Sunday, January 24, 2010

Review Rough Draft

I have gone to the movie "It's Complicated"
Done my interviews with- a viewer of the movie, an associate of the movie theater, and reviews posted online. I also have my facts organized in the order I want to write them out in and have written and outline, but have yet to type up the final version.

Friday, January 22, 2010

Stephen Kings

I find it interesting that he could right such disturbing imaginative writing, but after reading his book I figured out where he could get the information for his book and where it all stemmed from. In a lot of situations when you are writing there are so many rules and you are always being judged on what you are doing. Reading his book it made me happy realizing that a majorly successful writer could be faced with difficulties. It was very aspiring. "The scariest moment is always just before you start." His writing made me realize that my writing ideas can come from everywhere you just have to dig for them sometime and the best way to start something is to just start it and let the words flow from you. You can look to your past, future, atmosphere around me, and every other aspect of my life. To be fully honest sometimes I get stuck and frustrated when writing doesn't just flow out of me, but reading this story gave me hope for future writings. I think this book will turn out to be a great book for the class to read and will help all of us on our own paths in journalism.

Friday, January 15, 2010

2010 Camaro raffle for Mario Pastega House





Who: Mario Pastega Foundation and the Pepsi Foundation
What: A raffle of a 2010 Camaro for a fundraiser
When: Feb. 14, 2010
Where: Mario Pastega House
Why: To raise money for the Mario Pastega House
How go get involved: Contact the Pepsi Corporation in Corvallis at- (541) 758-1212 or The Mario Pastega House at – (541) 768-4650
Tickets can be purchased for $ 50 at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center Hospital, The Mario Pastega House, and at Heritage Mall in Albany, OR.

The Mario Pastega House is located on the campus of Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis, Oregon. It was built in 2004, as a place for out-of-area patients and their families to have a comfortable “home away from home” place to stay while their loved ones receive medical attention.

The Mario Pastega House offers many things that a hotel room wouldn’t. Guests have access to a chapel, outdoor patio and garden areas, children’s playroom, central kitchen and dining area, living/recreation areas and on-site laundry facilities. There are also RV hookup sites outside of the house. It is open seven days a week and rooms are available at the low rate of $20 a day.
“The house makes it less horrible to be away from home and everyone that you care about while you are here taking care of your loved ones. Everyone deserves that while they are going through tough situations like this,” Pastega resident, Edna Stover said.

Leading contributor and fund raiser for the house, Mario Pastega, is partnered with Pepsi-Cola and because of this it had him entered in a contest where a team of people each got one key out of the total 30 keys. If you were the one with the key that fit the 2010 Dr. Pepper red Camaro, then you were the winner of the car.

“One of Mario Pastega’s team members had the key that fit the car,” Event Coordinate, Lanez Kay Vauble confirmed.

After winning the car, Pastega decided to donate it so that it could be raffled off to make money for the Mario Pastega House. The house is solely based on donated money, so fund raising is vital to sustain the house’s availability. The money made from the raffle will cover the cost of operating the Pastega House.
"100 percent of the proceeds go towards keeping the costs down for patient’s families staying in the house,” Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation director, Jeff Larson said.

Tickets can be purchased for $50 apiece now through the Feb. 14 2010, unless all 1500 available tickets have been sold already. Tickets can be purchased at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center Hospital, Mario Pastega House, and at Heritage Mall in Albany, Ore. The drawing will be held on Feb. 14th at 1 p.m. at the Pastega House.



Photo source: Jordan Johnson

Good review includes.

has overall details and not just about one part of the subject you are talking about. Include interesting facts.
If a movie give details of the plot with out giving away any surprises or key events.
Give quotes.
Give moods.


I am going to do my review on the movie its complicated. Most likeyly

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Ideas for Feature Story

I am going to do my story on a fund raiser for the Mario Pastega house, where Mario pastega won a 2010 Camaro from Dr. Pepper and is giving the car away to the winner of the raffle.
the people you interview- People at the Mario P. house, krkt- country station that is involved in the raffle,
the questions you need to ask-
- What made Mario want to raffle the car off?
-What will the money raised go twards?
-When will the raffle be?
- How much money is a raffle ticket cost?
- Where can people enter the raffle at?
- Who is running this fund raiser?
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