List of Professional Goals
1.  Create a new section on the online site that will attract an audience
2.  Write at least 3 stories that will end up online or in print.
3.  Shoot, edit and produce at least 5 video news segments
4.  Create a blog on the online site that will attract an audience
5.  Follow one particular story [...]

PRIOR
Please talk with your supervisor about projects for portfolio and resume reel (broadcast, broadcast news students) during interview process. Ensure that your supervisor provides internship director with a list of your assigned duties, as requested when your registration form is submitted.
Research and provide a 2 page report on the organization. Include the history. (i.e. MTV [...]

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The place that I am doing my summer internship is the Burlington Times-News, located in Burlington, North Carolina.  The Times-News is a newspaper that is circulated daily, mainly throughout Alamance County.  It has an average circulation of around 27,000 people and continues to grow today thanks to new subscription methods and the development of the on-line [...]

Residents of Burlington speak about President-elect Barack Obama’s upcoming inaugural address

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” – John F. Kennedy
“We can and will resolve the problems which now confront us.
And after all, why shouldn’t we believe that? We are Americans.”- Ronald [...]

Math Tools for Journalists- Chapters 9-12

By Daniel Temple
This chapter talks about area measurements and the ways in which you calculate and express measurements.  It begins by talking about how there are two ways in to explain measurements, through analogies such as “The casino is the size of a football field,” (Wickham, p. 133) and through simple, accurate numbers.  The chapter [...]

Skids: A local business that has stood the test of time with good fun, great food and a home style atmosphere

By Daniel Temple

One breakfast platter: $3.95.  A Skid’s Special Cheeseburger: $4.65.  A local family style restaurant with over 50 years of history?  Priceless. 
                As Alamance County continues to grow, new restaurants from popular franchises are springing up seemingly every other day.  The recently developed Alamance Crossing features new and hip places to dine such [...]

Morning News Blog

Tolerance Level

A look at the recent alcohol related policies and how they’re affecting the Elon community
 
By Daniel Temple
The cold night air penetrates through my multiple layers of clothing, as I stand shivering outside the Elon Police Department.  It’s Friday night, and I’m about to spend the next 3 hours riding along with a member of the [...]

Math Tools for Journalists Chapters 5-8

Chapters 5-8
 
 
            This chapter deals with business and some of the numbers one might see when dealing with business reporting.  Some of the kinds of business reporting that you usually see include; press releases, quarterly earnings reports and annual reports.
            6.1- Financial Statements
            Financial statements, as defined by Wickham, are formal documents available to shareholders, [...]

Micro-blogging, the Internet’s newest craze, doesn’t leave everyone a-Twitter

By Daniel Temple
 
            11/21/08- It seems these days we just can’t get things fast enough.  Five minutes for fast food?  Too slow.  Six minutes to write an email? Gotta be faster than that.  Seven minutes to connect to the web and read the news? Pshh, please. 
            That’s where micro-blogging and Twitter come into the picture.  Founded in [...]