To say the least, I loved listening to this lecture. To open the year talking about something so basic yet so important oriented me to the class. Hearing what such highly trained, long standing journalists think are the most important elements of journalism was so interesting because my love for writing urges me to want to know these standards so I can both use them as guidelines for myself as well as be a good critic of others. During our class discussion, the element of making the important interesting felt the most familiar. I believe this is because when writing, I always strive to capture interest and I know what it feels like to read a book or article you never want to put down. The common goal through my writing in to educate, however, reading something that just spits facts at you can be boring and feel like a burden rather than a thought provoking lesson. Personally, writing poetry particularly has taught me how to articulate my words in a way that is grabbing for a reader. Through practice, I translate those lessons into journalism.
WHAS posted an article on their website announcing that the band KISS' final tour will make a stop at the KFC Yum! Center here in Louisville. While I'm sure there is a decent amount of people who would like to know this, it is not newsworthy. This story will not effect a lot of people for a long time and it's just celebrity fluff. The concert will come and go and people will have a good time but it isn't life changing and not everybody likes KISS. Therefore this article already is only relevant to a small amount of people, those who like the band. While those people would want to know about this, the front spread of a news website is not the place for it. By putting this story on the front page WHAS stole room for other stories that would serve much more valuable to its viewers. Click here to see article.
Comments
Post a Comment