tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63257016718229384972024-03-12T20:59:00.021-07:00Minority Journalism Workshop 2010Katelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134831901604976102noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325701671822938497.post-24210337715055503662010-07-08T13:42:00.001-07:002010-07-08T13:46:21.348-07:00Print edition<a href="http://www.roanoke.com/extra/wb/252699">Here's the story</a> workshop participants AmberLynn Anderson and Victoria Liu wrote for the Roanoke Times. <br /><br />The story ran in the Extra section on July 7.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Workshop introduces students to journalism</span><br /><br /> Writing stories, taking notes, listening to others and building character. Those are just some of the many things participants did during The Roanoke Times' annual Minority Journalism Workshop.<br /> From June 20 to 25, a group of eight Roanoke and New River valley high school students worked closely together. They learned the ropes of journalism from professors at Washington and Lee University, and by speaking with Roanoke Times reporters and editors.<br /> They also observed a court case, visited Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital and participated in writing exercises.<br /> The program began in 1983 under then-president and publisher Walter Rugaber. He founded the program based on a similar one at the Greensboro News & Record, one of the company's sister papers, in Greensboro, N.C.<br /> Debbie Meade, current president and publisher of The Roanoke Times, said that the workshop is a way to encourage young people, especially of color, to get a look at journalism firsthand.<br /> This year's students were from many different backgrounds. Ethnicity is not the only diversity factor considered in the application process; the program aims to include students with differences in other life experiences.<br /> Though not every participant this year wants to become a journalist, the students do have career goals, including engineering and psychiatry.<br /> Journalism gives students the opportunity to uncover the truth while meeting people in new places, which can be exciting, students said.<br /> "There's always going to be news," said Todd Jackson, a Roanoke Times metro editor. "There's always something new and something in the community that other people need to know about."<br /> Every year, the workshop is organized by a volunteer committee of news staffers. The program is free for participating students, and includes lunches and necessary transportation as well.<br /> To see a blog about what the group did this year, visit www.roanoke.com/mjw. For more information, call Kathy Lu, workshop coordinator, at 981-3224. <br /><br />More information about the program and participants is in <a href="http://blogs.roanoke.com/newsroom/2010/07/07/2010-minority-journalism-workshop-a-success/">this post on the From the Newsroom blog.</a>Katelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134831901604976102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325701671822938497.post-42767817517421067582010-06-28T17:00:00.000-07:002010-06-28T15:03:14.154-07:00Finale<object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12844887&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12844887&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/12844887">MJW end of the week</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3921993">Katelyn Polantz</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br />To the students:<br />Thanks for a great week, and congratulations! <br /><br />We loved getting to know you, and everyone brought something special to the group. <br /><br />You're talented, smart and learn fast. Even if you don't choose to go into journalism, we hope you learned things this week that will help you pursue your careers. <br /><br />Good luck in finishing high school and into college. Please keep in touch with us; we would love to help you in the future.<br />--Jorge and KatelynKatelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134831901604976102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325701671822938497.post-1528437006137728792010-06-28T13:10:00.000-07:002010-06-28T14:43:27.709-07:00Hospital article: Technology<span style="font-style:italic;">The students visited Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital for a tour and a chance to interview hospital staff. Two groups of students wrote stories, and Darius Smith took photos.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">By AmberLynn Anderson, Shaniqua Anderson and Victoria Liu</span><br /><br />A woman lies on her kitchen floor, struggling to reach the telephone. When she calls 911, an Emergency Medical Service team is sent to her house, and treatment immediately begins before she even reaches the hospital.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXXWD2G-3NihlzUaRkEZ9okspPMPcnvYBzMFn8aEyJnB5DDEgVZUqQRrlPMtve5y63bYpA6dlrjg8K6hH3A-PPXJaiEYW7z283Ao7Bf0SS3YwCXqIqQX9iuny9WDklgTRFy_L2YviUW0Q/s1600/ds_carilion_kemp.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXXWD2G-3NihlzUaRkEZ9okspPMPcnvYBzMFn8aEyJnB5DDEgVZUqQRrlPMtve5y63bYpA6dlrjg8K6hH3A-PPXJaiEYW7z283Ao7Bf0SS3YwCXqIqQX9iuny9WDklgTRFy_L2YviUW0Q/s200/ds_carilion_kemp.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487943381725785074" /></a><br />This image of quick, effective care is the vision that Tammy Kemp, a director at the hospital, sees for Carilion Clinic’s future in the Roanoke Valley thanks to novel technology.<br /><br />In 2006, Carillon began to implement what is called electronic medical records, or EMR. The hospital contracted with the Wisconsin-based medical software company Epic, which installed the multi-million dollar system 18 months later.<br /><br />It is an electronic database for patient history and documentation that will phase out the use of paper records; it also allows different departments to “talk to each other,” Kemp said.<br /><br />With EMR, employees can access information anywhere, which allows treatment to be more efficient.<br /><br />“It’s a lot more hours in a day,” said Kemp. “It helps by making communication easier.”Katelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134831901604976102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325701671822938497.post-87872655682249229702010-06-28T13:06:00.000-07:002010-06-28T14:42:37.471-07:00Hospital article: Volunteers<span style="font-style: italic;">The students visited Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital for a tour and a chance to interview hospital staff. Two groups of students wrote stories, and Darius Smith took photos.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">By Tiffany Eng, Nephertitti Gray and Bianca Moorman<br /></span><br />Volunteers around the world have one goal: helping others and giving back to the community.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzHwloqLTiHhFQycxGmvdWid5OAYGLmf1XdHnpJlhBzMiUJQA6Up8HEBc7ZNVwQ6utvt5GIYOfFIjbZwFrGqc_Xw8Bt9lljyb_gAk4OOMr78Hav-bB5aaBKsP3pquZ62AWoLKXJKpRPyo/s1600/ds_carilion_wade.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzHwloqLTiHhFQycxGmvdWid5OAYGLmf1XdHnpJlhBzMiUJQA6Up8HEBc7ZNVwQ6utvt5GIYOfFIjbZwFrGqc_Xw8Bt9lljyb_gAk4OOMr78Hav-bB5aaBKsP3pquZ62AWoLKXJKpRPyo/s200/ds_carilion_wade.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487942715502431106" border="0" /></a><br />For three local volunteers who give their time to the Roanoke Carilion Memorial Hospital, supporting others in need comes first.<br /><br />“You’re supposed to raise people’s spirits,” said volunteer Linda Wade, who moved to the Roanoke Valley in 1962.<br /><br />The number one rule to volunteering is attitude, the volunteers said. Being friendly and providing comfort are what these volunteers do on a daily basis.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrNpJ8-ZVBYVKnA_5qvPeTefhXhLrnJA9N8HDzFvv8v_bzpzOtkQVgPUfGeDH7SOIBNsFXBH37slZhvTYGPsMuF8UT6aVhX4FlrqsU1948c5JolndrmHJqEFLJhi4JRS35akBXBqE18uQ/s1600/ds_carilion_ayers.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrNpJ8-ZVBYVKnA_5qvPeTefhXhLrnJA9N8HDzFvv8v_bzpzOtkQVgPUfGeDH7SOIBNsFXBH37slZhvTYGPsMuF8UT6aVhX4FlrqsU1948c5JolndrmHJqEFLJhi4JRS35akBXBqE18uQ/s200/ds_carilion_ayers.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487942878814758466" /></a><br />“On Thursday, they’re my patients,” said Ron Ayers. He has been volunteering every Thursday with Carilion for the past five years.<br /><br />Ayers said he takes great comfort in knowing that he is able to give back to the community that gave him so much. These volunteers understand that the patients admitted into Carilion appreciate all that the volunteers do each day.<br /><br />From delivering flowers to providing food and snacks, Carilion volunteers are there to support the patients in any way necessary.<br /><br />For more than 240 days, Ayers has been greeting and escorting patients into and through the hospital. As a greeter and escort, he has met hundreds of people with their own stories and adventures, he said.<br /><br />Elizabeth Chisholm, who had a previous career as a social worker, realized that being a constant giver in the community was only natural. Having worked with Meals on Wheels, Chisholm was familiar with delivering goods to the Carilion patients.<br /><br />Each day that a volunteer contributes their time, the hospital provides them with a free meal. Some of the more mature volunteers appreciate seeing the younger generation give up their time to help out, they said.Katelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134831901604976102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325701671822938497.post-40993272691999249872010-06-28T11:55:00.000-07:002010-06-28T13:27:11.148-07:00Court article: Eng and Gray<span style="font-style:italic;">These stories are from a writing assignment during the workshop. The students visited Roanoke Circuit Court and spoke with a judge and lawyers about an actual case. The students did not attend an on-the-record hearing.</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />By Tiffany Eng and Nephertitti Gray</span><br /><br />It is 3 p.m. June 23 and confusion has set in the Roanoke City court.<br /><br />There are two things missing: the defendant, Prince Darius-Aaron Daniels, and the public-appointed defender, Sarah Timmers.<br /><br />Daniels, 19, is charged with possessing a firearm on school grounds, a felony. He was expected to plead guilty yesterday based on a prior agreement made by the defense and the prosecution, Commonwealth Attorney Jack Patterson said.<br /><br />Judge Charles Dorsey, the judge presiding over the case, announced speculation of a misunderstanding between the date given to the defendant by his attorney and the actual date of the case.<br /><br />Daniels was set to graduate from high school in the spring. Patterson, a prosecutor, is unsure whether Daniels has graduated.<br /><br />When asked if this type of situation happened often, Dorsey replied that it was an oddity that the court was missing both the defense attorney and defendant.<br /><br />The new court day is rescheduled for June 28 at 3 p.m.Katelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134831901604976102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325701671822938497.post-7246082770815013262010-06-28T11:54:00.001-07:002010-06-28T13:27:20.253-07:00Court article: Pannell<span style="font-style:italic;">These stories are from a writing assignment during the workshop. The students visited Roanoke Circuit Court and spoke with a judge and lawyers about an actual case. The students did not attend an on-the-record hearing.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">By Jamaica Pannell</span><br /><br />The date is June 23. It is 3 o’ clock in the afternoon, but where are the client and his attorney? Roanoke Circuit Court Judge Charles Dorsey waited for information of the mishap. <br /><br />Sarah Timmers, the client’s attorney, had given Prince Darius-Aaron Daniels, the defendant, the wrong date. She scheduled him for a June 28 hearing.<br /><br />The Dorsey said that it does not happen often, though he too at times has been late or confused.<br /><br />The judge has decided not to issue a warrant for the defendant’s arrest because it was his attorney’s mistake, Dorsey said.<br /><br />Daniels was charged of withholding a firearm at William Fleming on Jan. 8.<br /><br />The incident began when a school resource officer filed a complaint saying that her son had been threatened by an unknown source. The only evidence to go by was a vehicle they were able to refer to.<br /><br />Based on an inventory of the parking permit, school officials were able to locate the precise car. They then quickly identified its possessor, Daniels.<br /><br />J. Bowdel, a resource officer at the school, notified the principal and searched the vehicle. Before the search, Daniels confirmed he had a weapon -- a 6-inch revolver -- in his automobile. Investigators also found marijuana.Katelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134831901604976102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325701671822938497.post-74617959905078157302010-06-28T11:42:00.000-07:002010-06-28T13:27:31.269-07:00Court article: Anderson and Moorman<span style="font-style:italic;">These stories are from a writing assignment during the workshop. The students visited Roanoke Circuit Court and spoke with a judge and lawyers about an actual case. The students did not attend an on-the-record hearing.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">By Shaniqua Anderson and Bianca Moorman</span><br /><br />Prince Darius Aaron Daniels didn’t appear in court today, because his defense attorney Sarah Trimmers mixed up his court dates.<br /><br />“It is very unusual for a defendant and a lawyer not to show up in court,” Judge Charles Dorsey said.<br /><br />He is charged with a class 6 felony of possession of a firearm at school. Prince had been threatening a boy at William Fleming High School on Jan. 8. The alleged victim told his mother, and she contacted J.H. Bowdel, William Fleming’s resource officer, to file a complaint.<br /><br />Bowdel was going to search his car, but before he could do that, Prince admitted he had a gun in his car and told him where it was. The officer found a gun and marijuana, which resulted in another charge, a misdemeanor.<br /><br />Although this is his first offense, according to the plead agreement, Daniels would plead guilty.<br /><br />Daniels’ rescheduled court date is on June 28 at 3 p.m.Katelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134831901604976102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325701671822938497.post-35217156098286190642010-06-28T11:37:00.000-07:002010-06-28T13:27:41.196-07:00Court article: Anderson and Liu<span style="font-style:italic;">These stories are from a writing assignment during the workshop. The students visited Roanoke Circuit Court and spoke with a judge and lawyers about an actual case. The students did not attend an on-the-record hearing.</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />By AmberLynn Anderson and Victoria Liu</span><br /><br />A 19-year-old who is suspected of bringing a firearm to William Fleming High School and his attorney did not show for a Roanoke Circuit Court plea hearing scheduled for Wednesday.<br /><br />Prince Darius-Aaron Daniels, then a senior at the school, told a resource officer on Jan. 8 that he had brought a gun to the school, said assistant commonwealth’s attorney James Patterson.<br /><br />Daniels and his publicly appointed attorney, Sarah Timmers, did not show to court on Wednesday. But Judge Charles Dorsey did not issue an arrest warrant for Daniels after the Roanoke Public Defender’s Office informed him that Timmers had incorrect information on the hearing date.<br /><br />On Jan. 8, Resource Officer Bowdel received a complaint from a parent, Melissa Mines, that her son was being threatened by another student, Patterson said. Police traced the description of the student’s vehicle to a parking permit belonging to Daniels, then a senior.<br /><br />Before the car was searched, Daniels confessed to possessing a gun. Brittlebaugh, a hall principal, found a small blue Louis Vuitton bag behind the seat of his car with a 6-cylinder gun and a small amount of cannabis, according to a police warrant.<br /><br />The defendant faces two to five years in jail or probation with no incarceration, Patterson said. The misdemeanor for drug possession may have been dropped if the defendant attended court, Patterson said.<br /><br />Dorsey explained Wednesday that he may not preside if Daniels decides to enter a not-guilty plea because Patterson gave a summary of the facts in the case in Daniels’ absence.<br /><br />The hearing was rescheduled for June 28.Katelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134831901604976102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325701671822938497.post-25344540071325139442010-06-28T11:35:00.000-07:002010-06-28T13:27:52.351-07:00Court article: Smith<span style="font-style:italic;">These stories are from a writing assignment during the workshop. The students visited Roanoke Circuit Court and spoke with a judge and lawyers about an actual case. The students did not attend an on-the-record hearing.</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />By Darius Smith</span><br /><br />A student who brought a firearm to William Fleming High School in January did not show for a plea hearing in Roanoke Circuit Court on Wednesday.<br /><br />Prince Darius-Aaron Daniels, 19, was arrested on Jan. 8 after a woman, Melissa Mines, complained to Student Resource Officer J.H. Bowdel about a threat to her son.<br /><br />Mines did not initially know who was threatening her son, according to a warrant filed in the court. Mines did know the suspect was driving a 1995 Buick Skylark, the search warrant said. It is unclear how Daniels was identified.<br /><br />Daniels told an assistant principal, William Birdlebough, that he had a six-cylinder pistol found in a Louis Vuitton handbag, said Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Jack Patterson on Wednesday. Daniels was then arrested and charged with possession of a firearm on school property.<br /><br />A grand jury indicted Daniels on these charges, court documents said. The defense and the prosecution reached a guilty plea agreement in exchange for either a fine or a lowered jail time, court documents said.<br /><br />Daniels and his attorney Sarah Timmers, a public defender, were absent. Two officials from the Roanoke Public Defender’s Office told Judge Charles N. Dorsey.<br /><br />The hearing was rescheduled for 3 p.m. Monday, June 28.Katelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134831901604976102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325701671822938497.post-50027200155365704292010-06-25T15:08:00.001-07:002010-06-28T13:15:39.488-07:00Profile: Darius Smith<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvyd5rFHT8KCY26HhvIBJVxv5Gd9DiHtjJKL-Q1kGrAAPvyiOzyZfCfYEwH-u76vrUmWUARM_7QDMnu2IjSDUR-KndqibYQw2ZqmaQxixC-_Y6h38Sf43YQuSOrBPRc4yD0eAyQkOBVsY/s1600/js_mjw_darius.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvyd5rFHT8KCY26HhvIBJVxv5Gd9DiHtjJKL-Q1kGrAAPvyiOzyZfCfYEwH-u76vrUmWUARM_7QDMnu2IjSDUR-KndqibYQw2ZqmaQxixC-_Y6h38Sf43YQuSOrBPRc4yD0eAyQkOBVsY/s320/js_mjw_darius.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486837209774820626" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">By AmberLynn Anderson</span><br /><br />Seeing, hearing, and feeling things may be part of a normal day for most. But for 18-year-old Darius Smith, there are restricted or repetitive patterns of behavior. Smith has Asperger's syndrome.<br /><br />He said he entered the Roanoke Times Minority Workshop with high hopes to improve his writing and possibly have a second option to his aspirations to become a civil engineer. He likes to write poems, some of which he has titled “Villanelles” and “Quatrains.” Smith said that he wishes to write an autobiography some day.<br /> <br />Asperger's is very particular disorder with linguistic and cognitive development, according to the medical Website webmd.com. This disorder belongs to a group of childhood disorders known as pervasive development disorders, the Website says. Most Asperger's patients view the world very differently. The exact cause of the disorder is still being researched, the Website said.<br /><br />Smith was nine years old when he was diagnosed with the disorder. He said he sometimes feels his condition can hold him back, but that has not deterred him from being productive. He has people who support him, and family members to whom he looks up to, he said.<br /><br />“My mother and I support each other in most choices that are made,” he said.<br /><br />Smith said he feels that a lot of family members look up to him. For example, he said his three older sisters look up to him because of his success. <br /><br />Smith said that he learned about the Minority Journalism Workshop after his mother saw an advertisement for it when she was using the newspaper to make papier-mâché. She told him she thought it was a good idea for him to go, he said.<br /><br />He also said he expresses himself by relating to other people.<br /><br />"I want to help others to reach their goals," he said. “I respect people who are trying to do some good for themselves."<br /><br />Smith attended Memorial Middle and Benjamin Franklin Middle schools, he said. He described what it was like in school and how he was bullied or picked on for being so different.<br /><br />But has remained optimistic. "I can do normal things," he said.<br /><br />And he offers advice to other young people who have been diagnosed with the disorder:<br /><br />"Just don't let it bother you -- use it to your full advantage. Be happy."<br /><br />For more resources on Asperger's syndrome go to www.aspergersyndrome.org.Avenge My Ghosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676163406047636027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325701671822938497.post-67826646637492242292010-06-25T15:04:00.000-07:002010-06-28T13:15:53.405-07:00Profile: Tiffany Eng<span style="font-weight:bold;">By Victoria Liu</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9YVl38zq8y1poMFJZdhPPaJCIJE3OyFGaNQMl84zvE_0Bw59620-RNumEz_BVgHDTFIT4lo7ji0Sp5q7kevzzm7DN2veVilUIXPFOGtOAaT_GS8IZjjKBkk3KvPcjh2EgNwFnIm5575Y/s1600/js_mjw_tiffany.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9YVl38zq8y1poMFJZdhPPaJCIJE3OyFGaNQMl84zvE_0Bw59620-RNumEz_BVgHDTFIT4lo7ji0Sp5q7kevzzm7DN2veVilUIXPFOGtOAaT_GS8IZjjKBkk3KvPcjh2EgNwFnIm5575Y/s320/js_mjw_tiffany.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486831754051105650" /></a><br /><br />Over various dinner tables, eighth graders sit with teenagers in high school for 8th Grade Night: an annual event where recent band recruits meet kids in their instrumental section. Tiffany Eng was one of those eighth graders, and she remembers being timid and trying to impress the upperclassmen. <br /><br />Now, as a senior at Hidden Valley High, she believes that band has taught her teamwork skills and how to step outside of her comfort zone. She admits her feelings of being afraid, but notes that becoming an adult will allow her to gain new freedoms and experiences.<br /><br />“I let my race down by not learning how to play piano,” Eng jokingly remarks as she chuckles, a reference to her Asian heritage.<br /><br />Instead of chords and harmonies played over ebony and ivory, Eng talks about her experience in marching band and Roanoke Youth Symphony. She plays the trombone, an instrument not often chosen by girls. <br /><br />Her older brother’s experience, Spencer, as a trombone player in high school affected her decision between taking up clarinet or trombone. <br /><br />Band isn’t just an important matter to Eng. At a school where football is a large part of the culture, it is inevitable that band becomes a part of school identity. <br /><br />Band is exhausting but worth every minute, Eng said. “‘One band, one sound,’” she said, quoting the movie Drumline to refer to the family atmosphere that exists in spite of different instrumental sections.<br /><br />She recalls a memory of her band attending a school game last winter. <br /><br />“During the game my entire body was numb…my hands were shivering,” she said. <br /><br />The team wore elf hats and fuzzy scarves they had received from goody bags, huddled together in packs to stay warm. <br /><br />No matter how much passion Eng has for band, there are moments where it is difficult for her to be motivated because of its repetition. <br /><br />But she may not play trombone in college, she said.<br /><br />However, as section leader of brass, Eng wants to spread love of band to everyone else. After all, she asks, if no one else appreciates band, then what is the point in playing? <br /><br />Still, there is no classical music on her iPod. She listens to Paramore, Taylor Swift and Forever the Sickest Kids.Katelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134831901604976102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325701671822938497.post-88471523827102143152010-06-25T15:02:00.001-07:002010-06-25T15:07:53.474-07:00Tour of Carilion Roanoke MemorialPhotos by Jared Soares.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0DvpUzzVykOVs5wfzF1sstzK8kiNyV8iZgBAm3Qi3wFBZ-OleEJfn_LTcyKVN_wZ8QJeygzGi4vRsVtE84-DLCrnSo3mDOXZTn0wnvUH-mJHPwYZYpdIsz2JCeze907t-ijdQJbMEyDE/s1600/js_mjw_011.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0DvpUzzVykOVs5wfzF1sstzK8kiNyV8iZgBAm3Qi3wFBZ-OleEJfn_LTcyKVN_wZ8QJeygzGi4vRsVtE84-DLCrnSo3mDOXZTn0wnvUH-mJHPwYZYpdIsz2JCeze907t-ijdQJbMEyDE/s320/js_mjw_011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486836171061256626" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig7zGtUs8QtAVztS0h76GYtM1qZh6Hgm39xUAodqs1fDdmLzIUz6tmF97LDQBhtNoSir0wvl1eDzF105Wt-Fg1KwH4W4sRfbu9i3YcPcCUr5QT7COL7Adfr35XliP_BT9E7YMtDteOKUU/s1600/js_mjw_010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQtxGKyz-GOhD8iXivKOXICbdMoT00_dmj3oFMaGQ3Fi4fMkaJJJkXXk5Lun2dT4Z8eEXHf1c36cyPF4m6q8edpL1CaliZaf8bQcMdM2P0RFQ5q4sLE4-yj1AZKjSnW_-bwVUDsuOIVg/s320/js_mjw_006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486835678653270546" border="0" /></a>Katelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134831901604976102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325701671822938497.post-54763638871826629872010-06-25T14:46:00.000-07:002010-06-28T13:16:07.655-07:00Profile: Victoria Liu<span style="font-weight:bold;">By Tiffany Eng</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2kx5w-8xgCZn9_NDTdxZ0NZ21BZf9-tE4y5yMYTixZbmUDo-91HWOFyeUPmuYHEKDFsQEEyRrofi0hjf3HOTMhntyhPhkVmtvq5zWRSzQMPHpioRlVHFXrcvQPzejGcjA2WU44ru560/s1600/js_mjw_015.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2kx5w-8xgCZn9_NDTdxZ0NZ21BZf9-tE4y5yMYTixZbmUDo-91HWOFyeUPmuYHEKDFsQEEyRrofi0hjf3HOTMhntyhPhkVmtvq5zWRSzQMPHpioRlVHFXrcvQPzejGcjA2WU44ru560/s320/js_mjw_015.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486834956996725858" /></a><br /><br />To Victoria Liu, being American is driving down a long stretch of road, Route 66 style. Its blacktop with yellow dotted lines calls her name and the wind swims around her in a beat-up old van.<br /><br />Being American is nibbling down on some corn on the cob and mashed potatoes while her friends in the background sing her a version of “Paparazzi” by Lady Gaga.<br /><br />Liu was born and raised American in Roanoke, Va. She had a younger brother, two parents and friends — the only difference was her background.<br /><br />Liu’s father grew up in Hong Kong, and that has changed who she is and how her life is diverse.<br /><br />Her parents are from two completely different places with two completely different backgrounds but their one similarity? How they grew up. Both of Liu’s parents had what could be considered a hard life, she said.<br /><br />Siuying Liu was growing up in an orphanage while Rebecca Liu, a Caucasian from Roanoke, was experiencing a troubled home life that included the worse kind of neglect and poverty.<br /><br />"Compassion," Liu said when asked what her parents' childhoods had taught her.<br /><br />In the summer of eighth grade, Liu's parents provided the opportunity for her to travel to Paris with E.F. Tours, where students across the country go to exotic places. With almost 40 other students accompanying her, Liu traveled to Paris, a place that her parents never had the chance to visit at her young age.<br /><br />As a child, Rebecca Liu told her daughter that in her day, the only jobs that women could get was as a librarian, a teacher, a nurse or a stay-at-home mother. She described the feeling of being given a once in a lifetime opportunity as a sense of appreciation.<br /><br />It was "a moment," Liu described, "gradual maturity" to realize how lucky she was to do so much in her life that her parents had not been able to do in theirs.<br /><br />Liu can’t say she knows what it is like to grow up in such a difficult manner, but she knows what it is like to be loved and proud to be a true American.<br /><br />Liu has always considered herself American, first and foremost, she said. Despite the fact that she has experienced Chinese culture through gifts and food, she has always regretted not having been more immersed in what her father has brought into her life, she said. <br /><br />“Being American gives you a sense of freedom,” said Liu.<br /><br />She explained that in the Chinese culture, children experience only what their parents want, whereas in America, children are able to explore their own likes and dislikes for themselves.<br /><br />The sense of justice and pride are among her feelings of the American heritage that she shares with millions of others, and she remains proud to be an American.Katelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134831901604976102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325701671822938497.post-4228352329328016122010-06-25T12:47:00.000-07:002010-06-28T13:16:20.398-07:00Profile: Shaniqua Anderson<span style="font-weight:bold;">By Jamaica Pannell</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1fmJTjx_hkkBHuWy80e-gtNN0890hjcGOcDCDlFhobuahUmTY2IHFcLekmWmOgN44z1fjHaftnqhPhJLzAQr6qWNVItBxfr_i5svSxh0NwJKSNbmLBSY0mSmT3TFYtL1H6B0CM7jkrWM/s1600/js_mjw_shaniqua.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1fmJTjx_hkkBHuWy80e-gtNN0890hjcGOcDCDlFhobuahUmTY2IHFcLekmWmOgN44z1fjHaftnqhPhJLzAQr6qWNVItBxfr_i5svSxh0NwJKSNbmLBSY0mSmT3TFYtL1H6B0CM7jkrWM/s320/js_mjw_shaniqua.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486800481681364786" /></a><br />Eyes crumpled and soaked in the tint of fury, fists unquestionable and prepared to strike -- this was how Shaniqua Anderson proclaimed her resentment in her past. It made it hard for students in class to even want to speak to her.<br /> <br />“I can’t stand you! Leave me alone,” she said. “Get up out of my face.” She doesn't remember how her friends responded. <br /> <br />But this young woman has been transformed.<br /> <br />Her poetry is a tension reliever for anger, she said.<br /> <br />Anderson, 16, felt very misunderstood because she says she felt like she didn't belong. She also noted that teenagers just didn't understand her and were too quick to judge. She wants to be heard, to be the center of attention and to be noticed, she said.<br /> <br />In her ninth grade English class at William Byrd High School, Anderson was assigned to work with two girls doing a poetry project that would be due in a couple of days. The girls would illustrate the images, and Anderson was to concentrate on the poetry verses. <br /> <br />She doesn't remember what set her off, but the amount of anger built into her was "unthinkable," she said. Her anger ruined multiple relationships, got her into lots of dilemmas and made her a bully.<br /> <br />After the poetry writing began, the changes worked well. Her mind went through a phase that is so hard to understand without the true experience and love to write, she said.<br /> <br />"I learned how to be respectful to myself as well as to others," Anderson said. "I had a huge heartfelt type of change. I could never go back to the way I was before." She became a new person.<br /><br />“Things go right for so long, until you doubt the direction you took, and then everything goes wrong,” Anderson said after the change.<br /> <br />Later, she committed to writing poetry as a hobby. A poem of hers is called "Girl You Fake, Get Real."Katelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134831901604976102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325701671822938497.post-47668975874814138442010-06-25T12:33:00.000-07:002010-06-28T13:16:41.589-07:00Profile: Nephertitti Gray<span style="font-weight:bold;">By Bianca Moorman</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqP-OCPs-DJKiOsrk1AOgBXBRAQQO7kZj3xm_cVMFS2Z0kIwHdhPBBtjyh_hz9SkSs_MdJqveuHWHpfIzH-KMsu5y5PjM4yYkPPSBgOYxNo_sQZTWHpDwIbYWdY1Dgw-gq5-HHWM8z6M/s1600/js_mjw_nephartitti.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqP-OCPs-DJKiOsrk1AOgBXBRAQQO7kZj3xm_cVMFS2Z0kIwHdhPBBtjyh_hz9SkSs_MdJqveuHWHpfIzH-KMsu5y5PjM4yYkPPSBgOYxNo_sQZTWHpDwIbYWdY1Dgw-gq5-HHWM8z6M/s320/js_mjw_nephartitti.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486796856372798402" /></a><br /><br />Nephartitti Gray, 16, said that she thinks journalism is alright.<br /> <br />She has been writing poems and short stories since she was 9 or 10 years old.<br /> <br />She writes poems about random things, and there are reasons why.<br /> <br />Writing poems and stories help her to " release a lot of stress." <br />It helps Gray to express her feelings without hurting other people's feelings.<br /> <br />Gray writes poems about family and draws pictures, she said.She colors her pictures, too.The drawings tie into the poems and the stories that she writes.<br /> <br />In one of her stories, she wrote about why things happen in life, she said. <br /> <br />She wrote a poem for a competition at her school, and that the poem was based on one her short stories.<br /> <br />Gray said that she won second place for a poem that she had written, and the reward was that her poem was published in the school newspaper.<br /> <br />Only one person has read her poems and stories, and that person really liked them, she said. That person was her sister Aaliyah Gray, who is 13. Nephartitti said that her sister is the only whom she can trust with her personal business. She said that she is shy because she doesn't want everybody to know her business.<br /> <br />Gray goes to Northside High School in Roanoke, Va. Journalism might be a interest to her,but the career that she really wants to do is to be an anesthesiologist.Katelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134831901604976102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325701671822938497.post-67985027687806651172010-06-25T12:17:00.001-07:002010-06-28T13:16:56.520-07:00Profile: Jamaica Pannell<span style="font-weight:bold;">By Shaniqua Anderson</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyX6JcAjAbCq5s0kFkKswSQtO8_Lvcfs3TE29PY187tKe916J0mnjub203CSFEvuVfYlsyhUiybH5dNtR1WnB1hY6QtgOIqzoLwJeWbskQiPUn246NXVYDFllanHbLXfmWJGqcLAZ8M9Y/s1600/js_mjw_jamaica.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyX6JcAjAbCq5s0kFkKswSQtO8_Lvcfs3TE29PY187tKe916J0mnjub203CSFEvuVfYlsyhUiybH5dNtR1WnB1hY6QtgOIqzoLwJeWbskQiPUn246NXVYDFllanHbLXfmWJGqcLAZ8M9Y/s320/js_mjw_jamaica.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486832122861006626" /></a><br /><br />When Jamaica Pannell was in 6th grade, she had been cut on the back of her neck from a boy who had made a claw from paper. The claw that was wrapped around his finger was sharp and thick, so it became the weapon to continue to pick on her for his own amusement.<br /><br />"Stop Stop," Pannell said. The tone of her voice was threatening. She reached her boiling point and became furious.<br /><br />People picked on her all the time which had made her insecure about herself and also gave her low self esteem.<br /><br />Writing is something that helps her get rid of her stress. She became so passionate for writing because of her rough times and also her upbringing.<br /><br />“People are so quick these days to judge other people by the way they look or where they are from,“ she said.<br /> <br />Writing has become her way of expressing herself to other people when they won’t listen to what she has to say in person. <br /> <br />Pannell refuses to be immature, and treat other people badly, she said. She knows it won't do her any good and that it feels bad to be picked on for no apparent reason, she said. She wants to inform other people that she is a caring and smart person. <br /> <br />As a 16 year old, it's easy to be mean to other people, Pannell said.<br /><br />“I want people to take the time to try to understand me rather than go by what they see,” Pannell said.<br /><br />“I like to be creative in everything,” she said. She also has a passion for music and also playing the piano and saxophone.<br /> <br />Her creativity will most likely make her an artist of some sort when she graduates from Lord Botetourt High School. <br /><br />She has learned so much about being creative at a young age, she said. Pannell recalls that she wants her voice to be heard, because she has felt misunderstood for a long time. <br /><br />She has a great personality that she is ready to show the world but has never had the chance to do what her heart most desires. Pannell feels one day her voice will be heard, she said.Katelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134831901604976102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325701671822938497.post-37571547111854527212010-06-25T12:13:00.000-07:002010-06-28T13:16:29.060-07:00Profile: Bianca Moorman<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL__ra4_l4eiAuHW8Pthysi1807AmxdnO-fMUaXWds5xdbPGzFK06qdJ6597WOX8QR5Y2IvIlsVfs8iGI1dtFpgpPCkj34HEzhgbkYE6U5pmQ72irDt6LK6QdvNqohj0NntMvHZVDe_-U/s1600/js_mjw_bianca.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL__ra4_l4eiAuHW8Pthysi1807AmxdnO-fMUaXWds5xdbPGzFK06qdJ6597WOX8QR5Y2IvIlsVfs8iGI1dtFpgpPCkj34HEzhgbkYE6U5pmQ72irDt6LK6QdvNqohj0NntMvHZVDe_-U/s320/js_mjw_bianca.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486791585055119826" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />By Nephertitti Gray</span><br /><br />One day, when Bianca Moorman was six, she was sitting quietly in her family's living room and asked her grandmother, "Where did you come from?" The question ignited a fire in her grandmother, causing her grandmother to talk for hours about her family. The experience fueld Moorman's strong admiration for her family history. <br /><br />Moorman, 17, and a rising senior at William Fleming High School, grew up in Roanoke and enjoys history.<br /><br />“I think that it is interesting and you get different experiences from it,” Moorman said. She likes history topics that involve wars, slavery, Civil War and anything that happened before the 1970s.<br /><br />Her great grandfather was one of 18 children and he had five children of his own, Moorman said. Her grandmother was the last of the five children. She grew up and went on to have 10 children. Out of those 10 children was Moorman's mother. But Moorman is an only child. <br /><br />Moorman gets all of her information from her family by asking her grandmother and her aunt. Explaining her interest in learning her family history she jokes, "I don’t want to marry any of my cousins!"<br /><br />She is not only interested in her family history, she said, but she likes to learn about Southern history and loves to read books such as John Steinbeck’s "The Grapes of Wrath" and Margaret Walker’s "Jubilee."<br /><br />History isn't Moorman's only hobby, she said. She likes listening to music, including artists such as Trey Songz, Lil Wayne, and Lady GaGa. She also likes dancing recreationally at home, drawing self-portraits with pencil and paper and making people laugh.<br /><br />Moorman's Yearbook adviser told her her writing has great potential, she said. But she said her love for history leads others to think that she has potential in teaching and keeping her family history alive.Katelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134831901604976102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325701671822938497.post-67251210553162248792010-06-25T11:57:00.000-07:002010-06-28T13:17:17.417-07:00Profile: AmberLynn Anderson<span style="font-weight:bold;">By Darius Smith</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ME8Xs8NaytXKW_YO7a1xtgmY_EJuUJFbXPWEedpBwJ2g50Kec8SMZHZVWGN5cztHrxOBn7iYkJfmCB7RFaBGITdWKBkCkcMjzFyfAXWaf3VnjhTqRVfFr1CI7RgVhpZjS-mLTz-oNLc/s1600/js_mjw_amberlynn.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ME8Xs8NaytXKW_YO7a1xtgmY_EJuUJFbXPWEedpBwJ2g50Kec8SMZHZVWGN5cztHrxOBn7iYkJfmCB7RFaBGITdWKBkCkcMjzFyfAXWaf3VnjhTqRVfFr1CI7RgVhpZjS-mLTz-oNLc/s320/js_mjw_amberlynn.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486787838287526370" /></a><br /><br />LEXINGTON – AmberLynn Anderson attends two high schools, when many high school students barely want to go to one.<br /><br />Anderson, 17, is a rising high school senior at Christiansburg High School, but also attends Independence Secondary. She said she thinks that the teachers at Christiansburg really don’t care about their students, and that she likes Independence because the teachers there are passionate about their teaching.<br /><br />One of her teachers at Independence has encouraged her interest in writing, she said.<br /><br />“My teacher saw my interest in becoming a writer,” she said. “I want a better education.”<br /> <br />After waking up in the morning, she takes a bus to Christiansburg High School to take another bus to Independence Secondary, attending two classes there, and then going back to Christiansburg to attend a third class. After school, she takes a bus to Christiansburg Middle, where, after picking up middle school students, she goes home, she said.<br /><br />One way that she’s expressing her interest in writing is by participating in the Minority Journalism Workshop, sponsored by the Roanoke Times. This annual event allows local high school students the opportunity to learn about the workings of the journalism industry, to participate in hands-on activities, and meet the people who make the news happen.<br /><br />Anderson said that what made her interested in the workshop was her “passion for writing.” She also said that she is interested in getting an internship with the Roanoke Times.Katelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134831901604976102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325701671822938497.post-39806399431058937012010-06-23T16:06:00.000-07:002010-06-23T20:35:31.701-07:00Fabulous news onlineMeg Martin, Roanoke Times Web editor, showed the power of the Internet in a session on Wednesday. <br /><br />Roanoke.com's recent greatest hits:<br /><li><a href="http://www.roanoke.com/multimedia/xp-roundabout" target="_blank">Roundabout game</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.roanoke.com/multimedia/81/index.html" target="_blank">I-81 project</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.roanoke.com/sports/highschool/varsitycast" target="_blank">VarsityCast</a></li><br /><br />Thanks, Meg!Katelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134831901604976102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325701671822938497.post-89685783179400297692010-06-23T15:25:00.000-07:002010-06-23T20:34:58.821-07:00Horsin' around<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje4LH3sA-SWh8mbuP5nXKJjo0Fm-MEmQAJwCDzN70IauCvYqxcfmtLED_lb0vDGV1ZKS2Ga9nC4behb6SyGpcfmYwBMipo1oFhRVbaNwq9Hy0hJ1QbjN6wM7cp19CoXcYCceKaquWwiuA/s1600/js_horse_show_001.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486100557402543378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje4LH3sA-SWh8mbuP5nXKJjo0Fm-MEmQAJwCDzN70IauCvYqxcfmtLED_lb0vDGV1ZKS2Ga9nC4behb6SyGpcfmYwBMipo1oFhRVbaNwq9Hy0hJ1QbjN6wM7cp19CoXcYCceKaquWwiuA/s400/js_horse_show_001.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Roanoke Times staff photographer Jared Soares took students Bianca Moorman and Victoria Liu to the second day of the Salem Civic Center's Valley Horse Show on Tuesday. </div><br /><div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhWXcZT94YqMwDNNwVbeWAF0o8V-E9zPP2YL_x0jZRyM0kY_aaL7U6G1BHtWiyNjsUxReH4uD06yrn5UwJQtH-NFYtdYiHxtNzucTqqdm4vXrcEf-VSA4yHO94zJRnzUEImo9cBJttRFw/s1600/js_horse_show_004.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhWXcZT94YqMwDNNwVbeWAF0o8V-E9zPP2YL_x0jZRyM0kY_aaL7U6G1BHtWiyNjsUxReH4uD06yrn5UwJQtH-NFYtdYiHxtNzucTqqdm4vXrcEf-VSA4yHO94zJRnzUEImo9cBJttRFw/s400/js_horse_show_004.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486100834475945394" /></a><br /><div>They had about an hour to talk to participants and look for photos.</div><br /><div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrXA_egWFK_9tCoVIeNDuu4xThWYEUpPKhs0bIkkVMTYskyvcz_pMw7BiNZtf56ELuStks39RgfuHlfdq3T-kPF8tsA0KBT0juSE8n2AJ_Bceb79R9VSYe1A_N0GleweB_f-SxzXzYjfs/s1600/js_horse_show_002.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrXA_egWFK_9tCoVIeNDuu4xThWYEUpPKhs0bIkkVMTYskyvcz_pMw7BiNZtf56ELuStks39RgfuHlfdq3T-kPF8tsA0KBT0juSE8n2AJ_Bceb79R9VSYe1A_N0GleweB_f-SxzXzYjfs/s400/js_horse_show_002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486101041513006770" /></a><br /><div>Jared shot the event for the newspaper, but no photographs ran with <a href="http://www.roanoke.com/sports/etc/wb/251229">the story</a> in Wednesday's edition. </div><br /><div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT6e4hVfvo7o1LXaG66oO2B_RQ0BRd5y4G6JCnJIwAYYCS-tssdtM_49ND1xJAVkhRgiCzLqjWeIgsaUA07DydqxdZF_LDkgc5GJKv_7SgtIHkGTxvwnvPbjpiR_Q_GE6srmzXQrxIAJY/s1600/js_horse_show_003.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT6e4hVfvo7o1LXaG66oO2B_RQ0BRd5y4G6JCnJIwAYYCS-tssdtM_49ND1xJAVkhRgiCzLqjWeIgsaUA07DydqxdZF_LDkgc5GJKv_7SgtIHkGTxvwnvPbjpiR_Q_GE6srmzXQrxIAJY/s400/js_horse_show_003.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486101771367613346" /></a><br /><div>Victoria and Bianca used a Canon 1D Mark II 35mm dslr camera to make these photos.</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4FWvM6uGg0saM23cYdPwa3PD4ABaORK5qKCzMlx1iitGy89wiNFJ7vf58OoVzjlzUNtMKkTYVRMwT1NjkkkyUMIiOgGB8vk2ZEGJjW67weq_mw-hsKIPkWcI-8yuBwux7ukH-AwptM4/s1600/js_horse_show_005.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4FWvM6uGg0saM23cYdPwa3PD4ABaORK5qKCzMlx1iitGy89wiNFJ7vf58OoVzjlzUNtMKkTYVRMwT1NjkkkyUMIiOgGB8vk2ZEGJjW67weq_mw-hsKIPkWcI-8yuBwux7ukH-AwptM4/s400/js_horse_show_005.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486101911583152354" /></a><br />Thanks, Jared!Katelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134831901604976102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325701671822938497.post-30725614255099740862010-06-23T13:47:00.000-07:002010-06-23T15:25:21.977-07:00W&L crew<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9u3w3ElE4E0QlJszOqIKefVrrDG-CG047yEPMuczVamKKfdVz3Laux5VZQNqIm3APa_AwjkG_leMchPsY3p_G6I7KJPvZknepIBsg-XU85_wknbeRwwRtl0EKqe8GLRrnkt7znpw7x-w/s1600/RTjournKids_062110_057sized.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486097001324908242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9u3w3ElE4E0QlJszOqIKefVrrDG-CG047yEPMuczVamKKfdVz3Laux5VZQNqIm3APa_AwjkG_leMchPsY3p_G6I7KJPvZknepIBsg-XU85_wknbeRwwRtl0EKqe8GLRrnkt7znpw7x-w/s400/RTjournKids_062110_057sized.jpg" /></a> From left to right: Bianca Moorman, Nephertitti Gray, Shaniqua Anderson, AmberLynn Anderson, Tiffany Eng, Darius Smith, Jamaica Pannell, Victoria Liu.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkUliOap_SH1yZXOjiRr7g-BDtVvzTkaZ6MasnowYr8OQiVUa7QRk-2jYBeu3HaZdLblRr8LwidWs3aNHu-O8Tw4f0wuekCV0Fv57gcPf2saOSXRaGlSJR1BVOD70ejhSwQw-q8CatBlI/s1600/RTjournKids_062110_054sized.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486096910020970850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkUliOap_SH1yZXOjiRr7g-BDtVvzTkaZ6MasnowYr8OQiVUa7QRk-2jYBeu3HaZdLblRr8LwidWs3aNHu-O8Tw4f0wuekCV0Fv57gcPf2saOSXRaGlSJR1BVOD70ejhSwQw-q8CatBlI/s400/RTjournKids_062110_054sized.jpg" /></a> Back row, left to right: Bob de Maria, Michael Todd, Bianca Moorman, Darius Smith, Pam Luecke, Jorge Valencia, Katelyn Polantz.<br />Front row: Toni Locy, Nephertitti Gray, Shaniqua Anderson, AmberLynn Anderson, Tiffany Eng, Jamaica Pannell, Victoria Liu, Indira Somani.<br /><br />These are courtesy W&L Photo by Patrick Hinely.Katelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134831901604976102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325701671822938497.post-1538530273612358832010-06-22T12:56:00.000-07:002010-06-23T16:16:53.199-07:00Does your neighbor have a speeding ticket?Here's links to the Internet public record searches presented by reporter Courtney Cutright on Tuesday.<br /><br />REAL ESTATE RECORDS<br /><a href="http://gis.roanokeva.gov/viewer.cfm">Roanoke GIS</a> <br /><a href="http://imsweb.roanokecountyva.gov/GIS/Roanoke2/">Roanoke County GIS</a><br /><a href="http://www.onlinegis.net/VaBotetourt/">Botetourt County GIS</a><br /><a href="http://gis2.montgomerycountyva.gov/montims/gis.aspx">Montgomery County GIS</a><br /><br />COURT RECORDS<br /><a href="http://www.courts.state.va.us/caseinfo/home.html">Virginia</a><br /><br />HEALTH DEPARTMENT -- RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS<br /><a href="http://www.healthspace.ca/Clients/VDH/ARoanoke/ARoanoke_Website.nsf">Alleghany Roanoke Health District</a> <br /><a href="http://www.healthspace.ca/Clients/VDH/NewRiver/NewRiver_Website.nsf">New River Health District</a><br /><br />EDUCATION STATISTICS & REPORTS<br /><a href="http://www.doe.virginia.gov/statistics_reports/index.shtml">Virginia</a><br /><br />NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS -- TAX RECORDS (Form 990)<br />You'll have to register to access forms at <a href="http://www.guidestar.org">www.guidestar.org</a><br /><br />Thanks, Courtney!Katelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134831901604976102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325701671822938497.post-68491592489317752022010-06-21T21:09:00.001-07:002010-06-22T08:47:01.800-07:00New news anchorsHere's videos of the students anchoring a news broadcast. <br /><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12746365&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12746365&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br /><br />Each student wrote her own script after attending a mock press conference with professors Doug Cumming and Pam Luecke as school officials. Bob de Maria, Indira Somani and Michael Todd had the students reporting, directing and running the teleprompter by the end of the morning.<br /><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12755561&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12755561&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12755713&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12755713&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12755880&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12755880&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br /><br />And here's team leaders Jorge and Katelyn, re-writing a Roanoke Times story for TV.<br /><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12756058&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12756058&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object>Katelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134831901604976102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325701671822938497.post-32494438129858406842010-06-21T20:43:00.000-07:002010-06-21T21:10:11.025-07:00Two days in LexingtonWe laughed, we ran, we ate ice cream. We became a team. <br />A typical Sunday and Monday in the news industry.<br /><br />After speed-bonding on day one of the workshop at Washington & Lee University, the students started journalism fun at 7:30 Monday morning. W&L journalism professors led classes in news jargon, interviewing, profile-writing, TV news and reporting. The students also explored W&L's campus on a scavenger hunt for facts and sources.<br /><br />Two days down; four to go!Katelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134831901604976102noreply@blogger.com