MM 2003 - Mackenzy Turner

 This Just In Every big story deserves to be covered, and the people deserve to know information in a timely and affective manner. Thus, we have " breaking news ". In a period where information is everything and knowledge is power, breaking news is an exciting normalcy for the world. Breaking News is defined as " information that is being received and broadcast about an event that has just happened or just begun. " Whether it is a large storm, a presidential announcement, or simply which star just got a divorce, new news is breaking news.  In the past week the country has been buzzing about a large hurricane set to make landfall in Louisiana , leaving towns flooded and families without homes. This is prime information to make breaking news, as it is constantly changing and its information that must be told as it comes in. While the storm had been tracked for days in advance, the night before to the day of was prime time for breaking news. Leading up to the storm, co

 What does it mean to you? Growing up the news was always something that "old people" did, it never really made much sense to me. My parents had it on every morning like clock work, and I would listen off and on as I got ready for school. I never took any of the information heart other than I could use some of the blurbs I heard to sound "cool" on the playground. However, as I grow, mature, begin working, and go to school, I can finally see the importance of that noise in the background on my school mornings.  News   is defined to us in the dictionary as " newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events. "  This basically means, that if it's worth sharing, it will be shared. In the society we live in, information is power, and everyone is power hungry. Personally, I am in living in a digital news era and have never had any interest in going out on the porch, grabbing the newspaper, and reading every inch to get my