And again from the New York Times another very slanted Head Line:
- ON THIS DAY -
On April 30, 1975, the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces.
See This Front Page
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/on-this-day/April-30?th=&emc=tha213&nl=todaysheadlines
Buy This Front Page
http://www.nytstore.com/Front-Page-New-York-Times-Reprint_p_103.html
"Fell to Communist Forces"?? Well most people in the world at the time saw it from the other side of the line. Vietnamese capital of Saigon Liberated by Vietnamese forces.
The following are much funnier and thus slightly suspect as real headlines, however, you get the idea:
Proofreading is a dying art, wouldn't you say?
Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter
This one I caught in the SGV Tribune the other day and called the Editorial Room and asked who wrote this. It took two or three readings before the editor realized that what he was reading was impossible!!! They put in a correction the next day.
I just couldn't help but send this along. Too funny...
Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says
No crap, really? Ya think?
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
Now that's taking things a bit far!
----------------------------------------------------------- Panda Mating Fails; VeterinarianTakes Over
What a guy!
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Miners Refuse to Work after Death
No-good-for-nothing' lazy so-and-so's!
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Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
See if that works any better than a fair trial!
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War Dims Hope for Peace
I can see where it might have that effect!
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If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile
Ya think?!
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Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures
Who would have thought!
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Enfield (London ) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide
They may be on to something!
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Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges
You mean there's something stronger than duct tape?
----------------------------------------------------------
Man Struck By Lightning: Faces Battery Charge
He probably IS the battery charge!
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New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group
Weren't they fat enough?!
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Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft
That's what he gets for eating those beans!
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Kids Make Nutritious Snacks
Do they taste like chicken?
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Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half
Chainsaw Massacre all over again!
*************************************************** Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors
Boy, are they tall!
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And the winner is....
Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
Did I read that right?
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Saturday, April 30, 2011
Here is a very good example of a bad headline. Headlines should catch your attention but also describe as best they can,accurately, what the story is about.
- TECHNOLOGY -
PC Sales Off, Games Buoy Microsoft
A slowdown in personal computer sales at Microsoft was
overshadowed by strong sales of its Kinect and Xbox video
game products.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/29/technology/29microsoft.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha26
As you can see 'a slowdown in personal computer sales at Microsoft' leads. Microsoft does not sell computers, so a slow down of zero is how many sales?? Thinking should be involved in headline writing as well as writing the story itself.
- TECHNOLOGY -
PC Sales Off, Games Buoy Microsoft
A slowdown in personal computer sales at Microsoft was
overshadowed by strong sales of its Kinect and Xbox video
game products.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/29/technology/29microsoft.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha26
As you can see 'a slowdown in personal computer sales at Microsoft' leads. Microsoft does not sell computers, so a slow down of zero is how many sales?? Thinking should be involved in headline writing as well as writing the story itself.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
The news as you see it:Filtering the Social Web to Present News Items
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER
Published: April 24, 2011
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SAN FRANCISCO — News events as varied as the commercial jet landing in the Hudson River and the uprisings in Egypt have demonstrated that people armed with cellphones — not professional reporters — are often the first source of breaking news, uploading Twitter posts, photos and video to the Web. But the result can leave people drowning in too much information.
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Burt Herman, left, and Xavier Damman, the founders of Storify, which opens Monday.
A Web start-up named Storify, which opens to the public Monday, aims to help journalists and others collect and filter all this information.
Using the Storify Web site, people can find and piece together publicly available content from Twitter, Flickr, Facebook, YouTube and other sites. They can also add text and embed the resulting collages of content on their own sites. During a private test period, reporters from The Washington Post, NPR, PBS and other outlets used the service.
Storify, based in San Francisco, is one of several Web start-ups — including Storyful, Tumblr and Color — that are developing ways to help journalists and others sift through the explosion of online content and publish the most relevant information. Investors are also betting there is a market for filtering the social Web for high-quality posts. Khosla Ventures has invested $2 million in Storify.
Even though journalists may not be the first on the scene, they select the most reliable sources, digest loads of information and provide context for events, said Burt Herman, a founder of Storify and a longtime Associated Press reporter.
“We have so many real-time streams now, we’re all drowning,” Mr. Herman said. “So the idea of Storify is to pick out the most important pieces, amplify them and give them context.”
Al Jazeera English introduced a talk show, “The Stream,” which appeared online last week and will be televised in May, that collects perspectives from social media using Storify. A recent item on the fear of Islam in the United States, for instance, included YouTube videos, Twitter posts and paragraphs from essays on Web sites and blogs.
“Storify is essentially our script,” said Ahmed Shihab Eldin, a producer and host of “The Stream.” “We knew we basically needed to capitalize on the reality that the industry is facing, which is that we no longer have exclusivity on sharing and publishing information.”
Andy Carvin, NPR’s one-man encyclopedia on Twitter for the uprisings across the Middle East and northern Africa, first used Storify to cover the shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords, when he realized that the reaction to the event was a story itself.
“It quickly evolved into looking at how people were discussing the media coverage surrounding it and its potential political impact,” said Mr. Carvin, senior strategist on NPR’s social media desk. “There’s a big need for tools that allow people to collect bits of social media context and organize them in some fashion.”
The tools will remain free, but Storify will consider selling ads or charging brands to use the service, said Xavier Damman, a Storify founder. Levi’s and Samsung have already used it for marketing campaigns.
Mr. Herman started Storify with Mr. Damman, who is an engineer. Mr. Herman also founded Hacks/Hackers, a group for journalists and engineers with chapters worldwide.
“We’re really trying to put together computer science plus storytelling and journalism to think creatively about how you can blend the two worlds,” he said.
A version of this article appeared in print on April 25, 2011, on page B4 of the New York edition with the headline: Filtering the Social Web To Present News Items.
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER
Published: April 24, 2011
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SAN FRANCISCO — News events as varied as the commercial jet landing in the Hudson River and the uprisings in Egypt have demonstrated that people armed with cellphones — not professional reporters — are often the first source of breaking news, uploading Twitter posts, photos and video to the Web. But the result can leave people drowning in too much information.
Enlarge This Image
Jim Wilson/The New York Times
Burt Herman, left, and Xavier Damman, the founders of Storify, which opens Monday.
A Web start-up named Storify, which opens to the public Monday, aims to help journalists and others collect and filter all this information.
Using the Storify Web site, people can find and piece together publicly available content from Twitter, Flickr, Facebook, YouTube and other sites. They can also add text and embed the resulting collages of content on their own sites. During a private test period, reporters from The Washington Post, NPR, PBS and other outlets used the service.
Storify, based in San Francisco, is one of several Web start-ups — including Storyful, Tumblr and Color — that are developing ways to help journalists and others sift through the explosion of online content and publish the most relevant information. Investors are also betting there is a market for filtering the social Web for high-quality posts. Khosla Ventures has invested $2 million in Storify.
Even though journalists may not be the first on the scene, they select the most reliable sources, digest loads of information and provide context for events, said Burt Herman, a founder of Storify and a longtime Associated Press reporter.
“We have so many real-time streams now, we’re all drowning,” Mr. Herman said. “So the idea of Storify is to pick out the most important pieces, amplify them and give them context.”
Al Jazeera English introduced a talk show, “The Stream,” which appeared online last week and will be televised in May, that collects perspectives from social media using Storify. A recent item on the fear of Islam in the United States, for instance, included YouTube videos, Twitter posts and paragraphs from essays on Web sites and blogs.
“Storify is essentially our script,” said Ahmed Shihab Eldin, a producer and host of “The Stream.” “We knew we basically needed to capitalize on the reality that the industry is facing, which is that we no longer have exclusivity on sharing and publishing information.”
Andy Carvin, NPR’s one-man encyclopedia on Twitter for the uprisings across the Middle East and northern Africa, first used Storify to cover the shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords, when he realized that the reaction to the event was a story itself.
“It quickly evolved into looking at how people were discussing the media coverage surrounding it and its potential political impact,” said Mr. Carvin, senior strategist on NPR’s social media desk. “There’s a big need for tools that allow people to collect bits of social media context and organize them in some fashion.”
The tools will remain free, but Storify will consider selling ads or charging brands to use the service, said Xavier Damman, a Storify founder. Levi’s and Samsung have already used it for marketing campaigns.
Mr. Herman started Storify with Mr. Damman, who is an engineer. Mr. Herman also founded Hacks/Hackers, a group for journalists and engineers with chapters worldwide.
“We’re really trying to put together computer science plus storytelling and journalism to think creatively about how you can blend the two worlds,” he said.
A version of this article appeared in print on April 25, 2011, on page B4 of the New York edition with the headline: Filtering the Social Web To Present News Items.
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