Could send the news release to Blogs@americantowns.com, where it could be featured on this Repton Community website: http://www.americantowns.com/ct/fairfield/news/an-invitation-to-our-fairfield-community-blog-on-91134
This blog is about unemployment statistics; since the addition of the plant would raise unemployment rates in Repton, Alabama, they may be interested. http://unemploymentadvice.blogspot.com/
This is a blog about food/restaurants in Alabama:
The radio news story that I listened to was found in an audio archive on wtop’s website. It was entitled, “April’s Hot Weather.” This is an actuality story because it included a participant in the story, Gilberto. The newscaster is airing the story from “Bethesda’s Finest Diner” and starts the story by saying that our brains might be scrambled later like the scrambled eggs on Gilberto’s grill. She talks about the current weather and expected weather for the Spring. All of her sentences are short and precise. Her references to time included “today” and was always near the main verb. These are both aspects of the aural writing style. It was different from how a print journalist would have written the story because the “humanizing” aspect of broadcast journalism was highlighted. The speakers sounded relaxed and engaging to the listeners, discussing how “we” are going to feel the heat this spring. You can find this audio clip at this address: April’s Hot Weather
The Web Package I found was on People magazine’s website; it consists of a text article about Sandra Bullock’s struggle after the revelation that her husband, Jesse James, had been having affairs over the course of their marriage, and her decision whether or not to divorce him. There is a link embedded in the article in the lead where Sandra Bullock’s name appears. When you click that link you are led to another page with a list of any other articles related to Sandra and her husband. There are also two more links further down in the article; one is a link to a series of photos of Sandra and Jesse during their marriage. The other is a link to a series of photos entitled, “Scandalized! Famous Other Women,” a montag of pictures of mistresses from the most talked-about scandals. This was probably my favorite part of the web package; everybody loves to read about a scandal, and when that scandal is a famous person having an affair, we all want to put a face to the name. These pictures allowed me to do that. At the end of the article is one more element of this web package-a video. It is a video depicting Sandra Bullock’s changing looks over the years. This was probably the element I never would have clicked on unless I was doing this assignment. I just didn’t really think it was that interesting. I can see photos of Sandra Bullock in probably ten other places on the people magazine website, so I just didn’t think a video was necessary. Below are the web addresses of the things I talked about.
Text article with video at the bottom:
After clicking on Link to Other Sandra articles: