Thursday, January 15, 2015

Caption Introductions

The Death of Michael Brown

Subject (Who): Protesters
Verb: march
Date: Aug 20, 2014
Place: Ferguson, Mo.

Identify the following information the following elements from the SECOND SENTENCE of the caption:

Why: a white police officer fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year old, in the St. Louis suburb.
and/or

How: Michael was shot several times by a white police officer.

Ebola Doctor

Subject (Who): Dr. Rick Scara
Verb: Describes
Date: Friday Sept. 26, 2014
Place: west africa

Identify the following information the following elements from the SECOND SENTENCE of the caption:

Why: A doctor who contracted the Ebola virus in Africa, describes all he was able to see of his caregivers while in a Nebraska isolation facility during a media availability at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Friday Sept. 26, 2014, in Worcester, Mass. 
and/or
How: He went to the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Friday Sept. 26, 2014.

Winter Weather

Subject (Who): The people
Verb: dig
Date: Friday, Feb. 14, 2014
Place: Albany, N.Y.

Identify the following information the following elements from the SECOND SENTENCE of the caption:

Why: People are digging out their vehicles buried in snow in downtown Albany, N.Y.
and/or

How:

UCLA Flooding

Subject (Who): Workers
Verb: water cascades
Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Place: Los Angeles
Identify the following information the following elements from the SECOND SENTENCE of the caption:

Why:
and/or
How: Water cascades down on them on the UCLA campus after flooding from a broken 30-inch water main under nearby Sunset Boulevard.

Medal of Honor

Subject (Who): Leroy Petry
Verb: stands
Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Place: the Capitol in Olympia, Wash
Identify the following information the following elements from the SECOND SENTENCE of the caption:

Why: Petry lost his hand in 2008 when an enemy grenade he was throwing away from fellow soldiers detonated while in combat in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
and/or
How:

Immigration Overload

Subject (Who): Two young girls 
Verb: watch
Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Place: Nogales, Ariz.
Identify the following information the following elements from the SECOND SENTENCE of the caption:

Why: CPB provided media tours of two locations in Brownsville, Texas, and Nogales, that have been central to processing the more than 47,000 unaccompanied children who have entered the country illegally since Oct. 1. 
and/or
How:

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