blog post #5

    I recently interviewed two nonprofit organizations on human trafficking. These organizations were love146, and Triad Ladder Of Hope. In these interviews, we talked about signs that people being human trafficked show including; an increase in grades and performance if they were poor students before, tattoos, and brandings of the human trafficker's name or a money bag. It is also a common misconception that human trafficking happens across borders. 

    Recent crime updates entail that according to fox8 "Prosecutors are suggesting that former High Point Police officer Laura Steele spend the next 97 to 121 months in federal prison for conspiring with other members of the Oath Keepers militia group to overturn the 2020 presidential election." According to Fox8 News after a multi-county chase ends, a kidnapping survivor was recovered. According to the High Point department, "The driver ran around the front of the car while clutching something in both hands while the back passenger exited the car while holding a gun in his right hand. Due to the officer’s vigilance and seeing what was occurring, he was already exiting the car, this caught Turner off-guard and he dropped the gun and ran in the other direction."

    Those are the recent updates on crime in High Point, and the recent updates on my beat interviews. The final copy will be done on Wednesday, and I'm planning on interviewing two more nonprofit organizations on Monday.

COM beats blog #4

 I am currently setting up interviews with Tammy Covington, and chief of police Travis Stroud. I am also getting in touch with police of communications Victoria Ruvio, and the non profit organization 1ove146. I am getting in touch with human trafficking survivor Ann Ptak, and Jordan Green writer who covered stories on human trafficking. I am also getting in touch with another non profit organization Sandra Johnson. 

    Updates on crime in High Point involve the following. According to fox8 news High Point triples fines for tampering with utility meters "High Point noticed a 42% uptick in reports of meter meddling and decided to raise the fine in an effort to deal with the problem (Fambro)." Also according to fox8 news A High Point Man was sentenced for 6 to 13 years for sexual assault "Carter’s DNA was a match with the samples from the SANE kit and a warrant was issued for his arrest. Carter was located and arrested the next day, April 9, 2020 (Stamps)." 

COM beats reporting blog update #3

     The topic I decided to cover for my first beat is human trafficking in High Point North Carolina. According too fox8 news Ashley Green, 36, was just recently charged with human trafficking. She was charged with nine counts of first degree sexual exploitation. And one count of promoting prostitution, and another count of human trafficking. She took pictures of a teenager and promoted commercial sex advertisements, she also had the teenager participate in prostitution. Bringing awareness too human trafficking will be able to help put a stop too it. A lot of human trafficking victims new the person who put them in this situation prior to when it actually happened. They just didn't know the type of person that they really were. According to fox 8 news “North Carolina-funded sexual assault agencies served 368 human trafficking victims from July 2020 to June 2021…60% of offenders were people who were known to the victim and held a position of trust with them such as a coach or a family member (Mikkelson & Bowyer).” Places of large gatherings often also have more ties to human trafficking because people get lost in the crowd, such as the High Point Furniture market. Non profit organizations similar to love146 help assist human trafficking survivors, and try their best to prevent human trafficking from happening by bringing awareness to the situation. North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault also provide direct service providers to help assist survivors and those struggling. I am researching more into whether or not statistics go up with human trafficking during the High Point furniture market by reaching out too Tammy Covington, the president and chief executive of this market. I also will be reaching out too police chief Travis Stroud to get an interview from him. And police communications specialist, Victoria Ruvio. I plan on doing more research with non profit organizations similar to love146, and North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault too interview these organizations on human trafficking.

    

COM beats reporting blog update #2

     This past week a number of crimes have been committed in the area. Ranging from incidents, robberies, and fatalities. According to the high point police department website, on September 1st 2023, EMS were dispatched too interstate 74 in high point due too a head on crash. Andrew Cabel Jones a 21 year old from high point was the operator of the one vehicle, and was pronounced dead at the scene. The tractor trailer had contained two people, and neither of them sustained injury. As further investigation is taking place, speed seemed to have played a huge role in the factors of this collision. No impairment is suspected, and no charges are going to be filed at this time. According to the high point police department on August 28th 2023 at 3:00am a crime was committed at the Glass City Smoke Shop, where officers responded to an alarm. Upon arrival the business was broken into, the officers than found one suspect who attempted to flee. There were also two other suspects located at the scene. One suspect Mr. Dakota R. Dockery was charged an arrested with this felony. He was taken before a Guilford County Magistrate and received a 1,000 unsecured bond and was released. The other two suspects were charged with the same charges as Dockery but on juvenile petitions, they were then entered in a NCIC as Runways out of Charlotte. According too high point police department, early in August on the 4th, threat of mass violence was taken to a local business owner. He received this message anonymous through a messaging system. Their were also statements made in this message about mass threat of violence too a religious institution. An investigation was open and the high point police department was able too identify and arrest a suspect in this case. No further information has been released. 

    Those are the updates on latest crimes committed. I will be adding these recent crime updates to my crime beat notes, and will be extending my sources next week. These sources will be extended too high point campus security, and more local news stations including Fox8.

COM Beat Reporting Blog Update #1

  This weeks blog post will be important information regarding my beat, which is crime. I will be covering latest news updates, updates on stories I will be covering, and an updates on my sources. While crime has always been an issue throughout the town of high point. Protocols have been put in place to help decrease crime rates. The police department has done this by offering 500$ too anyone who reports information leading to an arrest of a felon in possession of a gun. Little steps like this have cause crime to decrease in 5% in high point this year, and 7% in 2022. According to the article "New High Point Crime Stoppers program designed to seize more illegal guns" written by Tess Bargebuhr. An incident occurred on August 1st 2023, which was an assault with a gun. On 300 block Taylor Avenue, where officers upon arrival discovered a man with a severe gunshot wound. According to the High Point police department "Due to the early investigative process of this case, no additional information will be released at this time." Their was also an armed robbery arrest made on August 21st 2023. The robbery was made at Laurelwood park, where a female victim was approached by two men wearing ski masks. They demanded her wallet and car keys, and then fled the scene with her call and wallet leaving her unharmed. 3 juveniles were arrested with the involvement in the robbery, where two illegally possessed firearms were recovered. According to the High Point police department "All three are currently being held in the Guilford County Juvenile Detention Center on Secure Custody Orders. Due to the age of the offenders, no further information will be released." High Point police officer Robert Tull has received the Hank Snyder Beyond The Call Of Duty Award, on July 10th 2023. He has been apart of the High Point police department since 2014 and was offered the lieutenant position earlier this month. According to the High Point Police department "He now serves as a Patrol Supervisor and is also a member of the High Point Police Department’s SWAT Team. In May, he retired from the U.S. Air Force Reserves as a Master." He has gone above and beyond in the community to serve for High Point. 

Sergeant, serving on missions in Iraq and Syria. He served for 21 years.    The following stories are all follow ups on recent information released by the High Point Police Department. The next following beats will be covered on information revolving High Point University campus, which sources will be High Point campus security, and other online sources. The next stories I will cover in my beat will be the decrease in gun crime, and other ways the community has helped decrease the crime rates around High Point. 

Week 5 Diffusion of Innovations

     Innovation in technology began once the world took a turn, and took a step into the unknown. The moment technology formed people had to get used to having little to no privacy. But before technology how did the diffusion of innovation theory exist. It existed before technology because of newspapers, writing has always been a way to express and spread your values and thinking. Throughout time people have formed different opinions on situations and have learned to spread this through different ways depending on the time period. 

Assumptions of basing our work on diffusion of innovation - OneOp

    For example a part of diffusion of innovation theory involves political beliefs and values. Since the beginning of our government political parties have been around, the only thing that was different was the way the news spread on what party you wanted to be apart of. According to the article Diffusion of Innovation Theory "It originated in communication to explain how, over time, an idea or product gains momentum and diffuses (or spreads) through a specific population or social system (Wayne)." The political parties grew throughout time, but they have always been around. The way the system is run is pretty much the same just the technological growth is different. 

How Did The US Political Parties Get Their Mascots? | Wisconsin Public Radio

    Political parties formed 1787 during the federal constitution, and have been further developing since. Political parties are the balance of our democracy, they hold values to what the people believe. With in the government system political parties have been and continue to be around. With this the diffusion of innovation theory stands. According to the article Diffusion Of Innovations Theory, Principles, And Practice "Over time through waves of innovations, diffusion changes societies. Sometimes these changes manifest as differences in knowledge (Dearing & Cox)." These changes while not through the actual political parties occur with the different viewpoints formed throughout time. According to the article The politics of policy diffusion "policies in one unit (country, state, city, etc.) are influenced by the policies of other units (Gilardi)." This quote explains that throughout time political parties have changed their views and improved. 

Opinion | Two-party tug of war pulling U.S. apart

    Diffusion of innovation is the process of something over time gaining momentum. This occurred in the way that technology increased the political game. However political parties have been around since the beginning and that is why the diffusion of innovation theory still stands. 

                                                                          

EOTO reflection

     During the research part of the presentation I was able to expand my horizons and learn more about the innovation of different technologies. We rely on our different social networks, so it was really interesting to understand the more deeper aspect of how we as a population grew technologically. 

Advantages and disadvantages of modern technology - Thrive Global

    We use different platforms to see the world around us and peoples view on it. What started as a simple stone tool has increased into what we now call virtual reality. The way it started was by someone simple. using their brain to think outside the box and create something. And then it kept escalating throughout time because people became more self aware of what they are capable of. The stone tool was the start of it all, and without it we would not live in the world we do. According to the article Stone Tools "Middle Stone Age toolkits included points, which could be hafted on to shafts to make spears; stone awls, which could have been used to perforate hides (Smithsonian)." This was the purpose behind stone tools and that was the moment humans discovered what they are capable of.

Primitive Stone Age Weapons Pack in Weapons - UE Marketplace

    Technology has continued to escalate further and now has advancement as far as the virtual reality. The virtual reality headset was created as an advancement to video games. And has increased as time has gone on. According to the article VR headset (virtual reality headset) "allows users to interact with simulated environments and experience a first-person view (FPV) (contributor)." Virtual reality has continued to play a role in what are future will look like. 

    These different technological aspects have increased and will continue to do so. With in our presentations we took a more so look into the technology that fell in between these placements, but never touched base on what started and has currently finished it all.