Chapters 9/10

Sadly this book needs more pictures, or something to spike my interest a little more, though it is informative. I suppose it is very logical to discuss the different types of ways to write stories, though I did not know you one was supposed to keep the reading and writing level to about someone in middle school. But in the end it makes sense, as the newspaper (though some may argue) is not for just the elderly retired in a rocking chair, or the mother and father reading it before work. This could help everyone to be able to read it more thoroughly. I think the narrative style is more for me. i like to make things interesting, that way people seem to be a little more into it. Facts upon facts is really not something that seems to be compiled into a story does not seem like a very interesting read to me. This could tie into the ways that most people view the story, and how it can relate to them. if something does not unterest me, or effect me in any way...then what is the point of writing the article, except to take up extra space?

"What good is..." essay 3

I found this essay very interesting, though my opinion may be very biased in some senses. i thought it was interesting how NPR was sort of just thrown out there as a great journalism source. The reason I say this may be biased is that I love the radio. i had a job where I could listen to music all day, which got very old; so I switched to the radio. After working 9 hour days listening to the radio, you really know what is happening around the world. the one thing that I am curious about is how other forms of media may feel about this, such as newspapers, the Internet, television, etc.
Now don't get me wrong, I am not sitting in a rocking chair, smoking a pipe and reading the paper when I wake up in the morning. I like to enjoy my coffee and watch the news in the morning. But for my long drives to visit parents and friends, an IPod just doesn't quite cut it. I feel that the radio could be, more or less "coming back" in regards to convenience. Though i only listen to KNX 1070, i think this chapter shed some light that i need to broaden my horizons just a little bit.