Recently in class, we talked about the seven yardsticks of journalism. Out of the seven yardsticks that we talked about, local relevance really stood out to me. Think about this: you are watching your local news station, and the main focus for half of the news broadcast is a murder mystery in California. Although this story may be very interesting to you and you may enjoy these types of stories, it has nothing to do with the people in Louisville, Kentucky. I always wonder why local news stations like WHAS11 and WDRB put national stories on their broadcast, when those stories don’t explicitly impact our lives. These irrelevant news stories in our community are really pointless for the local news stations to include in their show, because the news only has a limited amount of time to get all of their information out to the public. When the stations mainly focus on big stories that don’t impact our community, the news that is really important to us (like weather, traffic, school closings, road closings, etc.) always seems rushed. This class discussion has given me more reasoning to believe that local news stations should focus on broadcasting the local news, and the national news stations, like Good Morning America, should focus on broadcasting the national news.
Recently in class, we talked about the seven yardsticks of journalism. Out of the seven yardsticks that we talked about, local relevance really stood out to me. Think about this: you are watching your local news station, and the main focus for half of the news broadcast is a murder mystery in California. Although this story may be very interesting to you and you may enjoy these types of stories, it has nothing to do with the people in Louisville, Kentucky. I always wonder why local news stations like WHAS11 and WDRB put national stories on their broadcast, when those stories don’t explicitly impact our lives. These irrelevant news stories in our community are really pointless for the local news stations to include in their show, because the news only has a limited amount of time to get all of their information out to the public. When the stations mainly focus on big stories that don’t impact our community, the news that is really important to us (like weather, traffic, school closings, road closings, etc.) always seems rushed. This class discussion has given me more reasoning to believe that local news stations should focus on broadcasting the local news, and the national news stations, like Good Morning America, should focus on broadcasting the national news.
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