Top News Assignment #! revised

Obama promises plan to cut mortgage cost

This morning on the msn website I read an article on MSNBC news on how Obama and his Treasury secretary are working on a strategy to lower mortgage cost and revive the financial system. According to Obama he wants to, "get the credit flowing again" and make the ecomomic financial crises his top priority.
This is an important story because our economy is in a recession and thousands of people are losing their jobs because businesses are going out of business. Stores that have been around since I was little such as Mervyn's and Circut City will no longer be around.Because there are no jobs people who own homes won't be able to pay their mortgage payments. With the U.S economy being in its worst condition the new plan is a start to helping the U.S financial crises. However it will take more the months for the economy to recover. Now, Americans can only hope that this enconomic crises can someday resolve itself.

This article is newsworthy for those who own homes and are struggling to continue paying of their housing payments. Many houses are going under foreclosure and no one wants to buy property with this bad economy. The headline " Obama promises plan to cut mortgage cost" is what gives this article the attention . 


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28946241/

Leads Exercise #2- Air Crash revised

131 passengers aboard U.S Air flight from Chicago were killed yesterday when plane crashed outside Pittsburgh making this the worst U.S air disaster in the past three years. 

Leads Exercise #1

Lead #1
A couple from Butte County was awarded $150,000 yesterday in damages from a traffic accident that happened in March.

Lead #2
Another snowstorm is headed on its way and forcasters say it will hit the Sierras today.

Lead #3
Three firefighters were injured and 41 families were evacuated today when a blazing fire roared through a six story building on union Ave. 

Introduction (Assignment 1)

Hi everyone,
My name is Raquel and I am a public relations major with a minor in marketing. I transferred from Skyline college, but this is now my second semester at San Jose state and I am truly enjoying my college experience. Last semester was successful I got the chance to live in the dorms, however it was a big surprise when I found out I was living in a triple. I am an only child and having to share a room with two other girls was something I was not looking forward to, but everything ended up working out I got along with all my roommates and we are all good friends. As far as my classes I was happy to finally be able to take some of my major courses, whereas I was use to taking my general educations requirements. I also got the opportunity to join PRSSA (Public Relations Student Society of America), which has been big help in helping decide what companies I would like to work for.
Outside of School I enjoy hanging out with my friends and family back at home in Daly City. I love going to San Francisco which is about 10 minutes away from where I live. On my spare time I like to read or go the movies. One of my favorite things to do is dance, I am not a professional dancer, but it’s my way of letting out any negative energy I had throughout the week or day. I am a football fan and ready for the Cardinals to win the Super bowl.
Now that school is back in session Jour 61 is one of my required classes that I have to take, but I’m excited to take this course to learn how to write for the media. I also want to work on my writing skills because I am not the strongest writer. I’m ready for the challenge this class is going to bring.