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Good Riddance to all the trends and topics of 2017

1. Katie Holme

2. Her story is about leaving the toxic and problematic trends of 2017 in the past.

3. She thinks that we shouldn't forget anything that happened this past year, but we shouldn't continue to support and validate the bad trends .

4. No.

5. Very little, but when she said "although the internet has its flaws," I thought that sounded a little wishy washy.

6. No

7. 1st person

Apple Reaches New low with Batteries.

1. Ian Miller

2. How apple has been slowing down the batteries on their older model phones

3. They think that apple is trying to promote their newer phones by slowing down the older ones, but it's a really inconsiderate and disrespectful marketing tactic.

4. They talked about Apple calmed that it was just to preserve the durability of the battery's overall lifespan

5. No

6. No

7. 1st

The failures of "be the one"

1. Maddy Rice

2. Her story is about how the "be the one" project started by AISD isn't reaching students properly.

3. She feels that AISD isn't providing the right tools for kids to be able to speak up about these issues without the fear of stigma or shame.

4. No, this is a concern shared by nearly every student I know, so I don't see the need for the opposing argument.

5. No, they didn't doubt their words nor their opinion.

6. No

7. 1st

Sensationalism is taking over mainstream journalism 

1. Jake Brien

2. Their story is about how mainstream journalism has become more sensationalistic in the efforts to get more attention and money from their viewers.

3. Their opinion is that journalism should try to remain as neutral as possible, and for viewers to get their news from multiple sources because of bias.

4. No

5. No, they were confident in their statements and justifications.

6. no

7. 1st

Finally, answer the following questions, you only have to answer these questions ONE time, not for each story.:

A. What do you think the major differences between a hard news story and an opinions piece? Come up with at least three.

 An opinion piece has no quotes, is read in first person, and talks about the Authors bias, not just factual evidence.

B. Why do you think there aren't very many photos on this page?

I don't think there are very many photo's because it isn't necessarily always focused on a single event or person

C. What are three topics you think would be good to write an opinions piece on?

I think three topics that would be good for opinion pieces would be the removal of the hope gallery downtown, the influx of people moving into austin and how it's impacting out community, and all the recent controversy on the #MarchForOurLives