Essay 4

I really enjoyed reading this essay and I like how it start out by talking about this small town and how this Star had contributed to the community of this town. It was interesting to read how this Star become there connection to the outside world and how they depend on that information and began to learn about things in there own community. I grew up in a small town in a big city. Growing up in La Jolla, I feel you get that same small town feel but can always get away to the big city of San Diego. I dont know what it would be like for me to live in a small town that had no real connection to the outside world
I really liked this quote from the essay, it really shows the descriptive qualities of the author.” change was like water and it wears at a jagged rock called the past to smooth it out until it eventually disappears and rolls with the current. But even as it is smoothed, it shifts the direction of the water, affecting the future.”

chapters,7/8

Chapter 7 started off talking about the inverted pyramid and it was interesting to see how you lay out your information in an article. In my mind i thought you had to start with an interesting story or a attention getter, but in a news story you have to put out the facts first. If the story you are reporting is interesting I think that is what will keep your reader interested in the rest of the article.
Chapter 8 focused on how to be correct in your writing a news story. I enjoyed reading the part about how to foreshadow in a story. This a way to keep the reader engaged in the story. The author goes on to say there is more to a story than you would think the story should make you want to find out what that is. Like the book says "read on; the story gets even better."