Student Journalists at Miami Beach Senior High
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Andy Weiss
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- Miami Beach, FL
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Op-Ed Contributor: Oh, No! Kevin’s Back!
If it’s Christmas, it must be time for my conservative brother to take over my column and turn it a blazing shade of red.Months to Live: Hard Choice for a Comfortable Death: Sedation
Inducing sleep with drugs near the end of life is a widely used treatment even as it vexes families and doctors.His Specialty? Making Old New York Talk in Dutch
Charles T. Gehring translates 17th-century records that provide renewed appreciation for New Netherland, the colony that sowed the seeds for New York’s ascendance.Passengers’ Quick Action Halted Attack
Despite the billions spent on counterterrorism efforts since 2001, something simpler averted disaster on a Christmas Day flight.Editorial: The Next Step on Health Reform
It will take great political will to fuse the Senate’s health care reform bill with the more expansive reform approved by the House and enact a final version.Elite U.S. Force Expanding Hunt in Afghanistan
Secretive branches of the military’s Special Operations forces have increased counterterrorism missions against some of the most lethal groups.Kim Peek, Inspiration for ‘Rain Man,’ Dies at 58
Mr. Peek inspired the film that shed a humane light on the travails of autism while revealing the extraordinary powers of memory that a few mentally disabled people possess.Digital Domain: Sorry, Shoppers, but Why Can’t Amazon Collect More Tax?
At a time when many governments could use more revenue, Amazon.com must collect sales taxes in only five states.Prototype: Seeing Customers as Partners in Invention
Companies are increasingly using face-to-face interaction to involve their customers in the innovation process.Op-Ed Contributor: To Save the Planet, Save the Seas
Taking advantage of ocean habitats needs to be part of the agenda to curb climate change.Andy Weiss's Page
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- Wordpress Blog
- http://weissjournalism1.wordpress.com
- Hometown
- Parsippany, NJ
- Things I read for information
- Atlantic Monthly, Rolling Stone, New York Times, Miami Herald, Miami New Times, SunPost, Slate Magazine
- Journalism experience (if any)
- Freelance writer, Journalism teacher
- Hobbies / Interests
- karaoke, SCUBA, international travel, skiing, photography, guitar, literary nonfiction
- Qualities I believe describe a good student
- respectful, enthusiastic, reliable, focused, independent, helpful
- Qualities I believe describe a good teacher
- respectful, knowledgable, competent, enthusiastic, caring, communicative
- Qualities I believe describe a good parent
- respectful, supportive, open-minded, communicative, helpful
- Reasons I want [my child] to study Journalism
- Journalists are given access to people, places and things the normal person would ordinarily never see.
- School-related extracurricular activites (students)
- Scholars Academy, The Beachcomber, SCUBA Club
- Favorite authors
- Kurt Vonnegut, Voltaire, John Kennedy Toole, Tom Wolfe, Jared Diamond, Daniel Quinn, Hunter Thompson
- Favoritie musicians
- The Beatles, James Brown, Beck, Mutantes, Tom Petty, Common, The Clash, Sublime, Cake, Mano Negra, Outkast, Willie Nelson
- Favorite quote
- "Journalism is the first rough draft of history" - Philip Graham
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because you make a great 60-year old woman
Thanks.
I apologize for the inconvenience, but after receiving our section assignments during journalism today, Patrick and I would like to propose a switch:
Patrick is currently assigned to the features section, but he has a great preference for opinion, which is his strongest style.
I am currently assigned to opinion, but I exponentially prefer news writing and would be best able to contribute to the paper by writing for that section. In fact, ever since writing our news articles, I have eagerly awaited the opportunity to write more. I know that I managed to earn an ‘A’ on my opinion article earlier this year, but I really struggled with it.
Gwendolyn is currently assigned to news, and though she was not in class today, her friend Alice indicated that, as she has not yet begun work on news, she would probably not mind switching.
We hope that Patrick can first switch sections with Gwendolyn, and then switch with me. This would leave him assigned to the opinion section, me assigned to the news section, and Gwendolyn assigned to features.
We understand that it is important to have strong writers in all sections of the paper, and we hope that this switch satisfies all of the editors involved. If you have a better suggestion, we’d be happy to discuss it. And, of course, if it is not possible to make the changes, we will all do our best with our current assignments.
Thanks a million!
-Nadine
im not feeling very well.
i posted the economic crisis article, and i have some last edits to the editorial.
anything else i need to work on?
anything i should have done by friday?
let me know!
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