Nick's Journalism Blog

Cubs of the Caliphate Timing - 4/4 We have been hearing about ISIS for years now, always hearing about how they need to be stopped and how bad they are. It's always nice to get another update on what's happening with the group, and it's especially nice to hear a story about the people that have gotten out of ISIS. I think this article deserves a 4/4 for timing because it is an update on ISIS. Significance - 4/4 The news rarely talks about the people that manage to escape from ISIS and the ones that attempt to get help. I think that it is very significant to hear a story about the kids that were in ISIS and are now trying to escape from the group, because it helps show how not every member of ISIS wants to be apart of the group and are sometimes forced into it. I give this a 4/4 because I think the people who have escaped are significant and the article shows another side to these people than the normal side we all see. Proximity - 2/4 This story takes place nowhere...

Tiny Man Robs Bank This past Saturday, the local bank in the town of Chocoville was robbed by known tiny man, Albert Buxaplenty. Charlie White, a bank teller that was working at the time of the robbery, says "When he first entered the bank, we all thought it was a kid that had gotten lost and wandered into the bank for help. We soon realized that this was no kid once he had started yelling "Give me the money!" and things like that." According to White, the man had caused quite a ruckus when he started screaming about money, and claimed that he had a gun. It was later found out that Buxaplentys 'gun' was actually just a finger gun that he was concealing in his pocket. Nobody even attempted to stop him from robbing the bank, due to the fear of him having a deadly weapon with him. So Albert managed to fill his pockets with money from the bank. "Filling his pockets" means that Albert was able to stuff thirty dollars into his pockets and dash....

Edmonton attack suspect facing terrorism charges was investigated by RCMP in 2015 At 8:15 pm this last Saturday in Edmonton, a violent rampage began with a Somali refugee hitting a police officer with his car, stabbed him repeatedly, fled, stole a u-haul, and continued his rampage, running over four people, before being pulled over and arrested. The suspect in question had previously been investigated by police for sharing his extremist views. This article, which was written by Jana G. Pruden, Marty Klinkenberg, Karen Howlett, and Morgan Bockneck for the Globe and Mail, is very effective in how it conveys the story. The lead of the story hooks you in by telling that the suspect had been investigated beforehand, and was shown to have some radical beliefs. It continues to tell that the same man that was investigated reemerged, and went on a deadly rampage. "This weekend, that same man emerged as the suspect in a violent rampage that left a police officer and four other people in...