The Keystone Newspaper - Volume LXXXI Issue II - Thursday, February 13, 2014
Lead Story - Snow removal serves as window into state school funding issues
The lead story from last week's issue actually seems very relevant. News Editor Nick Carson wrote this story. It's about the impact that Governor Corbett's education cuts have had on state school funding. As you might gather from the article's title, this article implies through quotes from SGB president Nick Imbesi that these cuts are at least partially responsible for the university's poor job of snow removal/management, which is an implication with veracity unknown by this writer. Makes sense (sorta) though. The point is, the cover story of this issue is pretty relevant to the audience the Keystone serves, especially when you consider how frustrated I think a lot of students are with the school's handling of the inclement conditions which have so readily been present recently.
Body Story - That said, it does seem that on page 6 there is a story which would be equally prudent to have placed on the front page of this publication. This story is entitled New bill threatens separation of church and state and was written by Kevin Gareau, a Contributing Writer for the Keystone. While this article is not as specifically relevant/endemic for Kutztown students, it is incredibly relevant for everybody who values the separation of church and state, a population I would count myself a member of. This article is biased, ending with this sentence: "We do not need belief in a god to bring us together." I agree, but I guess I can understand why this story got shelved on the sixth page. While the journalistic content of the story is incredibly relevant and probably worthy of front-page consideration, the other story is more specifically relevant to the paper's audience, and putting this article on the front page with its clear bias might have caused a backlash if anybody actually read the Keystone.
Friday, February 21, 2014
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Newspaper Article Post
Reading Eagle - Page A1 + A3
Written By Dan Kelly and Mike Urban
"With snow coming, all are getting ready"
Hospitals, road crews, utilities, shelters on alert
Within this front page piece in today's Reading Eagle regarding the impending snowstorm, writers Dan Kelly and Mike Urban outline the scope of the upcoming storm and the measures which people in our local area have been taking to prepare for the looming precipitation. They get to the heart of the matter in the first paragraph of the article, noting that people of all backgrounds are "keeping their eyes on the skies and an ear to the ground" listening for the latest weather forecast. They continue to note that 'Experts' are predicting a snowfall of 6-18 inches for Thursday. In the article, under bold subheads, the manner in which different groups of people are preparing is detailed. These subheads read: Municipalities, Hospitals, Senior citizens, Stores, Emergency services, Shelters, Airport, and Taxis. Under the subheads, the writers use personal quotes and examples to detail how local groups plan to go about their business/accommodate for the incoming storm. The article is clearly written and serves a clear purpose: to inform the residents of Reading and surrounding areas what public services will be made available/utilized during the inclement weather, to help these residents better understand the mobilization process and challenges that many important public groups face in preparing for such natural phenomena, and to use specific examples and true-to-life quotes given by various representatives of these groups to help paint a clearer picture of the manner in which a semi-rural/semi-urban area goes about preparing for seemingly recursive heavy snowfall.
Written By Dan Kelly and Mike Urban
"With snow coming, all are getting ready"
Hospitals, road crews, utilities, shelters on alert
Within this front page piece in today's Reading Eagle regarding the impending snowstorm, writers Dan Kelly and Mike Urban outline the scope of the upcoming storm and the measures which people in our local area have been taking to prepare for the looming precipitation. They get to the heart of the matter in the first paragraph of the article, noting that people of all backgrounds are "keeping their eyes on the skies and an ear to the ground" listening for the latest weather forecast. They continue to note that 'Experts' are predicting a snowfall of 6-18 inches for Thursday. In the article, under bold subheads, the manner in which different groups of people are preparing is detailed. These subheads read: Municipalities, Hospitals, Senior citizens, Stores, Emergency services, Shelters, Airport, and Taxis. Under the subheads, the writers use personal quotes and examples to detail how local groups plan to go about their business/accommodate for the incoming storm. The article is clearly written and serves a clear purpose: to inform the residents of Reading and surrounding areas what public services will be made available/utilized during the inclement weather, to help these residents better understand the mobilization process and challenges that many important public groups face in preparing for such natural phenomena, and to use specific examples and true-to-life quotes given by various representatives of these groups to help paint a clearer picture of the manner in which a semi-rural/semi-urban area goes about preparing for seemingly recursive heavy snowfall.
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