Technology: Is it taking over print newspaper?

ORLANDO, Fla.—Mark Russell, new editor of the Orlando Sentinel, came to Valencia Community College West Campus to speak with the News reporting and Newspaper classes, along with other students from Valencia on Dec. 7. 

Mark Russell graduated from the school of Journalism at University of Missouri Columbia.  He has worked at many newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, and now the Orlando Sentinel.  He tells the students he followed a “traditional journalism” path throughout his schooling and career. 

During the presentation he taught the group different types of stories and photography, along with advice and information about how he got started in the field of Journalism.  However, he also talked about online newspaper and newspaper for mobile devices.

About 20 percent of print subscribers read the Orlando Sentinel online, but the number is likely to grow.  The Orlando Sentinel is working on their online site and making it available for people who want the news right away.

“It’s gonna get there eventually,” said Russell, “It’ll take some time.”

The Orlando Sentinel is also setting up a new app for the iPhone that will send them information on news events. In order to make revenue, they have been selling advertisements to appear like a pop up and as side bars. 

Other then the Orlando Sentinel’s main website, facebook and Twitter are also used to contact their readers with information about the paper itself and breaking news.  Facebook and Twitter have become so popular that almost half of their staff is on trying to get people to become fans or follow the Orlando Sentinel.

Facebook and Twitter are “becoming go to sources for news and information,” said Russell about the topic of Social Networks.

Russell believes the Orlando Sentinel will be around for another 15 or 20 years, but the online newspaper will become a lot more popular within those years.  Technology is taking over the print world, whether its newspapers or books, but these newspapers will be around for years to come.

Avoiding the Freshmen 15

Orlando, Fla.— Every freshmen is dying to know how not to fall under the spell of gaining the freshmen 15.  Meghan Murphy Van Camp gives away the secret at University of Central Florida’s Wellness center on Nov. 22.

Students from UCF and Valencia Community College are welcome to watch and learn as Van Camp explains healthy meals and snacks to eat on and off campus.

“I feel like I’ve learned more from her than from most of my teachers,” said Becky Kingsdorf.

Van Camp is a registered dietitian and a licensed nutritionist who works part time at UCF.  She does cooking demos and presentations, as well as having office hours where you can come in and set up a diet plan with her help.

“I love food,” said Van Camp, “I want to teach students to love healthy food too.”

Van Camp brought in 100 calorie chips to inspire students to choose healthy snacks.  She goes on to tell students how many calories they should intake in one day, along with showing foods they should eat to maintain that number. 

“I’m excited that I know the secret,” said Sally Kee, “I’m telling all my friends.”

During the presentation Van Camp told students they didn’t need to stop eating those fried foods and mac and cheese, just cut down on them and add some vegetables to your meal.  She also went on to tell students that just walking to class instead of driving can help keep that weight off.

“Choose color,” said Van Camp, “instead of having the browns on your plate like fries and a burger substitute the fries with something green like broccoli.”

For more information and events on Meghan Murphy Van Camp visit www.hs.ucf.edu.

Halloween Stories

OVIDEO, Fla. – A gaggle of children gather around a man named Ty Karnitz with a book called “Big Green Monster” waiting for him to begin. 

“I enjoy making the children laugh and I love seeing them get involved with reading,” said Karnitz.

Karnitz is the story time reader at the Barns and Noble in the Ovideo shopping market on Oct. 21.This was his first story time and the store plans to keep it going every Thursday morning. 

He had the kids pretending to see ghosts and monsters and themed his stories with the upcoming holiday, Halloween.  The children were screaming for the monsters to go away, and making hiccup noises as Karnitz read another story called “Skeleton Hiccups.”

“My daughter seemed to have a lot of fun,” said Samantha Gasch, “I wouldn’t mind bringing her again.”

The turnout for this story time was not very large.  There were about 4 kids ranging from the ages of 3 and 5.

“I’m going to tell my friends to bring their children next time. It’s a good activity for the kids,” said Diane Kersey.

Karnitz continued his story time by having the children go on a ghost hunt, telling them to yell every time they saw one.  For the next 5 minutes all you heard were kids yelling “ghost!” over and over again.

Children left with smiles on their faces, wanting to hear more stories from Karnitz.

Getting Into Cooking with Meghan Murphy Van Camp

ORLANDO, Fla. – University of Central Florida offers cooking demos with Meghan Murphy Van Camp once of month open to the public.

“I try to make things simple and inexpensive for college students,” said Van Camp

Inexpensive and simple is exactly what she did on September 20^th when she showed college students how to make a Thai Green Curry Chicken dinner. 

“I like coming to her demos because she doesn’t teach you to make just one meal, you can switch things out to make variety,” said an onlooker Brittany Zimmerman.

While cooking, Van Camp explained to students what they could substitute while handing out a paper with directions on exactly how to make the meal and what was needed for the meal.

Not only does she do cooking demos, but she also does a class called Lunch and Learn twice a month.  Here she teaches you so create healthy salads and wraps that are easy and fast to make.

Van Camp said she tries to teach college kids healthy meals because she knows college students don’t know much about protein and nutrients. 

“This is my second time going to her demo and I really enjoy learning new things to cook,” said Rebecca Simon, another student at Van Camp’s demo.

For more information on Van Camp and recipes visit www.hs.ucf.edu