Hard News vs Soft News # 5

( Hard News)

"Micheal's essay- Carnage on the streets of Toronto"

http://www.cbc.ca/
This news article in definitely Hard News because it is "up-to-the-minute news and events that require immediate reporting."This article is very important in major City because theres a lot of people being affected by these and some people being hit and killed. Then numbers are rising,In the last five years, more than 150 pedestrians and cyclists have been killed.


( Soft News )
"Justin Timberlake invited back to Super Bowl halftime show"
http://www.cbc.ca/


This news article is Soft News because it falls under entertaining. Justin gets invited back to do the halftime show, this is not that important to some because not everyone knows who he is and it wouldn't be that big of a deal.


(Hard or Soft News)



"Why Trees Aren't Turning Red In Ontario And Quebec This Fall"

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca

This article is an example of both Hard and Soft News because it is important to some because it talks about how bad the environment is getting with global warming, Its hard news to the ones who care about the environment. It is also soft news because some people could care less on what the world is going too.

What Is Newsworthy !? # 4

Timing 4/4
This story has been a talk over the hockey world for these past couple of days. It is the newest news story based on this event of how the Toronto Maple Leafs young star Mitch Marner is skating on the four line in practice and for the game against the red wings

significance 3/4

I think this is a thing that needs to be done until he gets his games back and plays like he has in the pasts

Proximity 3/4

I gave this a 3/4 because this is going on in Toronto, Ontario and I live in Blackville,NB so it doesn't affect me in that way but I like the Leafs and I think it will make him better in the long run.

Prominence 2/4

I gave this a 2/4 because of how it affects his confidence from going from the first line to the four.

Human Interest 4/4

I gave this a 4/4 because there was a lot of people that were talking about this on the interest and the sports news. Its a pretty big deal in Leaf nations.

Final news mark - 16.5 /20
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Timing 4/4
This story has been in the sports talk now for a few days now about would  Alex Galchenyuk of the Montreal Canadians would be a good fit in Pittsburgh if they were to trade him  

 

significance 3/4

I think this is a good post because the Canadians would be trade away one of there high draft picks they got back in 2012 and he's a good player. 

Proximity 3/4

I gave this a 3/4 because this is going on in Montreal,Quebec . and I live in Blackville, NB so it doesn't really affect me all the much. But it would be a big deal for habs fan. 

Prominence 2/4

I gave this a 2/4 because of how it would hard on him to be getting trade away from a team he played for his hole NHL career and to deal with all the talk about it over the last few days. 

Human Interest 4/4

I gave this a 4/4 because there was a lot of people that were talking about this on the sports news and the internet. 


Final news mark - 15/20


http://www.tsn.ca/

Renous Gets A New Rink # 3

The Whiteville Eagles boys hockey team are very excited for the opening of their new rink, The Ville of Whiteville and Souner came to agreement to build a 100 million dollar recreation facility. Its been and 6 year project, and there putting the finishing touches in to it. The new rink is set to open October 25, 2017.

The government of Canada donated 65 million dollars for the construction of the new building. According to local MP Howard Strand the government is very pleased to contribute to the construction of this facility.

"The rink and locker room is awesome,"says team captain Aaron Windows, "can't wait to get training camp started and get on the ice with a new group of guys with a new building."

"It's a well needed project that we are happy to have,"says rink manger Bob Bell," cant wait to get the doors open and the sits full."

Home Opener date is set for November 5, 2017.

journal #2

This story is about Edmonton Oilers superstar captain Connor McDavid and The Toronto Leafs, Austin Matthews about there teams and the way there season will go." McDavid said. "We're very lucky that way that we have a lot of young faces in Edmonton, as well as a good mix of ols der guythat have played and been around the league. Yes I think that the heading of the story catches your attention. It uses the best players in the NHL's name as the heading and that's what we look for as hockey fans and players is the big name players and stories about them.The ending is good because it's all the players talking about how there last season went, and what there looking forward to for this year coming up. 

.http://www.tsn.ca/oilers-maple-leafs-lead-nhl-s-canadian-revival-1.872355

This article is about Arizona Coyotes forward Max Domi called for stricter immigration controls on Sunday in the wake of a violent attack in Edmonton.Really hope everyone in Edmonton is ok. We're behind you. This is why we have to be aware of some of the people we let into our country," said Domi, who added an emoji of a Canadian flag. This heading jumps out at you because it states about an attack in Edmonton and proffesional hockey players talking about the topic. They ended the article with a quoatation what Max said Do you care if anyone comes into our country and causes harm to our friends and family. Seriously. Let's have a conversation about this."

http://www.tsn.ca/coyotes-domi-calls-for-stricter-immigration-controls-1.872565