If pertaining to Ella's critique on WLKY, I fully agree. Ella provides an intuitive look into the reality of WLKY's broadcast: CRIME (with a capital everything). Not only is she true when saying this, as my statistics also show that WLKY had a total of 60 crime news stories in the month of October, but she is right to assume that the staff got quite lazy with their daily job (as compared to the other news sources).
WDRB sported 45, a number somewhat better, yet still high. So high it is, in fact, that it, too, is the category with the highest amount of stories. The same goes for WHAS's 32, but not for WAVE, a local station bearing only 19 crime stories in the entire month.
Of the 10 headlines documented, 8 could be categorized under the "Crime" segment of core topics. Although core, they are shown in such a superfluous amount that the stories, in reality, begin to become peripheral. Too much of any section is in violation of the yardstick of "Enterprise," according to the gradethenews.org.
To resolve this, WLKY should, as described by the yardstick of "Enterprise," should passively reposed to and seek out relevant news stories so as to balance out their core and peripheral topics in a such a manner that it coincides with other great stations alike.
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Thursday, November 6, 2014
Response to Nyah Mattison: A Girl Who Makes Some Fantastic Points
Nyah's blog is not only organized well, but contains interesting and in-depth coverage and critiques of organizations I am able to notice in my everyday life...and I completely agree with her views.
I really love her critique of WAVE 3's website. I do agree that although news websites are certainly meant to have the majority of the "fluff" and other peripheral topics on it, I still do not believe that it should take up the majority of the website. A viewer has to be able to navigate the news easily if they wish to view certain core stories. With all of the fluff clogging the screen, it gets hard.
To expand on what she said, I also do agree that as modern day humans, we do not always have the time to journey to the distant "newsworthy" lands in the "deepest recesses" of a news website. We, as humans, usually do not want a linear broadcast that requires at leaf half of our attention (not to mention commercials...). For example, whenever I study for a current events quiz, I never watch the news. Instead, I simply scroll through the various websites we're given to study off of. It's easier, faster, and convenient, but can get hard if there is too much celebrity news blowing up my laptop and/or cell phone.
In short, as the amazing Nyah said, news should not block other stories from being viewed always. If a news organization is going to have fluff, it is best to put it on its website, but there is a limit, as there is with everything, and that limit should not be ignored.
Check out this post: http://nyahmattison.blogspot.com/2014/11/still-better-than-buzzfeed.html
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I really love her critique of WAVE 3's website. I do agree that although news websites are certainly meant to have the majority of the "fluff" and other peripheral topics on it, I still do not believe that it should take up the majority of the website. A viewer has to be able to navigate the news easily if they wish to view certain core stories. With all of the fluff clogging the screen, it gets hard.
To expand on what she said, I also do agree that as modern day humans, we do not always have the time to journey to the distant "newsworthy" lands in the "deepest recesses" of a news website. We, as humans, usually do not want a linear broadcast that requires at leaf half of our attention (not to mention commercials...). For example, whenever I study for a current events quiz, I never watch the news. Instead, I simply scroll through the various websites we're given to study off of. It's easier, faster, and convenient, but can get hard if there is too much celebrity news blowing up my laptop and/or cell phone.
In short, as the amazing Nyah said, news should not block other stories from being viewed always. If a news organization is going to have fluff, it is best to put it on its website, but there is a limit, as there is with everything, and that limit should not be ignored.
Check out this post: http://nyahmattison.blogspot.com/2014/11/still-better-than-buzzfeed.html
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Everybody Loves C-J...to an Extent
After viewing a local news source, the print and online version of the Courier-Journal, it was concluded that the Courier-Journal's "Human Interest" and "Business and Economy" stories way outnumbered the others in the print version, causing an unbalance of topics in its sections. Statistics, after the month of October (ending on the thirtieth), showed that the Courier-Journal had 67 stories that pertained to business an economy overall, while the "Human Interest" showed a whopping 60 stories to be found in one given month. Although these topics are considered more "core" than others, as said by gradethenews.org (seven yardsticks of journalism), this unbalancing number can be harmful to a paper's image, especially when it outnumbers it in such a large way. According to statistics taken, the Courier-Journal only had 21 stories pertaining to "Health, Consumer, and Environment," 8 for "War and Diplomacy," 31 for "Crime," 34 for "Politics and Government," and 5 for "Accidents and Disasters." As compared to other reviewed stations, too much ink was wasted printing on the above mentioned, over-viewed topics.
All other televised news stations except for WDRB have a significantly higher amount of accidents than the C-J, statistics show. Yet, even with this being so, the numbers are still not overly excessive and "tiring" for an entire month, with the highest being 16 (WLKY) and the lowest being 6 (WHAS). Another example of their folly is seen through the statistics of the other organizations watched. All had a significantly lower amount of "Human Interest" stories to show, with the highest being 27 in one month (WAVE) and the lowest being 11 (WHAS).
However, these statistics do not mean that the C-J is entirely at fault for only these underreported stories. They are also at fault for over reporting others, as well. This can be seen in the category of "Politics and Government." As shown above, the C-J had a large amount for one month (do keep in mind that this was the month before the senate elections, so it would have been overflowing with debates and campaigns). All other news stations kept their stories a little more balanced with the highest among being 20 (WLKY) and the lowest, 5 (WHAS). The C-J's 34 left it with a little more than it could handle. Some stories were just recaps of previous events, and did not satisfy in the context of "newsworthy." An example of this is seen through its headline story on the eighth of October, "Economy Top Issue for Voters," when other stations were reporting on more relevant topics like "Former Coach on Trial for Sexual Assault (WHAS)."
Overall, the Courier-Journal, through its misbalance of news stories, violated the principle of journalism, "Inclusive," as the business and consumer topics reported mainly favored those of Downtown Louisville. "Enterprise" has been violated, as well. To right this wrong, the C-J should consider spreading to a wider range of topics, rather than just reporting on topics, although core, in an overly excessive amount to obtain rom for other core topics like "Crime and Justice," "Major Accidents," and other core topics.
Check out the C-J story (digitized) mentioned here: http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2014/10/07/bluegrass-poll-look-issues-facing-us/16849901/
Check out the full online website here: http://www.courier-journal.com
All other televised news stations except for WDRB have a significantly higher amount of accidents than the C-J, statistics show. Yet, even with this being so, the numbers are still not overly excessive and "tiring" for an entire month, with the highest being 16 (WLKY) and the lowest being 6 (WHAS). Another example of their folly is seen through the statistics of the other organizations watched. All had a significantly lower amount of "Human Interest" stories to show, with the highest being 27 in one month (WAVE) and the lowest being 11 (WHAS).
However, these statistics do not mean that the C-J is entirely at fault for only these underreported stories. They are also at fault for over reporting others, as well. This can be seen in the category of "Politics and Government." As shown above, the C-J had a large amount for one month (do keep in mind that this was the month before the senate elections, so it would have been overflowing with debates and campaigns). All other news stations kept their stories a little more balanced with the highest among being 20 (WLKY) and the lowest, 5 (WHAS). The C-J's 34 left it with a little more than it could handle. Some stories were just recaps of previous events, and did not satisfy in the context of "newsworthy." An example of this is seen through its headline story on the eighth of October, "Economy Top Issue for Voters," when other stations were reporting on more relevant topics like "Former Coach on Trial for Sexual Assault (WHAS)."
Overall, the Courier-Journal, through its misbalance of news stories, violated the principle of journalism, "Inclusive," as the business and consumer topics reported mainly favored those of Downtown Louisville. "Enterprise" has been violated, as well. To right this wrong, the C-J should consider spreading to a wider range of topics, rather than just reporting on topics, although core, in an overly excessive amount to obtain rom for other core topics like "Crime and Justice," "Major Accidents," and other core topics.
Check out the C-J story (digitized) mentioned here: http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2014/10/07/bluegrass-poll-look-issues-facing-us/16849901/
Check out the full online website here: http://www.courier-journal.com
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