If papers provide readers with news they can trust, they will always continue to be circulated. The Dundalk Eagle will specifically always survive. People look for local information more often than broad events. The Dundalk Eagle offers in depth reporting, comprehensive commentary and coverage on local school news, sports and recreation, the community calendar, classifieds, and much more. The audience is directly set to satisfy the readers of the local community. I interviewed a former editor of the Dundalk Eagle, Ann Booker which commented, "The reporters goal is to try to write objectively." For a long time The Dundalk Eagle was 25 cents, but just recently was raised to 50 cents. This price increase will most likely will have no impact at all on the number of people who purchase this paper. The quality of writing within this paper is outstanding. The writers have proven themselves to be very talented by winning many awards. Bill Gates, a writer who specializes in sports and recreation articles has especially won many awards for his intriguing columns.
SYDNEY Global media magnate Rupert Murdoch says doomsayers who are predicting the Internet will kill off newspapers are "misguided cynics" who fail to grasp that the online world is potentially a huge new market of information-hungry consumers. He said people now were "hungrier for information that ever before" and that papers have an edge over bloggers and other newcomers because they are more trusted by readers.
People buy this newspaper to stay connected and find out what's going on in their neighborhood with their family, friends, and sports teams. The huge advantage here is that this paper is community oriented. For example, the Dundalk Eagle will only print the people that are from Dundalk in the obituaries. Also, there is a section that posts pictures of people who took a picture with the Eagle while vacationing. This strongly encourages the reader to feel a sense of community and belonging. Ann Booker states, "Dundalk is a parochial community." They are a certain group of people that share many common interest and they are generally all in the same social class.
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I'm glad you took the initiative to interview someone. I also liked your point about how the Eagle only prints obits on local people. I think that will keep the paper relevant to the area.
ReplyDeleteI would have to agree with Mr. Walsh I also like your point which is true on how the Eagle you can find info on local people in the area..such as. if someone dies. Its coinveinant for the local people.
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