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.
Hello, I just wanted to take the time to comment on your post. After reading each paragraph, each being on a newspaper article, I found that you took a different spin on the assignment than I had done, and I liked it. For my post I found an article that was on the front page that I felt wasn't "newsworthy" enough in my eyes to be on the front page, then I found another article hidden in the newspaper that I felt would have been a more relevant article to take its place. You seemed to have found an issue that was very relevant and although it wasn't on a positive note, it was easy for college students to relate to. I learned something I did not even think about as well, that the lack of snow removal was due to low budget cuts.
ReplyDeleteYour second article, which was the hidden one, seems to be interesting as well and very relevant. I like how you added why you think this article may have not been put on the front page. Religion is a hot topic, yet a very important one.
Overall I liked how you were very outspoken and got to the point in your writing. My only suggestion would be to add more description about what the articles were about. As the reader I wanted to know more about what you were referring to; I didn't read the articles. I feel that if you add a little more of this your blog will have those finishing touches for perfection! Keep up the good work!