I've been having some issues with blogspot posts showing up in my dashboard, probably due to the fact that I have a number of blogs on blogspot registered with the same gmail address. Anyhow, just in case, here is a blog post for our class (last one!):
"Asylum bid puts scrutiny on gangs" by Pamela Constable, Washington Post
The lede on this story immediately grabbed me...
At 14, Julio Martinez was a fatherless boy in El Salvador who fell in with a neighborhood gang.
The lede leaves the reader with an unusual situation - a 14-year-old fatherless boy, let alone the fact he was in a gang at such a young and impressionable age.
The story immediately starts out with a humanistic angle which grabs the reader's attention, and then briefly describes what his life was like in the gang including how he was beat when he sought to leave the gang. The story then contrasts with what life is like for Martinez who is now at age 34. The story then shifts to more of an immigration issue as Martinez is seeking asylum in the United States.
This is a great story that grasps the reader, all the while revealing news as to how our immigration laws are being fulfilled.
"Asylum bid puts scrutiny on gangs" by Pamela Constable, Washington Post
The lede on this story immediately grabbed me...
At 14, Julio Martinez was a fatherless boy in El Salvador who fell in with a neighborhood gang.
The lede leaves the reader with an unusual situation - a 14-year-old fatherless boy, let alone the fact he was in a gang at such a young and impressionable age.
The story immediately starts out with a humanistic angle which grabs the reader's attention, and then briefly describes what his life was like in the gang including how he was beat when he sought to leave the gang. The story then contrasts with what life is like for Martinez who is now at age 34. The story then shifts to more of an immigration issue as Martinez is seeking asylum in the United States.
This is a great story that grasps the reader, all the while revealing news as to how our immigration laws are being fulfilled.
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