This video had different shot ideas for photos. I liked how he used, ” get the action and don’t forget the reaction”. For locator shots, he used street signs. He focused in on different things, depending on where he was. His different angles told something specific about each locations. His choppy cuts made the story interesting. I would suggest less “random” shots (i.e. the leaf, the yellow tape, etc), not to be taken out completely, just fewer of them. Overall, I like it vert much.

This webinar was very informative and had many different facts that I didn’t know about. Yes, you can use the basic “Google search” and for the most part, it’s fine for the common consumer. But, if you are a journalist and want the truth, you will dig deeper. The meta data is useful (not always though, especially for debunking), checking pictures put on page (i.e. if it says abc news, but it’s not even the right logo) because people can put whatever they want on their website with photoshop and other applications. Advanced investigators slow down videos to check if those are real. TweetDeck and TreeVerse are also a useful source. Using Google Earth to check location is also very good, approx. every 5 years they update their photos. Map checking is a very cool tool, it estimates about how many people can fit in a specific area.

ANN ARBOR — A very popular West Michigan-based restaurant chain is expanding into Ann Arbor.

Anna’s House is a family-owned and award-winning breakfast and lunch restaurant based in West Michigan. The vibrant eatery is known for its Twilight French toast, topped with a crème brulee sauce and fresh berries.

Anna’s House new Ann Arbor location is on the south side at 445 E. Eisenhower in Concord Center, which was formerly Max and Erma’s. It is expected to open sometime between March and April of 2019.

The restaurant also has several locations in Michigan; Farmington Hills, Grandville, Holland, Westland,Kalamazoo, and also two restaurants in Grand Rapids.

Its hours are set to be from 6 a.m. until 3 p.m. daily (Thanksgiving and Christmas Day excluded). Their food is said to be beyond the basics, veering off into adventurous and delicious new territory.

Their decor and music is set for a retro 1950s- 1960s era. The Ann Arbor location was designed by Tylor Devereaux, and features artwork throughout the space, including a giant, Michigan-themed mural depicting the Big House.

It will seat nearly 200 people, and it includes a U-shaped breakfast bar. Renovations cost about $1 million, said Evan Pazkowski, strategic marketing director.  

“We never want to compete with any of the mom and pop shops, so we like to position ourselves close to malls or shopping centers,” said Pazkowski, “We don’t want to take money away from the community or take business away. We just want to be integrated.”

Diana Sav, a Anna’s House customer and enthusiast, said, “ I cannot wait until this closer location has opened up. I’ve been going to the one all the way in Westland, because I just love their food and atmosphere so much! If I could work there I would definitely try my best to get a job there!”

Anna’s House in Ann Arbor is hiring 50 to 60 employees. Cooks will be paid up to $15 an hour and servers can make up to $20 an hour. Contact Rebecca Miller at rebecca@annashouseus.com or call 616-915-7032 for more job information.

How do you filter your news feed? That is the first step to confirming and securing that one will not become burned out or have a news overload. Depending on the site, many have filters built into their search engines. Not only that, there are specific sites and programs that help you do that as well.  

To connect, when reading a journalistic article, there are certain things that you must pay attention to; source (news site and author), subject, credibility, and relevancy. Those are all important aspects because they all factor into the paper that is being written. For example, would you trust a journalistic medical essay written by a lawyer, or vice versa? You also want to pay attention of the article is relevant to you and how it affects you.

You may ask the question, “how do I know if I’m overloaded?” The answer to some may be quite simple. You’ll feel it in your mind, for some their heads may pound, their opinion and thoughts may not make sense to themselves, or they just may not what to do the work/reading anymore.

Receiving multiple sources and papers can become extremely overwhelming, and it is hard to find a balance of staying informed and not becoming burned out. For many, that is something very hard to do. One easy way of doing that is by just taking a step back every once and awhile and rejuvenate your mind by doing other wholesome things. Not overloading oneself everyday is also something to consider; for example, just reading about one story per day or reading from a different news article everyday, etc.

Moving on, there are many positives about having so many available news sites within one’s reach. One of the biggest is that a person can have so many sources and perspectives, they can cover every angle of the story! For example, if one is writing a political paper, they are able to grab sources from CNN (mainly democratic) and Fox News (mainly Republican) to make sure they receive information from both sides in their point of view. Not only that, another positive thing about all the news sources, when being a consumer/reader, you are able to have all the sources with possibly different information and you can have the option of not becoming biased.

In an article, headlines can do two things– one, attract your attention, and two, just take you to a particular place you want to see. For me personally, I find that a headline always catches my attention, whether I go into a journalist paper with a purpose or not. That’s the point of a headline, to catch the reader and draw them into their paper.

To conclude, since there is, as some would call, a “barrage of information” in today’s day and age, it can both help and hurt the field of journalism. An obvious way that it would help is that since journalists have every single news source right at their fingertips, they are able to expand on their articles and get it from every single side. But with that also comes the fact that since they are able to cover every single side, they may become sidetracked, biased, overwhelmed, or miss the original intent of their story.

Freezing temperatures on Wednesday and Thursday, Jan 29 & 30, set new records for Detroit area, according to the National Weather Service. Alex Manion, meteorologist at NWS White Lake Office, said the Detroit area’s coldest recorded low temperature for Jan. 30 was in 1951 at minus 4. Manion said the forecast low for the Detroit area Wednesday is around minus 15.

Many were affected by this Polar Vortex, specifically schools, such as Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI. Upon seeing the cold weather about to hit the city, WCC cancelled school both Tuesday and Wednesday, like many schools in the area.

Tabitha Filimon, 19, a WCC student, said “ my car wouldn’t even start due to the weather being so cold, not that it really mattered since my driveway was so icy and had a layer of snow to top it off, I wouldn’t be able to leave for school had I wanted to or not!”

But the weather did not only affect the things outside. Students were having problems in their homes as well.

Andrew Gherasim, 17, a WCC student, stated that he was unable to get to school on Thursday morning, even though it was open, due to his doors freezing him and his family inside their home from the previous two days of cold.

Manion stated that even though Tuesday and Wednesday were the only days to hit record breaking temperatures, the days to follow would be affected by the previous cold. Gherasim is the perfect example of that. Students should be wary when walking around campus in the days that follow, making sure that they dress appropriately for the weather.

Another WCC student, Salome Buzguta,16, said, “ Even though I love school, I was so thankful that classes were cancelled so that I wouldn’t have to brave the cold weather for my education.”