Locating News Leads #3

Lead:The rise of legal marijuana seems to be fueling a spike in the number of pets that become unhappily high off of pilfered treats. The dose is rarely fatal, but it can be a buzz kill.


Who: Pets
What: getting high from marijuana
When: past year
Where: America
Wow: pets getting high

Locating News Leads #2

Lead: Herman Heyn has stood on a Baltimore street corner with a telescope almost nightly for 27 years. He does it for tips, for love of the stars — and for the hope he may inspire the same love in others.

Who: Herman Heyn
What: Star Gazing
When: the last 27 years
Where: Baltimore street corner
Wow: he has done it for 27 years

Locating New Leads

Lead: Using divers to monitor whether life is returning to the 100 or so marine protected areas is pricey. Now, advances in DNA sequencing mean scientists just need a seawater sample to do a marine census.

Who: Scientists
What: Monitoring marine life in protected areas
When: today
Where: the ocean
Wow: a seawater sample can do it all now, instead of divers

Atlas Obscura

Place One: Kerid Crater Lake

1.  http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/kerid-crater-lake In Iceland you can find a almost neon blue beautiful lake inside volcanic caldera, so it's surrounded by rare red volcanic rock.

2. The picture when I was scrolling through all of the places is what caught my eye, the water looked to stunning next to the red rock.

3.  I would love to visit Iceland someday so I was immediately intrigued to the location of the lake, but I don't think I would go to Iceland just because of that lake, or visit unless I was close.

4. Describe how this story is one of human interest.  Why would others like it too? This story is one of human interest because it's a lake inside of a volcano! and the lake is surrounded by a rare red rock that makes the water 'pop'.

 

Place Two: Brevard White Squirrels

1. http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/brevard-white-squirrels This story is located in Brevard, North Carolina, about a type of squirrel that is white, and not an albino.

2. The little description of the story peaked my interest so I clicked on the story.

3. What  makes it so intriguing to you? Would you like to go there some day?  Why? I have never seen a white squirrel before and I love North Carolina so I would like to go to Brevard someday to see a white squirrel. I probably wouldn't plan a trip just to see the squirrels, but it would be cool to see.

4. Describe how this story is one of human interest.  Why would others like it too? This is a human interest story because most people haven't seen a white squirrel before and the background story is funny too.

Darmouth college

Dartmouth College wanted to reduce injuries during football practices; to do this they made tackling only okay when done to a robot. I honestly thought that this was a great idea. Many injuries would be prevented this way and it would be better practice for the people tackling; because they wouldn't have to hold back in fear of hurting someone. They could use this robot in other sports like volleyball for digging reps without worrying about a hitter hurting their arm in practice.