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Thanksgiving Isn’t All About the Turkey
Forget the turkey and the in-laws and get back to the roots of the Thanksgiving holiday. Past the days of suburban neighborhoods and shopping centers and back to when Long Island was just open land,...
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Giving thanks the native way
When you think about Thanksgiving around this time of year, you envision family, football, delicious turkey and pumpkin pie but of course we cannot forget the Native Americans whom originated the...
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Islanders come together at annual Thanksgiving Native American Feast
Long Islanders braced the cold this weekend to experience a commonly overlooked culture at Garvies Point Museum and Preserve in Glen Cove, N.Y. The museum hosted their annual Thanksgiving Native...
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Music in the Halls
On Nov. 25, students from the “Favorite and Forgotten Music of the Chamber” class came to the library atrium to perform their recital. The set, composed entirely of classical music from the 18th and...
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Center for Women’s Concerns Breaks Gender Stereotypes With Poker Party
On November 25th, 2013, the Center for Women’s Concerns held a “Poker and Tea” party in the Union Ballroom at Stony Brook University; the idea behind it being to showcase an alternative form of a...
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People In Their Environment
I don’t still don’t feel all that comfortable with flash, simply because I don’t understand the relationship between the f-stop as it relates to the added light, but I was still able to do a decent job...
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Seawolves finish season with blowout win over Albany
Stony Brook’s Tyler Fredericks (#3) gets past the goal line for a touchdown, to give his team a 14-0 first quarter lead on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013. The freshman running back has taken on a larger role...
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Seawolves End Season with Dominating Performance
Although the Stony Brook Seawolves won’t be making the playoffs after their first season in the Colonial Athletic Association, they ended their season with a dominating, 24-3 win over their rival,...
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Analyzing The New York Times
On Friday, November 29, 2013, The New York Times’ front page has mixed topics, from the Black Friday, to controversy regarding Medicaid. However, The New York Time’s managed to make the Thanksgiving...
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What a difference a day makes
I chose to analyze News 12 Long Island‘s homepage on November 29, 2013 and then again the next day, November 30, 2013. News 12 Long Island’s homepage on November 29, 2013 When looking at this homepage,...
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Health care gets top billing at the Wall Street Journal
For this assignment I chose to follow the front page of the Wall Street Journal online from November 30 to December 1. The front page of the Wall Street Journal website on Saturday November 30. On...
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Every Day Is A New Story – Or Is It?
Managing the day-to-day decisions of what should go on the homepage of a news site can be a tough job. Editors have to make both ethical judgments as well as editorial judgments when placing certain...
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Decision making on front page news
Newspaper editors meet every day to discuss what stories will be on the next day’s front page. Editors have to carefully select the news of the day that will attract as many readers as possible. The...
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What Can Trending Do for You?
Web editors are the jack-of-all-trades in the newsroom. Not only do they have to edit everything from social media posts to feature videos, it is their role to assess news trends. They aren’t just...
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CBSNews.com Keeps It Interesting
It’s been said a million times, but CBSNews.com proves that it’s true: “If it bleeds, it leads.” On Dec. 1, 2013, CBS News had the story of the New York City train derailment as its lead story for the...
View ArticleMore Then Just Your Regular “Cup of Joe”
Nestled in the heart of Patchogue, is 3-year-old Roast, a family-owned coffee shop. If you look a little closer, though, there’s a little more brewing then your regular “cup of Joe”. Roast is one of...
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Rebuilding a Radio Station
Midnight approaches on a Monday at WUSB 90.1FM in Stony Brook University. John Ottaviano winds down his set, preparing to hand over hosting duties to the next host. Ideally, the transition goes...
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Glen Cove Christmas Tree Lighting
A group of town leaders including town mayor Ralph V. Suozzi and local reverend Betsey Simpson, applaud as the Glen Cove Christmas tree is illuminated. The tree was dedicated to the memory of Susan...
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Tesla: A Better Option?
Tesla Motors, a company based out of Palo Alto, C.A., that produces entirely electric vehicles, entered the car market with a mission: “to prove that electric vehicles could be awesome.” Since their...
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It’s The End
It doesn’t matter how soon you start… you’ll still end up behind. You’ll also end up tired, frustrated and hungry. But don’t let that stop you from trying! There’s nothing quite as refreshing as being...
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