ABC World News

News happens 24 hours a day and is part of our daily life, keeping audiences informed of events happening locally, nationally and worldwide. As we watch our chosen news source, have you ever noticed any differences in the anchors delivering the news, how news worthy events are reported on and the many ways we can keep up on the breaking news. While there are many ways to get daily news, our focus is television news, looking at local ABC 7 Morning News and ABC World News Tonight. News Anchors ABC 7 Morning News is co-anchored by Phillip Palmer and Leslie Sykes which airs daily Monday thru Friday from 4:30 am to 7:00 am. Phillip Palmer started with ABC in 1998 as general assignment reporter and weekend anchor. His career began in 1985 as a sports reporter for KNOE AM/FM Radio, in 1990 he was hired as a weekend sports anchor @ KAKE in Wichita Kansas, then moved onto KCNC in Denver CO as morning news anchor in 1994. Leslie Sykes is a…

On October 6th, ABC Family Worldwide announced in a press release that they would be rebranding ABC Family as “Freeform” beginning in January of 2016. Tom Ascheim, the president of ABC Family stated that this rebrand is in response to the evolution of the company’s business strategy. The station is turning slightly from its current/old consumer sect and super serving a group of consumers they have labeled “Becomers.” Becomers are defined as a group of people a bit younger than the millennials,…

You might think you know everything about this famous celebrity. Don't be so certain, though. Behind all the Disney awards and Bieber Break ups is hidden a hand full of secrets you most likely didn't know about Selena. Below is the list of top 5 Most Shocking Facts You Didn't Know about Selena Gomez. Pickle Flavored Gum According to the rumors, Selena Gomez is in the process of creating «Pickle Flavored Gum.» As a notorious food pervert, Gomez believes that this concept has a potential. Let's…

Historian Alfred Cosby coined the phrase “Columbian Exchange” to depict the exchange of plants, animals and disease between the Old World and New World following Christopher Columbus’s arrival to the New World in 1492. The Columbian Exchange was a revolutionary time period for both the Old World and the New World as it transformed each area in both positive and negative ways. Primarily, the main impacts of the exchange were transformations of the people, animals, plants, food, minerals and…

their own ways, the individualities between the two regions is explained by the isolation the Atlantic ocean gave them. The hemispheres had no idea of the others existence until the late 15th century. The Eastern hemisphere had resources at their disposal to help travel vast regions. Horses and camels enabled them to transport heavy materials, which help build kingdoms and empires. The Western Hemisphere went without this vital commodity, adapted to their environment in different less advanced…

During the age of voyage, many captains and sailors sailed to the new continents with the support from a rich merchant or a royalty benefactor. The captains of the ships would then report important features about the new continent to his sponsor through his letters. The Letters written by Christopher Columbus and the “Second Letter to The Spanish Crown” written by Hernan Cortés are the two examples of explorers who wrote letters to convey their historical discoveries. The two authors share a…

After almost three decades of war in Europe the European nations were imposed to create colonies around the world this was known as the commercial revolution which brought colonial, economic and land expansion . The European empire spread throughout the world from the Portuguese in Africa, the British in India to the Spanish in the Philippines, but one discoveries in 1492 had a greater effect on the world. In 1492 a man by the name Christopher Columbus founded the Americas which forced the…

Christopher Columbus’s voyages to the New World had a negative effect. Columbus’s actions caused many problems. After he discovered the New World, social classes were formed, which caused internal conflicts between the people. The Europeans placed themselves higher in society than the natives. Another problem with the arrival of the Europeans was the spreading of new diseases that in essence lead to the Genocide of the Native Americans. While the Europeans were settling and starting new lives,…

All around the world there are families enduring major financial difficulties, who are just trying to make ends meet in order to survive. Living through these kinds of experiences has harmful effects on everyone involved, especially if it leads to domestic violence. Domestic violence is extremely prevalent in our world, and the damaging effects it has on families changes the outcome of children’s futures. In a study written by Alvina Kubeka she concluded, “...I would argue that exposure to…

European to cross North America. De Vaca went on an expedition with 600 men, but ended with only a couple hundred left when they were desperately trying to find a landing place. The difference about how Cabot and De Vaca came across North America is that Cabot found it by accident and it wasn’t a dangerous exploration, it was simply a new discovery; now, as…