Mary Kerr Winters – Blog Post 3

2 Questions from New Precision Journalism:

• “In a simpler world, journalism programs that ignored journalism might have been justified. In the information society, the needs are more complex.” (Ch. 1) If the modern “news” stories that we publish today are not technically “news” because they are considered self-interest and politically bias then how are we to find stories that are interesting and exciting to our readers?
• What makes up a “base” when comparing percentages? This part confused me in chapter 2.

What I liked about New Precision Journalism:

• I did like how it clearly shows how to complete all of the equations and it clearly explains how journalism has radically changed over the years.

Class Matters:

• Yes I do buy the NY Times argument about the importance of class in the modern debate about income inequality because it is prevalent into today’s society the divide between social classes.

Interviews: (have not constructed an interview with them yet, however, we had a long conversation that looks like its on the road to an interview) 

• Fide- C.C. Cleaning Services at Kappa Kappa Gamma
  1. We did not discuss much, however, our conversation was entirely in Spanish.
  2. They speak little English
  3. Believes no one wants to talk to them in Kappa so they just don’t try, but the second I started talking to her in Spanish she could not stop!
  4. Says they work very hard and it is difficult for her daughter at FHS to get scholarships to come to college next year.
  5. From Mexico
• Imarble

Minimum Wage, Statewide Poverty, and Single Female Impoverished Households Data: