Last day of class

Thanks for a great semester!

Class visit to Amherst Police Station

Good example of an Issue story

Ethan's Story, Part 1: http://www.masslive.com/news/worcester/index.ssf/2014/04/ethans_story_part_1_heroin_addiction_massachusetts.html#incart_river#incart_maj-story-2

Part 2 (with video); http://www.masslive.com/news/worcester/index.ssf/2014/04/from_pills_to_heroin_ethan_rom.html#incart_river_default#incart_maj-story-2

Part 3
http://www.masslive.com/news/worcester/index.ssf/2014/04/ethan_romeo_day_3.html#incart_river_default#incart_maj-story-2

News "brief" about how a food blogger caused Subway to remove an ingredient from its bread:

Subway ‘yoga mat’ ingredient will be removed in a week

After a spate of bad publicity over the use of an ingredient also used in the making of yoga mats, Subway confirmed that the chemical will be removed from all of its breads in a week.

The sandwich chain earlier this year drew criticism after a food blogger launched a petition urging the company to remove azodicarbonamide, an ingredient used as a bleaching agent and dough conditioner.

A spokeswoman confirmed an Associated Press report in which Subway’s chief marketing officer Tony Pace said the chain will have phased out the ingredient from its bread in the next week.

Azodicarbonamide is found widely in other products, including foods served at McDonald’s and Burger King. The chemical, however, is banned from use in foods in Great Britain, the European Union and Australia. A 1999 World Health Organization study found it induces asthma in humans.

In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration says the ingredient can be “safely used” if it is intended for use as an “aging and bleaching ingredient” used in flour in an amount that doesn’t exceed 2.05 grams per 100 pounds of flour. It can also be used as a dough conditioner. The use of the ingredient was the subject of blogger Vani Hari’s petition earlier this year.— LOS ANGELES TIMES 

AP style points to review

1) What is AP style for movie titles, TV shows, novels? Newspapers and magazines? Newspaper articles? 2) When do you capitalize formal titles? 3) After mentioning sources by first and last name, do you then refer to them as Mr. Smith, Ms. Jones, Dr. so-and-so? 4) How do you handle percentages? Height and dimensions? 5) How do you write addresses?