For Thursday, January 29 & Friday, January 30

Upon reflection, I'm going to continue sending this email out on Mondays and Wednesdays only. So, we just won't have any pop quizzes in Monday classes. 


There's a huge unsupported fact in the lede of this article (see if you can find it):
http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/news/local/father-gunned-down-in-south-rome-no-motive-available-from/article_3c501840-a6b1-11e4-ba0c-ebb2ec6e1795.html

Read this article closely. How is Georgia different than the rest of the nation:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/01/28/ga-killer-executed-despite-claim-he-was-intellectually-disabled/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/01/28/make-no-mistake-michelle-obama-just-made-a-bold-political-statement-in-saudi-arabia/?tid=sm_tw

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/telfair-county-store-owner-says-cobb-couple-stoppe/njyNw/

http://news.yahoo.com/tight-lipped-lynch-steals-show-media-day-001155653--nfl.html

For Tuesday, Jan 27 and Wednesday, Jan. 28

From a former student now working in Redding, Calif.:
http://www.redding.com/news/local-news/cracking-the-shasta-county-escalator-myth_01820959

http://abcnews.go.com/US/man-ticket-driving-eating-cheeseburger/story?id=28326114

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-harassing-and-imprisoning-chinese-working-for-foreign-news-outlets/2015/01/21/3941bdc8-a0e6-11e4-91fc-7dff95a14458_story.html?postshare=6421421920744085

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/01/24/2-atlanta-flights-receive-bomb-threats/22278611/
--> (follow up for discussion in class) http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/01/27/twitter-threats-to-flights/22395967/

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/26/technology/why-apps-for-messaging-are-trending.html?smid=tw-share

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guGvV8LCx7o

Check out this website. Come to class with a story idea worth exploring: http://journalistsresource.org/

For Wednesday, Jan. 21 & Thursday, Jan. 22

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/17/world/middleeast/pentagon-will-send-trainers-to-aid-some-syrian-rebels.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/is-hollywood-on-a-dystopian-movie-binge/
(pay attention to how journalist got his "data")

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/01/17/world/caning-of-saudi-blogger-is-delayed-amid-protests.html?_r=0&referrer

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/01/14/mcdonalds-signs-ad-causes-a-stir/21742137/

http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/news/local/rome-men-now-face-domestic-terrorism-charge/article_9c2bd03e-9512-11e4-bbb8-b73fb9e6e225.html

For January 16, 2015

New news outlet: 
http://www.vox.com/2015/1/11/7527697/ahmed-malek-merabet-eulogy-charlie-hebdo
(Note the embedded links -- be ready to talk about those.)

 Is this journalism? https://storify.com/tometty/staunch-defenders-of-free-press-attend-solidarity

http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/saudi-whipping

http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional/blacks-whites-starkly-divided-on-police-conduct-po/njmY2/

http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/news/local/former-miami-dolphins-player-swims-9-miles-after-f/njmgW/

Fall 2014 students, feel free to unsubscribe

Just a heads up -- I'm about to fire up this blog again. So, you may want to unsubscribe from this feed. (Should be an unsubscribe link at the bottom of the email.) Unless you just want to keep up with the latest events and cool journalism!

As a parting gift, let me leave you with a fun video:

THERE IS NO VIDEO -- AND NOBODY EVEN MENTIONED IT! Bummer.


 Have a great semester!