Joseph Vincent Paterno (Penn State) dies at age 85
1/22/2012
His family released a statement shortly after his
death on Sunday: “His loss leaves a void in our lives that will never be
filled. He fought until the end, stayed positive, and thought only of others…”
Bobby Bowden, major league football coach and rival
of Paterno, says that he hopes Paterno can be remembered for all the great
things he did for Penn State. “It’s just a great tragedy”, he says.
For more information, please contact Cathy Doherty
at c.doherty@snhu.edu
References
McCarthy, M. (2012, January 22). Media dead wrong
to repeat false report of Paterno's death. USA
Today. Retrieved April 28, 2014, from http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2012/01/media-outlets-dead-wrong-to-jump-the-gun-on-paternos-death-joe-paterno-poynter-cbssportscom/1#.U0WZBqhdXAl
ESPN. (2014, January 23). Joseph Paterno dies in
state college. Retrieved May 14, 2014, from http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7489238/joe-paterno-ex-penn-state-nittany-lions-coach-dies-85-2-month-cancer-fightv
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Joseph Paterno, famous Penn State football coach, lost his battle with cancer at age 85. Paterno was fired after officials learned he had knowledge of a sex abuse scandal and did not take the appropriate measures. He will be missed by many dear family and friends. As one former co-worker puts it, "This is simply just a great tragedy overall".
Both of your posts were good. They both included the main points of the information and gave enough details to understand everything that occurred. In my post I also mentioned the sex scandal, but do you think that it is necessary to mention? I was not sure if it was something that should be brought up when discussing this man’s passing. Although technically it is true, since it is a hurtful thing to remind his family of, is it breaking the Code of Ethics (Society of Professional Journalists, 2014)? It is not necessarily a vital piece of information, so was putting that information out there when announcing his death something that should have been avoided (Society of Professional Journalists, 2014)? What do you think?
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Society of Professional Journalists. (2014). SPJ code of ethics. Society of Professional Journalists. Retrieved from http://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp
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ReplyDeleteHi Cathy - I like that your posts were direct and to the point. Press releases are not usually intended to be full articles, but they do need to provide more details than a simple announcement, which I think you successfully accomplished. You give equal mention of his accomplishments and the child abuse scandal, which are the two major aspects of Paterno's life that he will be known for.
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Ashley
Great job, Cathy. Your text was to the point and clear of any perceived bias.
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