Explain how the story engages you, the reader. When I, as a reader, start scrolling to read the story, my attention was captured by the maps used to focus on the location the incident was at and security camera footage used in this story as it sets the scene and provides credibility to the story. …
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Tutorial 8: Transcribing by Charmin and Chloe Ong
Topic: Consequence and impact(Punishment and talking about the incident)Do you know prior punishment for the harasser? What do you think NUS did wrong regarding the punishment? Do you think NUS should have had a set of rules for sexual assault cases in the first place? Now, NUS has a new set of laws. What do you think of the current …
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Tutorial 7 : Writing Drills
Neo Ghim Huah/Amos Yee Neo Ghim Huah pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three weeks’ in jail in State Courts on May 23. Neo Ghim Huah, 49 had slapped Amos Yee, a controversial figure in Singapore, when he was walking towards State Courts on April 11 2017. In sentencing this case, the District Judge Ronald …
Tutorial 6: Finding the news point by Charmin and Chloe Ong
SIA: Is this newsworthy? Why? (Explain yourself using news values, editorial judgement and audience wants/needs) Yes. It has eminence and prominence as well as consequence and impact. SIA is prominent in Singapore because it is one of the prides in SG and has been called “the best airline”. The audience would need this story because it informs …
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Tutorial 5 : The right angle and Sourcing for information
Identify the 5Ws and 1H Who: Amos Yee and Neo Gim Huah Where: State Courts What: Neo Gim Huah pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three weeks to jail When: May 23 2017 Why : The judge wanted to make an example of him to show that any form of “vigilantism” will result in severe …
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Tutorial 2 : Multimedia Elements by Charmin
What do you think is the purpose of including other multimedia elements in the online story? They use multi-media elements in the story to inform people about the shooter’s location and to express the fear of the victims. They showed a picture of the location of how close the hotel was to the concert and …
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Tutorial 2: Vegas Shooting by Charmin and Hain eu (partner)
What type of news would you classify this as ? Is it hard, spot or soft? Hard and spot Why is this story important to readers? What news criteria can it fulfil? This story is important because there have a lot of mass shootings that happened and this has been quoted as the “deadliest mass …
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