the South Beach Shoal bell buoy.  The police were notified about Watson’s disappearance around 6 a.m. by Hoggenbottam, who never saw Watson return from the water. 

Watson’s body was found mangled and washed up on the beach after a brief search and was immediately sent to the coroner’s office for an autopsy.

“The body was severely mangled, and the wounds are consistent with a motor boat accident,” Dr. Robert Nevin, medical examiner of Amity Village, said.  “It was a calm clear night, and often fishermen are out fishing.”

There have been no leads on who exactly killed Watson, however there has been some speculation that her death was caused by a shark attack.  Despite this risk the residents of Amity village have been assured of their safety.

“Though a shark attack has not been completely ruled out, we want to assure all residents and visitors on our fine island that they are in no danger,” Martin Brody, Amity’s chief of police, said in a press release.  “Our lovely beaches will remain open for swimming pending the outcome of the investigation.”

Watson was a member of the varsity swim team at Amity High School and a lifeguard at the Amity Island YMCA pool in Oak Bluffs.  No charges have been filed in the case and the investigation in ongoing.

Letter to galomagazine.com

To Whom It May Concern:

I am writing to inquire about the opening for the technology section of galomagazine.com.  Ever since I was a child I have had an interest and passion for pop-culture, technology, and writing, and I believe I would be a wonderful addition to the galomagazine.com team.

           

Before I even began my journalism career at the University of New Hampshire, I would always research about new advancements in technology and look into the new must-have gadgets for the year.  Anything I didn’t know about the technology world I always wanted to find out.

I believe that that is my biggest strength; if there is something I do not know, I will do everything in my ability to find out what it is.  In the journalism field, reporting about the whole subject at hand, not just part of it, is absolutely essential.

  Once I decided that I wanted to be a journalist, I made my own blog that covered games and technology.  Shortly after, I made my own Twitter account that accompanied the blog.  I follow many popular newspapers and online magazines for both interest and so I can learn from them how to improve my writing and reporting.

While I enjoyed blogging and tweeting, I didn’t make my accounts just for entertainment; I made them to make myself known in the journalism world.  The journalism industry is constantly evolving.  In today’s world, the only way to make a name for oneself is to make readers aware of ones presence on the Internet.

            Along side my blog, I have had some of my works published in both academic textbooks and the UNH newspaper.  In my freshman year in college, my persuasive paper about repealing a controversial military law was published in Transitions, a college textbook containing student’s writings for English 401.  To date, I have had three stories published in UNH’s newspaper, The New Hampshire.

            Please find enclosed my resume and application.  You can reach my phone (978-846-3238) or by email (jdkscore@comcast.net).  Thank you for your time and I look forward to meeting with you.  Sincerely,

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New York Times: Thursday, November 17, 2011

The lead for story about US marines going to Australia was amazing.  It was short, but full of information.     The read knew exactly what he or she was going to read about in just one sentence.  The closer, however, was no  so successful.  It seemed to trail off into a different topic, talking more about Afghanistan more than the problems with China.

I can't believe that someone would actually try and shoot the white house.  I heard about the story before I read it in the paper, but every time it comes up it is even more shocking.  People have the right to protest, but violence against the white house is just asking to spend the rest of your life in jail.

New York Times: Monday, November 14, 2011

I think it's absurd that convicted felons have the right to regain fire arm rights.  They lost that privilege in breaking the law, so they shouldn't be allowed to own a harmful weapon.  The lead for this story was vey well written, and certainly grabbed me attention.  However, I feel like it didn't fit in well with the rest of the story.  In class we discussed how leads can be "10,000 feet above the ground", not focusing on the bigger picture.  While the story that the lead tells certainly has that "bigger picture", I thought that the rest of the article was going to be about that particular story, not the law as a whole.  It is amazing how much the writer had to say about the situation though.  I was amazed that this article was two whole pages long. I can't even imagine writing a story of that length right now.  I guess that just comes with experience.

Goggles lab, Google X, is a complete waste of time and money, in my opinion.  I would honestly be embarrassed to work there.  While the company certainly has ambition, it doesn't seem like the facility takes the business seriously.  Some of the inventions that they want to make just seem ridiculous.  Now it looks like Google doesn't know what to do with all their money.  The topic itself was annoying, but I really liked the lead.

New York Times: Wednesday, November 9, 2011

The story about the air force was very hard to read, in opinion.  As I was reading it felt like there were a lot of commas, and the sentences seemed to go on and on.  Even the lead was just one really long sentence.  I've noticed that stories that have two writers, like this one, are harder to read then other stories

I was shocked when I read the story about the foreign businessmen who couldn't speak English.  I thought that in order to make a successful living here one would have to speak English, especially 20 years ago when there weren't apps and computer programs to help people learn.  It's always awesome to hear stories like this though.  It shows that there are some people that can make a very successful living here by simply working hard.

New York Times: Tuesday, November 8, 2011

I had no idea that the Michael Jackson case was still going on until I read the main article.  I'm not surprised that his doctor was charged though.  As someone's doctor, you have to make sure that your patient is always healthy, and giving in to the demands is not going to help.  I really liked the lead of the story, but I felt that it didn't really fit in with the rest of the article.  It's a great standalone paragraph, but I just think it's unnecessary.

I can't believe that people are still out of power from last week's storm.  When New England got hit with the ice storm 3 years ago, we lost power for less than a week; I can't imagine what it would be like for ten days.  This story is one of the those stories that no one expects to read since its so long ago, but since it's been over a week since the event, more people would probably want to read it.  That being said, it would make sense to put it more at the beginning of the paper instead of the back, but that's just my opinion,

It seems that everyone is making tablets nowadays, and now that barnes and noble just announced theirs, I'm willing to bet a lot more companies will do the same thing.  Looks like Apple has a lot more competition to put up with.

New York Times: Thursday, November 3, 2011

The article about Japan's defense against tsunamis was the longest article I have ever read.  I thought it was amazing at how much information one person was able to get out of just one topic, and I'm sure the writer could have gone on for many more pages.  However, a story of this length might scare certain readers off, especially since it's a foreign topic and not local.  People are missing out if they do skip the story, but even I was almost tempted to not read it.

I never knew that there were phone apps for dating, and honestly that seems kind of creepy.  People lie about who they are all the time on dating websites, so why would this be any different?  I feel like this could get a lot of people into a lot of trouble.

New York Times: Tuesday, November 1, 2011

I thought it was hilarious that the Times decided to put in another article about the storm and Halloween.  I'm guessing that they did this because they were able to get more information about Halloween cancellation yesterday, but I can't help but think that they put this story in to replace the one from yesterday's paper.  Today's story had very similar information as the other one, but this one was much more entertaining to read.  You could actually get a feel what the writer was trying to say, and there were smooth transitions into quotes.  I feel bad for the kids who couldn't go trick or treating though.  I know that if I was a kid, I would have been really bummed out.

It's terrible to hear about the trial going on in Haiti right now.  That country as suffered so much, and now they have to worry about the outcome of a trial that could have been completely avoided.  I usually get really confused reading stories about foreign affairs, but this story was written very clearly, and the quotes that were used summed up the whole article very well.

The story about homeless people living where protestors do their business was a very surprising story to read.  I never would have guessed that the homeless would find a home there, but once I thought about it it makes sense.  There are always a lot of people at protests, and often times the protests are about money, something that the homeless don't have.  If you could live in an area where it's safe and there are people with similar views, why would you not live there?  

New York Times: Monday October 31, 2011

As I said in class, I thought that the article about the storm was terribly disorganized.  However, it is understandable how a story like this could be poorly structured.  The storm affected such a large area that many disastrous events were bound to happen.  With so much information at your disposal, its understandable that a story could be disorganized.  I thought that photos perfectly showed how strong the storm was.  No one expected it, and we hit everyone hard.