Summary: Every year Bowie selects a new Teacher of the Year. Five different teachers are nominated for the award based off of teacher evaluations. For the year of 2016 theatre teacher Marco Bazan was selected, for his outstanding instructing and communicating abilities. Marco Bazan was incredibly honored to have won the award. He also gave credit to the other nominees and great teachers throughout Bowie.
Who? Marco Bazan
What? Won 2016 Teacher of the Year
Where? Bowie
When? 2016, announced in 2017
Why? His passion, he is good at instructing, he provides guidance, and is good at communicating with his students.
Who was quoted in this story? Marco Bazan
Strongest quote: "There are so many excellent teachers on this campus, I feel very lucky to work among greatness." - Marco Bazan
This quote was used in the very middle of the paragraph.
In my opinion the sentence was not the most interesting. However, because the story is so short I think many people, like me, will continue reading anyways.
Story2: Peaceful protesters hope to solve long-lasting problems (A7)
Summary: Recently with the inauguration of our new president there has been a lot of talk about equality and rights for all people of all colors and genders. Austin is a city that is very passionate about fighting for what we believe in. There have been many peaceful protests downtown. At this time they are mainly centering around equal treatment and pay of men and women. Protestors ask that everything remains peaceful and that their wishes be granted.
Who? Men and Women of all ages
What? Conducted a peaceful protest
Where? The Austin capital
When? January 21, 2017
Why? To ask for more equality between genders
No one was quoted.
However, the lead sentence did make me want to keep reading.
Story3: Singing her way to the top (B4)
Summary: Every year choir students work on preparing for their annual competitions. This year is particularly special because it is the first time a Bowie student has ever made it to the All-State competition. This student is Bella Cuminato, a junior who has bee moving her way up the ranks since she was a freshman. Her fellow classmates have also been doing really well throughout their competitions, and are extremely happy for Bella's successes.
Who? Junior Bella Cuminato
What? Made it to the choir All-State Competition
Where? From Bowie
When? 2nd semester of her junior year
Why? She has spent lots of time practicing her singing pieces and shows great talent and potential.
There were multiple people quoted, Bella Cuminato, Hannah Cherukuri, and Caitlin Gasco.
I believe that the strongest quote was from Bella Cuminato saying, "I was absolutely inspired by my classmates. There were so many people who I knew were working harder than ever, and being surrounded by talented people gave me a drive to do better" (B4). This quote was found towards the end of the story.
I don't think that the lead sentence was super intriguing, but it definitely was a good lead way into what the story was going to be about.
Photo1: Squad Goals by: Ashley Ramirez (A1)
Critique: I think that if the photo was supposed to be about the whole cheerleading squad that it would have been better to actually include what the whole team, was doing and not just one person. I also think that maybe the photographer should have positioned themselves to where there wasn't an awkward slanted angle. However, as a whole I know that it must be very difficult to shoot at football games and I think his photo turned out very well
Rule of Composition: I see maybe a little bit of background with the black sky
Subject: The cheer team and specifically Jordan Haschke
Lighting: I think that the photo is properly exposed
Shallow or Deep Depth of Field: I don't see any depth of field
Photo2: Jumping Hurdles by: Mia Barbosa (B1)
Critique: I honestly really like this action photo. However, I don't really see any different rules of composition present. I think that if the photographer played around with the rules of composition more this photo could have turned out even better.
Rule of Composition: As I said before I think that it is a really cool action shot but there wasn't really any rules of composition.
Subject: Celeste Hermes and her horse
Lighting: Photo was properly exposed
Shallow or Depth of Field: I can see maybe a little bit of shallow depth of field
Photo3: Plan of Action by: Shelby Papst (B4)
Critique: I cannot tell if it's the photo itself or just the way it ended up printing on the newspaper, but the photo is blurry. I think that maybe if the photographer had chosen a different angle with the natural lighting instead of against it, it may have turned out better.
Rule of Composition: The way that the people are position does create a little bit of symmetry and framing.
Subject: Matthew Humprey and his tech crew
Lighting: The photo doesn't have the best lighting but its good enough to see what's happening.
Shallow or Depth of Field: I do not see any depth of field.
Photo4: A balancing act by: Ashley Ramirez (A8)
Critique: I think that this photo is absolutely amazing. If I were to give any critique it would be on the lighting, it makes the picture look a little bit blurry.
Rule of Composition: I see the rule of thirds in this photo.
Subject: Kate Stubbs
Lighting: The lighting could be a little better but it is technically properly exposed.
Shallow or Depth of Field: I do see a shallow depth of field
Photo5: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun(damental Human Rights) by Reagan Wallace (B8)
Critique: This is probably my favorite photo out of the whole newspaper. I really have no major critiques for it.
Rule of Composition: I see that the photographer used cropping to center in on the subject.
Subject: A feminist
Lighting: The photo is properly exposed
Shallow or Depth of Field: Maybe a little bit of depth of field in the background
As I said in the above section, my favorite photo is "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun(damental) Human Rights)" by Reagan Wallace. I think that the woman who created the poster was very creative. I think as a whole this photo really speaks for all of the story that Reagan was covering. As I mentioned before I did see a bit of cropping that helped focus and center on the subject.
My least favorite photo was probably "Plan of Action" by Shelby Papst. This is simply because the photo was a bit blurry. I also think that the lighting is off. However, it's not a terrible photo it is just that all the other photos in the newspaper were better.
I personally would have also liked to work with Reagan Wallace on the feminist protests downtown. I feel that would have been the most fun to experience. If I'm being honest I also think it would have been the easiest to get good photos for and easiest to write about.
I really like the photography present in this issue of the newspaper. I think that the photographers can work on lighting and focusing a little better. Since most of the photos were action shots I think that it caused the photos to come out just a little bit odd. As a whole however, I can see how hard each of the newspaper staff worked on their own pieces, and it turned out looking very good.
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