Patients with Parkinson's disease, a progressive disease of the nervous system, alternate between periods of severe illness and periods of relief. The study done by the National Parkinson's Disease Foundation involves 24 patients between the ages of 48-64. Although some news, such as your neighbor's birthday, wouldn't make the 6 p.m. news. However, if your neighbor was Michael Jordan, then his birthday would make news. News isn't just divided by importance and interest to the viewer, it's also divided by whether it's known as hard news or soft news .
Hard news refers to news that usually leads off a newscast.
Issues such as war, tax increases, and crime are just a few examples of hard news. Over 100 Zerbiaks were believed to have been killed when a downtown marketplace was one of the targets bombed. Soft news refers to the news that ends a newscast. Celebrity birthdays, stories of people doing weird or amazing things, and lifestyles stories help make up soft news. I wanted to write my first Sista to Sista column about something all females can relate to.