Herald-Dispatch Critique: Thursday, Nov. 5

The Thursday, Nov. 5 edition of The Herald-Dispatch featured an issue I had not come across before now - that being a major macro-editing issue.  A short article written on page 2, titled "Mysterious men in red appear in Huntington," did not need to be published.

The story was not relevant and provided no true newsworthy elements.  Maybe a follow-up was planned, but if not, that story did not need to be published.  Outside of that, the other micro-editing issues continued the same themes as previous editions - wordiness, cliches, beginning a lead paragraph with a prepositional phrase, ending a lead paragraph with the time element and editorializing.

Besides that short story written that did not need to be published, this edition was well-written yet again.  The bulk of the errors in this edition were small things that don't mean much.

Herald-Dispatch Critique: Thursday, Oct. 29

The Thursday, Oct. 9 edition of The Herald-Dispatch was a professionally written, relatively error free written newspaper that continued the trend of the issues I have critiqued previously.  There were no macro-editing issues and it only featured micro-editing issues.

Some common, reoccurring issues were beginning a lead paragraph with a prepositional phrase, ending the lead paragraph with the time element, occasional wordiness, cliches and editorializing.  There was also an issue of a story or two being too long.

All in all, this edition was on par with the previous editions I have read and continued many of the same themes.  Outside of the micro-editing issues mentioned, it was a clean issue.

Herald-Dispatch Critique: Thursday, Oct. 22

The Thursday, Oct. 22 edition of The Herald-Dispatch was a relatively clean, major mistake free edition as the previous editions were.  There were no macro-editing issues and it featured solely micro-editing issues.  

The reoccurring theme of ending a lead paragraph with the time element was an issue.  Other issues included occasional wordiness, cliches, beginning a lead paragraph with a prepositional phrase and editorializing.  

But overall, this edition continued the theme of the previous editions and was well written and professional from start to finish.  The Herald-Dispatch is a high quality newspaper that continuously provides well written stories.  

Herald-Dispatch Critique: Thursday, Oct. 15

The Thursday, Oct. 15 edition of The Herald-Dispatch was well written and professional from start to finish.  Outside of the common micro-editing issues, there were no majors issues involved in this edition.

A common, reoccurring theme I found, much like other editions, was beginning the lead paragraph with a prepositional phrase.  I found the same minor issues of occasional wordiness, cliches, ending the lead paragraph with the time element and editorializing.

Overall, this edition was basically the same as the previous one's I have read through.  It featured the same minor micro-editing issues and featured no macro-editing issues.

Herald-Dispatch Critique: Thursday, Oct. 8

The Thursday, Oct. 8 edition of The Herald-Dispatch continued the theme of being well written and featuring few issues.  There were no macro editing issues, but there were some micro editing issues as with the previous editions I have read.

Much like the other editions I have read, beginning a lead paragraph with a prepositional phrase was a reoccurring theme.  There were also instances of wordiness, ending a lead paragraph with the time element and uses of too many cliches and editorializing.

Overall, this edition was on pace with the other editions of The Herald-Dispatch that I have read.  The only issues/errors within it were comprised of micro editing issues.  It was well written and professional, just as it should be.  

Herald-Dispatch Critique: Thursday, Oct. 1

The Thursday, Oct. 1 edition of The Herald-Dispatch continued the theme of being well written and featuring few issues.  There were few, if any, macro editing issues and most were micro editing issues as with the previous editions I have read.

The most reoccurring theme I noticed in this edition was beginning a paragraph with a prepositional phrase.  I also noticed a few instances of the word "host" being used as a verb.  I also noticed a few instances of wordiness as well.

Overall, this edition of The Herald-Dispatch was similar to the previous editions I have read.  It was well written and professional, featuring minimal errors.  I have yet to experience a major macro editing issue, and I suppose that's to be expected with a newspaper like The Herald-Dispatch.

Herald-Dispatch Critique: Thursday, Sept. 24

The Thursday, Sept. 24 edition of The Herald-Dispatch was similar to the previous editions I read through.  It featured minimal errors and was well written overall.  And it also continued the trend of micro editing issues rather than macro.

The front page of the paper had a story titled "Marshall celebrates namesake's birthday," however, The opening paragraph is non-objective by saying John Marshall made the U.S. Supreme Court what it is today.  Most of the other issues were the reoccurring theme of ending the lead paragraph with a time element.

There were also a few instances of cliches being used and lead paragraphs beginning with a prepositional phrase.  Overall, it continued the theme of being a well written newspaper aside from the few micro editing issues that pop up every once in a while.  

Herald-Dispatch Critique: Thursday, Sept. 17

The Thursday, Sept. 17 edition of The Herald-Dispatch was, from my vantage point, better written overall than the week prior.  There were minimal errors and nothing too serious.  Most, if not all, of the errors I discovered were micro editing issues.  

The most reoccurring issues I found were wordiness and ending a lead paragraph with the time element.  I also caught a few examples of beginning a paragraph with a prepositional phrase, which I've been caught doing myself.  

Overall, it was very well written and professional, aside from the select few examples mentioned previously.  

Herald-Dispatch Critique: Thursday, Sept. 10

The Thursday, Sept. 10 edition of The Herald-Dispatch featured minimal errors and was well written overall.  The main error I discovered was on the front page in an article dealing with the 9/11 anniversary.  The date said Sept. 11, 2011 when it should have been 2001.  That jumped out at me and even though it was a minimal error, it was a big one dealing with a topic of the magnitude of 9/11.

I found the most errors in the sports section, and that makes sense.  Most newspapers tend to follow that pattern.  Again, there was nothing serious, but the errors still were there.  I found several instances where there was wordiness and unnecessary words as well.  But all in all, I found this edition to be well written overall.

Assignment #2

Trace Johnson

JMC 305

8/27/15

Assignment #2

           

The New York Times article on Michael Brown lacked sensitivity to the situation and could easily be seen as disrespectful.

Although the writer knows what he’s talking about in regards to the life of Brown, much of the article comes off as disrespect. 

The writer did not take into consideration the family of Brown and what they must have been going through.  Not only that, but the article states that there was a mistake made in it.

“An article on Monday about the life of Michael Brown, the unarmed teenager killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo., misstated the surname of Mr. Brown’s uncle, who recalled talking to his nephew about how to interact with police officers. He is Bernard Ewing, not Ewings.”

It’s hard enough to take an already somewhat controversial article seriously, but when there is a stated error in it, it gets even harder. 

Despite the factual information presented in the article, it’s hard to shake how this article comes off.  It comes off as disrespectful in places and insensitive to an already sensitive situation.  

Whether or not that was what the writer was trying to accomplish, that is how it ended up.