What is the difference between broadsheet and tabloid newspapers?
The most obvious difference between broadsheet and tabloid newspapers is that a broadsheet newspaper is larger and wider than a tabloid newspaper. Another difference is the type of language used by them. The language used by a broadsheet newspaper is generally more formal than a tabloid newspaper. An example would be that a broadsheet newspaper can call someone a police officer and a tabloid newspaper would call him a cop instead. Also, there are also differences in their content. Broadsheet newspapers deal with global or local news which really affect people, whereas tabloid newspapers tend to deal with news with less impact like gossips about celebrities or some scandals by certain renowned people.
Does one always deal with more respectable news / produce more professional journalism than the other?
I am not too sure but I believe that it all depends. This is because some newspapers can be biased to some perspectives and thus the news may not be very respectable. However, I feel that broadsheet newspapers produce more professional journalism than the other, as they are dealing with news that has great impacts on the society, whereas the tabloid newspapers only deal with minor news, which doesn't require much professional journalism.
Are there in-between types of newspapers?
Yes, there are in-between types of newspapers. An example would be mypaper whereby it has the size of a tabloid newspaper and publishes like a broadsheet newspaper as it does not have much tabloid journalism.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Story for The Maycomb Tribune
Thursday, August 18, 2011
My thoughts after reading an English book
Well, personally, I don't really like English books as what I perceive about them is that they are usually very lengthy, boring, and difficult to read, which makes me not want to read them, as I am a lazy person. (Thats why I have never ever read any English books this year unless it was compulsory for me to read it) Well, perhaps I was really wrong... This year, I had only read some comics, or read books like To Kill a Mockingbird and The Merchant of Venice as it is compulsory for me to read them. However, just recently, I read a book called "The Village by the Sea" which completely changed my opinions
Well, actually, I had borrowed this book from the library during last term's sabbatical week as it was compulsory for me to find an English book to read during the reading period in that week. So, I went to the library and applied what Ms Huang told us and managed to get this book. Firstly, I went ahead to find books with the author called Anita Desai or Kiran Desai (She once told us about these authors), and I found two books, one by Anita Desai and another by Kiran Desai. Of course I looked at the book that seemed way smaller (The other book had like at least a few times its thickness) first.. I flipped to some random pages and read it (We were told to do that). There were some words which I didn't understand after flipping a few pages, and the story looks rather simple, and so I borrowed it.
After I borrowed it, I read it during the reading periods. As I am an extremely slow reader, I barely managed to finish reading almost half of the book after reading it for about 2 hours (Each reading period was roughly from 7.40 am to 8.20 am, I forgot to bring a book on Monday and brought The Merchant of Venice (I couldn't understand any part of it at that time) on Tuesday).
Well, I forgot to finish reading the book later on and forgot to return it as well. When, I came back to school for the first time during the holidays, I forgot to bring the book, and the library was closed the second time I came back to school due to some meeting. I finally remembered to return it on the first week of school this term, and was fined $1.80. Well, I suddenly thought about the book about two weeks ago and decided to borrow it again, and finish reading it. Well, honestly speaking, I found it quite interesting the second time I read it. Perhaps I should change my attitude from now on and start reading books to improve my English.
Well, actually, I had borrowed this book from the library during last term's sabbatical week as it was compulsory for me to find an English book to read during the reading period in that week. So, I went to the library and applied what Ms Huang told us and managed to get this book. Firstly, I went ahead to find books with the author called Anita Desai or Kiran Desai (She once told us about these authors), and I found two books, one by Anita Desai and another by Kiran Desai. Of course I looked at the book that seemed way smaller (The other book had like at least a few times its thickness) first.. I flipped to some random pages and read it (We were told to do that). There were some words which I didn't understand after flipping a few pages, and the story looks rather simple, and so I borrowed it.
After I borrowed it, I read it during the reading periods. As I am an extremely slow reader, I barely managed to finish reading almost half of the book after reading it for about 2 hours (Each reading period was roughly from 7.40 am to 8.20 am, I forgot to bring a book on Monday and brought The Merchant of Venice (I couldn't understand any part of it at that time) on Tuesday).
Well, I forgot to finish reading the book later on and forgot to return it as well. When, I came back to school for the first time during the holidays, I forgot to bring the book, and the library was closed the second time I came back to school due to some meeting. I finally remembered to return it on the first week of school this term, and was fined $1.80. Well, I suddenly thought about the book about two weeks ago and decided to borrow it again, and finish reading it. Well, honestly speaking, I found it quite interesting the second time I read it. Perhaps I should change my attitude from now on and start reading books to improve my English.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Facebook Pages for Characters from Merchant of Venice
Disclaimer: These characters are fictional, and has been done as part of a school assignment.
Antonio: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Antonio/186627088069170?sk=wall
Bassanio: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bassanio/233329846711795?sk=wall
Shylock: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shylock/133842006708272?sk=wall
Antonio: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Antonio/186627088069170?sk=wall
Bassanio: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bassanio/233329846711795?sk=wall
Shylock: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shylock/133842006708272?sk=wall
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Online Lesson (Term 2, Week 5): A personal response to War
Task 1: Descriptive Paragraph
The war had come to a halt. Many soldiers were left behind on the battlefield, leaving them on their own, even though some parts of their bodies were amputated. The sound of soldiers groaning in agony could be heard everywhere and the thick scent of blood was everywhere. One could feel excruciating pain on different parts of their body, and some were so tired out that they couldn't even lift their heavy guns and push it aside.
Task 2: Diary Entry
A day in the life of World War II
It has been quite some time ever since we had gone to war. We have been told all this is for the sake of our comrades who have sacrificed in World War I. This is also because our economy was falling apart due to the fact that we had to pay heavy reparations to the victors in World War I. Our Nazi leader, Adolt Hitler, was previously in World War I, and was eager for revenge. Well, we had learnt our lessons from World War I and have been improving ever since our defeat in World War I, and we are ready for the World War II. We are always being told that the war would soon be over, but I guess it hasn't ended even after many years now. Its going to be another day with more wars to fight, and we have to be constantly ready in case of enemy ambushes. We are constantly living in fear, because we may lose our lives anytime soon.
The war had come to a halt. Many soldiers were left behind on the battlefield, leaving them on their own, even though some parts of their bodies were amputated. The sound of soldiers groaning in agony could be heard everywhere and the thick scent of blood was everywhere. One could feel excruciating pain on different parts of their body, and some were so tired out that they couldn't even lift their heavy guns and push it aside.
Task 2: Diary Entry
A day in the life of World War II
It has been quite some time ever since we had gone to war. We have been told all this is for the sake of our comrades who have sacrificed in World War I. This is also because our economy was falling apart due to the fact that we had to pay heavy reparations to the victors in World War I. Our Nazi leader, Adolt Hitler, was previously in World War I, and was eager for revenge. Well, we had learnt our lessons from World War I and have been improving ever since our defeat in World War I, and we are ready for the World War II. We are always being told that the war would soon be over, but I guess it hasn't ended even after many years now. Its going to be another day with more wars to fight, and we have to be constantly ready in case of enemy ambushes. We are constantly living in fear, because we may lose our lives anytime soon.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
'Anyone is guilty who watches this and does nothing'.
'Anyone is guilty who watches this and does nothing'. Have you ever reflected on this phrase before? What have you done when you have seen people being discriminated against? What more can you do the next time you witness discrimination taking place? I certainly hope you would reflect on this phrase, because anyone, including you, could face discrimination yourself, in your lives, somewhere, somehow. Perhaps you haven't faced such issues before yet, but you will certainly face situations whereby there is discrimination soon.
I have personally witnessed a sad event before, and it was happened rather recently. It just happened last year. If you had read my previous blog posts, you would know that I have had a classmate that was discriminated again last year, and you would come to realise that I have been learning about about prejudication and discrimination in my Language Arts lessons this year. Yes, I am mainly learning about racial discrimination now, but I certainly feel that such a form of discrimination would hardly occur now, for theres no longer any racial segregations, and theres hardly any racism going on right now.
I wouldn't emphasise on my past experiences now, but my point is that, watching discrimination and doing nothing is wrong. Perhaps you are indifferent to discrimination, perhaps you are afraid of not being with the crowd, or perhaps you support the discrimination of certain people; but it all lies down to one thing. Those being discriminated against are suffering, and you are merely watching. Have you ever though about how it feels like to be discriminated against? Have you ever been discriminated before? Think about it. Of course, my answer for both these questions are yes.
Well, if you are really indifferent to discrimination, or if you support it, I am pretty sure what I say here wouldn't affect you. If you are afraid of not being with the crowd, I don't know what to say. Personally, I feel that you shouldn't be afraid of that! I mean, this is kind of laughable. If say, there was a certain question in a certain test whereby everyone has gotten it wrong except for you, would you be afraid of that? No! Yes. This is how I feel now. Even so, I had previously attempted to help others when they are being discriminated against, but I stopped helping them soon later. I always backed out in the end thinking that I would be on the losing end later on, whereby I wouldn''t salvage the situation and I would have wasted my effort.
But, now, I am pretty sure that I would help others when they are being discriminated against throughout. I wouldn't want to make the same mistake as I had previously. I had forgotten all about my classmate last year soon later. I am sure I could have helped him in his studies and everything, but I didn't. All I did was to tell him not to feel sad and to revise for his next tests when he scored badly for his tests. Of course, doing this was enough, because this was better than discriminating him. I certainly hope YOU would kindly stop discriminating against others if you are doing so currently, and also that you would feel free to help those being discrimated against a little, even if it seems like it wouldn't make a difference.
I have personally witnessed a sad event before, and it was happened rather recently. It just happened last year. If you had read my previous blog posts, you would know that I have had a classmate that was discriminated again last year, and you would come to realise that I have been learning about about prejudication and discrimination in my Language Arts lessons this year. Yes, I am mainly learning about racial discrimination now, but I certainly feel that such a form of discrimination would hardly occur now, for theres no longer any racial segregations, and theres hardly any racism going on right now.
I wouldn't emphasise on my past experiences now, but my point is that, watching discrimination and doing nothing is wrong. Perhaps you are indifferent to discrimination, perhaps you are afraid of not being with the crowd, or perhaps you support the discrimination of certain people; but it all lies down to one thing. Those being discriminated against are suffering, and you are merely watching. Have you ever though about how it feels like to be discriminated against? Have you ever been discriminated before? Think about it. Of course, my answer for both these questions are yes.
Well, if you are really indifferent to discrimination, or if you support it, I am pretty sure what I say here wouldn't affect you. If you are afraid of not being with the crowd, I don't know what to say. Personally, I feel that you shouldn't be afraid of that! I mean, this is kind of laughable. If say, there was a certain question in a certain test whereby everyone has gotten it wrong except for you, would you be afraid of that? No! Yes. This is how I feel now. Even so, I had previously attempted to help others when they are being discriminated against, but I stopped helping them soon later. I always backed out in the end thinking that I would be on the losing end later on, whereby I wouldn''t salvage the situation and I would have wasted my effort.
But, now, I am pretty sure that I would help others when they are being discriminated against throughout. I wouldn't want to make the same mistake as I had previously. I had forgotten all about my classmate last year soon later. I am sure I could have helped him in his studies and everything, but I didn't. All I did was to tell him not to feel sad and to revise for his next tests when he scored badly for his tests. Of course, doing this was enough, because this was better than discriminating him. I certainly hope YOU would kindly stop discriminating against others if you are doing so currently, and also that you would feel free to help those being discrimated against a little, even if it seems like it wouldn't make a difference.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Mississippi Burning: Prejudice and Tolerance
I had viewed the movie Mississippi Burning (1988) quite recently, and I pretty much liked the movie. I feel that the movie's main emphasis is on prejudice and tolerance, and this is because the Whites had prejudice against the Blacks, and because the Blacks had tolerated all the Whites had done to them without responding in any way. Let me explain further by giving an overview of the story.
The movie is basically about two FBI agents investigating the murder of three civil rights activists, and this leads them to Mississippi, a place whereby racial segregation takes place, and they face many difficulties in their investigation as there was a conspiracy of silence among Mississippi's state and the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). KKK is basically an organisation that has prejudice against the Blacks and feels that their lands belongs to only the Whites themselves, but not to the Blacks, and they had been intimidating and lynching the Blacks in Mississippi. The racial segregation in Mississippi was depicted rather obviously as seen by the difference in the water fountains the Whites and the Blacks drink from, and the seperation of the Blacks from the Whites in restaurants.
The Blacks have suffered alot due to the prejudice, and had developed tolerance towards the Whites' behaviour, especially the KKK's actions, and they do not respond or react to their actions, for fear of being tortured even more. This was the sole reason why the FBI agents had difficulties investigating the murder case, as neither the Blacks nor the Whites were willing to talk to them about what had happened to the three civil rights activists.
I like this movie because of its plot which flows nicely, from the depiction of the prejudication through racial segregation and the demonstrations of what KKK does to Blacks who talk to the FBI agents (Beating them up), to the gathering of evidence by the FBI agents by applying violence back to the KKK members, then eventually get to the truth of the murder case, and finally jailing many of the KKK members. I like this movie also because there was a contrast in the two FBI agents' style of gathering evidence, and the movie shown that going by the books wasn't a way to solve cases involving racism, and unorthodox methods like applying violence had to be used to gather evidence.
The movie is basically about two FBI agents investigating the murder of three civil rights activists, and this leads them to Mississippi, a place whereby racial segregation takes place, and they face many difficulties in their investigation as there was a conspiracy of silence among Mississippi's state and the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). KKK is basically an organisation that has prejudice against the Blacks and feels that their lands belongs to only the Whites themselves, but not to the Blacks, and they had been intimidating and lynching the Blacks in Mississippi. The racial segregation in Mississippi was depicted rather obviously as seen by the difference in the water fountains the Whites and the Blacks drink from, and the seperation of the Blacks from the Whites in restaurants.
The Blacks have suffered alot due to the prejudice, and had developed tolerance towards the Whites' behaviour, especially the KKK's actions, and they do not respond or react to their actions, for fear of being tortured even more. This was the sole reason why the FBI agents had difficulties investigating the murder case, as neither the Blacks nor the Whites were willing to talk to them about what had happened to the three civil rights activists.
I like this movie because of its plot which flows nicely, from the depiction of the prejudication through racial segregation and the demonstrations of what KKK does to Blacks who talk to the FBI agents (Beating them up), to the gathering of evidence by the FBI agents by applying violence back to the KKK members, then eventually get to the truth of the murder case, and finally jailing many of the KKK members. I like this movie also because there was a contrast in the two FBI agents' style of gathering evidence, and the movie shown that going by the books wasn't a way to solve cases involving racism, and unorthodox methods like applying violence had to be used to gather evidence.
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