1. Please sit in your assigned seats.
January 6, 2015
Please sit in your assigned seats.
If you have not already, turn in your Staff Photo Board slip to the tray.
Take out your Journalism Basics Vocabulary chart from yesterday. Finish filling it in.

2. JOURNALISM BASICS VOCAB
1.The collection and editing of news for presentation through mass media
JOURNALISM
2. A particular attitude toward or way or regarding something; a point of view
PERSPECTIVE
3. Based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions
SUBJECTIVE (s = selfish)

3. JOURNALISM BASICS VOCAB
4. Not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing the facts
OBJECTIVE (open-minded)
5. Equality between two sides of a story
FAIR AND BALANCED
6. Moral principles that guide a person’s or group’s behavior
ETHICS

4. JOURNALISM BASICS VOCAB
7. Guarantees freedoms concerning religion, expression, assembly, and the right to petition
FIRST AMENDMENT
8. A set of criteria that guides the selection of news
NEWS VALUES
9. Media intended to reach a large audience; examples include newspaper, radio, television broadcasts, etc.
MASS MEDIA

5. Notes Please open to the Notes area of your binder (if you have it).
*Reminder: Material checks will take place MONDAY.
Title the page “Decades.”
Remember: You will be working with a group to cover one decade of our school’s history throughout this quarter. You will pretend as though you are a journalist responsible for sharing the story of this decade through mass media.

6. A decade is a period of 10 years
Our school opened in 1964…how many decades has our school had students?
ABOUT FIVE! (and a half)

7. 1960s (1964 through 1969) President Lyndon B. Johnson
Vietnam War, Space Race, Barbie Dolls, GI Joes, skateboarding, civil rights movement, smiley faces, The Beatles, MLK Jr.

8. 1970s Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter
Oil crisis, bell bottoms, electronic home devices, Star Wars, Hot Wheels, gaming systems (Simon/Atari), lava lamps, women’s rights

9. 1980s Presidents Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George Bush Sr.
Arcade games (Pac Man), smaller technology, denim jackets, neon colors, big hair, rise in conservative politics, famine in Africa

10. 1990s Presidents George Bush Sr. and Bill Clinton
Gulf War, Gameboy, AIDS in Africa, growth of World Wide Web (beginnings of Microsoft and Internet), boom in drug trade, one-strapped overalls

11. 2000s Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama
Y2K, terrorist attacks, velour work-out suits, Crocs, cell phones and text messaging, war in Iraq

12. 2010s (2010-2015) President Barack Obama
Same-sex marriage, BP oil spill, Osama bin Laden found and killed, self-driving cars, Boston Marathon bombing, leggings, shoe culture