http://blogs.bsudailynews.com The blog of The Ball State Daily News Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:35:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Racism has been a buzzword around Ball State University's campus this year. From people yelling racial remarks out of cars to the many, many events the university and other organizations have sponsored, racism has been a major topic of dicussion. Less than a month ago, a group of about 75 Ball State ... http://blogs.bsudailynews.com/25/the-spin-on-racism/ When I walk into Student Government Association’s Student Senate every week I usually do not know what I will be writing about in the paper the next day. The article usually involves legislation or issues brought up in the meeting. But sometimes, how something happens is more of a story ... http://blogs.bsudailynews.com/30/how-not-what/ Each day, the staff of the Daily News tries to have a package story prepared to fill the main news hole on page one. (That would be the big story in the middle of the front page.) We have planning meetings once a week, along with other smaller group meetings ... http://blogs.bsudailynews.com/21/switching-package-stories/ Who decides what is the most important element in a story? In journalism classes, we learn about six news values that should be included in a news story (not all of them must be present). Timeliness- Did it happen recently? or When will it happen? Proximity- Did it occur somewhere readers can easily ... http://blogs.bsudailynews.com/26/news-values/