My idea for story 3 is about transportation sustainability at Wake and Winston-Salem. I want to study how public transportation and electric transportation can help with the environment. Also, I want to know how WFU and Winston-Salem can improve the public transportation system together to make it more user-friendly thus become a plausible alternative to private vehicles.

For my second story, I want to ask people on campus about Coronavirus issues around the world. Considering the update on this issue released by CNBC on Friday that the U.S governments are very likely to close some schools because the situations in the country are getting worse, I’m going to ask random people, a HES major student about their opinions regarding this problem.

Also, I’m going to ask two professors. One is my Japanese professor Yasuko Takata Rallings since recently Japan is experiencing virus outbreaks rapidly. So I want to know what’s her reaction to this situation. Also, during this virus outbreak, there is a lot of political strategies used by China, which is the most serious victim, to hide the truth from the public and try to manipulate people’s mind. So I want to interview Communication Professor John Llewellyn about this PR problem.

I’ve been following Adam Satariano for about three weeks. Satariano is a New York Times active reporter covering Technology. Most of his stories focus on Europe and UK technology-related news. Sometimes he analyzes how technology problems in other countries can affect people in Europe as well.
When I look at Satariano’s stories, there are two outstanding features that can’t be ignored. The first one is his title/headline, and the second is how he organizes his stories. Satariano mentions Europe or Britain quite often in his title, it almost feels like he writes for a local newspaper rather than the New York Times. Based on what I’ve learned in this class, I guess this type of title gives his readers in Europe a sense of engagement every time they look at the title. Also, since his stories focus on European technology, this characteristic helps him attract more readers who are interested in this topic because they could easily find his stories with these keywords.
Satariano’s organizations are also worth attention. He usually starts from a bigger picture in Europe or the UK, then he narrows it down to a specific person or company’s reactions to a new technology policy or development. And his nut graph always includes not only the bigger context in the UK or Europe but rather a bigger context all over the world. This gives his readers a broader picture to see how the changes happening in the UK or Europe are connected to what’s happening around the world. For example, In his story about Britain Internet content regulator, he wrote, “Europe has been targeting the tech industry for years over growing concerns that American tech giants have too much power and influence”(Satariano 2019).
Satariano likes to use quotations. Almost every time he introduces new content in his stories he uses a quotation from people who knows that concept well as a comment or expectation. This makes his story alive. He’s showing the story rather than listing a bunch of facts and numbers to demonstrate some technology developments.
Normally Satariano ends a story with a quotation, and most time he uses a quotation that gives expectations for the technology change or development described in his story. For example, in his story discussing new digital policy, including first-of-its-kind rules on the ways that artificial intelligence can be used by companies, he ended the story with the quotation: “The ability of European industry to adopt and adapt A.I. for its needs is going to be very critical for the continent’s future,” he said. “It’s important to keep that in mind”(Satariano 2019). With this type of ending, Satariano’s stories do not just stop there. The quotation leads the readers to the future where they could have a clue about how technology changes can make an impact in the world.
Two big things I’ve learned from Satariano’s writing: his lead and his quotation use. Satariano’s leads are short and powerful. If you are in a hurry and you don’ want to go over details, you can have a basic understanding of what’s going on just by reading the leads. So I should learn how to shorten my leads but keep the most information that would attract my readers for the first time. Secondly his quotations are appropriately placed. Sometimes I have a problem with when to add a quotation in my story and what kind of information should I include. Reading Satariano’s stories, I found that his quotation use is in a wide range. From comments to expectations to analysis, from professions to officials to normal citizens. All these quotations make his story authentic and give him a lot of credibilities. I should also learn how to choose my quotation wisely so I only put those effective ones in my story to make them better.

On February 11th Tuesday, I will be attending the lecture about the Agency of youth in North Africa and new Forms of Citizenship given by Professor Moha Ennaji. I choose this event because I’m taking COM 336 Practice of Citizenship and I think I can find something useful and helpful for my class in this lecture about citizenship in different countries. And I can have more resources in that COM class to do some research on this topic before I attend it.

I choose to follow Adam Satariano. Adam Adam Satariano is a technology correspondent for The New York Times in Europe. He covers technology policy, privacy, disinformation and other ways technology is reshaping the way we live and work, and how people and governments are responding to that change. Also, he used to cover entertainment and the environment. Satariano now lives in London. He does not have a regular posting schedule, the longest gap so far is one month, the shortest is 24 hours. So I think he is a currently active reporter on the New York Times and is a good choice to follow.