This story is an interesting one for me becuase I agree with both sides. I feel it is the duty of the policymakers to protect their citizens as best they can and with rapid developments in technology, the government is able to gain more access to phones, websites, emails, texts, etc. On the other hand, this is an invasion of privacy and people feel uncomfortable with this sort of monitoring. The society is not accepting of the new technological developments however, I think when used appropriately, it will benefit the society as a whole.

This article is newsworthy for our science class because the prominence of Lynn Margulis who was a trailblazing theorist on evolution. Evolution is an area of conflict in science and religion and therefore there are many points of intersection where people are drawn to discuss the subject.

The story is well-done in terms of its unusual, and surprising content. The fact that it claims to redefine a whole phylum is something surprising, as well as exciting. However, it does not influence a large population of people economically or socially. The story does highlight who the importance pertains to, mainly scientists who are interested in tracing the roots that led to animal diversity.

Timeliness: This is a very recent article, written today (4/3), but the cause of the dolphins' deaths was because of the BP oil spill in 2010. Impact: There is little that can be done about the dolphins' deaths because they are already dead. As scientists perform the autopsies, hopefully they will devise a way to prevent more deaths. Currency: Prominence: Proximity: Although California is some distance from the Gulf, I chose this article because it is about an hour's drive from away Houston, my hometown. Unusual/Surprising: I can't say that I didn't see this coming. Given the amount of oil that BP spilled, the only surprise to me is that it took this long for animals to start dying from the oil.

This story shows the news values of currency, impact, and timeliness. It shows currency and impact because global warming is a very important and hot issue that impacts the entire world. It also is timeliness because the conference just occurred.

This article discusses the new plan regarding the California High Speed Train. The author details many of the details listed in the proposal, specifically that the new plan can cut nearly 30 billion dollars. Environmentally, the High-Speed Rail would reduce carbon emissions by three million tons. The high speed rail affects many Californians, especially people living in Silicon Valley. There are many people who are for and against this proposal. Opponents argue that it is too expensive and won't be paid for, while proponents say that it will benefit the environment as well as traffic. The article should have included the sources of the speculated environmental benefits as well as how those projections were derived. The author ... More »

The article talks about the comparison in health within the many California Counties, with an emphasis on the Santa Clara County's rank. The article dose little to inform the reader about what impacts the health within those counties but rather is staked with numbers and percentages that denominate the subcategories of what creates the health ranks. Although the issue of health is brought up, which is something current and in important with health being a common subject for talk, the impact of the information is drowned out by the under-expansion of the subject and the methodology in which the categories were collected.

Good journalism because it is relevant to our time. I would like to see the comparison to social media sites. People willingly post about their lives on sties like facbook and twitter. Google has access to our email for advertising.

This story is good science news because even though its filled with estimates, there were some numbers that truly got its point across, but also were true scientific measurments. The second sentence about the 6 degrees Celsisus increase was the most scientific and overall its message was on a scientific subject, global warming. It had prominence and surprising figures and discussed a debated subject, thus is qualifies as newsworthy as well.