After watching this week’s videos and reading “WWGD,” I believe
that one of the changes I would recommend newspapers should make is to stop selling
the newspaper, for today’s news is free and I think that’s an idea they need to
give in to. With the ease of finding news on the internet via computer or
phone, most people do not pay for the news outside of paying their phone or
internet bill. If they take an internet-style approach towards ads, they wouldn’t
need to charge people for papers that are going to end up at the bottom of some
bird cage anyway. They would save a fortune and still have their name all over
the place because people would rather not pay for the paper. If the newspaper was free, then more people would take advantage of it and if more people are reading it, the advertisements would then be more ideal for the companies who have left due to lack of readers.Another way newspapers may evolve to better
suit the readers of today is taking the Utko approach. Design is
everything and
newspapers have long been as boring as can be. A little color, better quality
pictures, and a strategic layout would make the world of difference, for if it
pleases the eye, more people will see it, read it, and even share it. This is
why Coke and Pepsi change the look of their cans every year or two, to appeal
to new consumers.
One
example of the news or media not living up to my expectations is the ignorance
that surrounds Middle Eastern people and how the media has long painted them as
“terrorists.” After 911, the world changed, but it changed for some, way more
than others. After serving in the military for about 4 years, I soon realized
that the people I was trained to fight, were not the people I thought they
were. Contrary to the way our media portrays Muslim people, they are not all
terrorists. Most Muslims are very good people and wouldn’t hurt a fly. Yes,
there are a few bad apples, but that doesn’t mean we should throw away the
whole batch. There is plenty of violence in Chicago, Memphis, New Orleans and
Detroit for the news to cover, yet we dwell on other countries problems. Other than RT News, I’ve only seen negative
press on Middle Easterners and Fox News definitely paints the worst picture of
the Middle East, for it is known as a “republican” network and very much
supported the two recent wars. As we speak, there are thousands of Muslim
refugees in Europe, who came from Syria, that the news has made a circus out of. They
use Muslim people and problems to boost their ratings when they got nothing that’s
“news-worthy.” It is the "ultimate bullshit that's going on behind us." Being from the military, one may think I hate Muslims like our
media seems to, but after knowing them on a personal level, I see that they are
not who I once thought they were.
After watching this week’s videos and reading “WWGD,” I believe
that one of the changes I would recommend newspapers should make is to stop selling
the newspaper, for today’s news is free and I think that’s an idea they need to
give in to. With the ease of finding news on the internet via computer or
phone, most people do not pay for the news outside of paying their phone or
internet bill. If they take an internet-style approach towards ads, they wouldn’t
need to charge people for papers that are going to end up at the bottom of some
bird cage anyway. They would save a fortune and still have their name all over
the place because people would rather not pay for the paper. If the newspaper was free, then more people would take advantage of it and if more people are reading it, the advertisements would then be more ideal for the companies who have left due to lack of readers.Another way newspapers may evolve to better
suit the readers of today is taking the Utko approach. Design is 
everything and
newspapers have long been as boring as can be. A little color, better quality
pictures, and a strategic layout would make the world of difference, for if it
pleases the eye, more people will see it, read it, and even share it. This is
why Coke and Pepsi change the look of their cans every year or two, to appeal
to new consumers.
One
example of the news or media not living up to my expectations is the ignorance
that surrounds Middle Eastern people and how the media has long painted them as
“terrorists.” After 911, the world changed, but it changed for some, way more
than others. After serving in the military for about 4 years, I soon realized
that the people I was trained to fight, were not the people I thought they
were. Contrary to the way our media portrays Muslim people, they are not all
terrorists. Most Muslims are very good people and wouldn’t hurt a fly. Yes,
there are a few bad apples, but that doesn’t mean we should throw away the
whole batch. There is plenty of violence in Chicago, Memphis, New Orleans and
Detroit for the news to cover, yet we dwell on other countries problems. Other than RT News, I’ve only seen negative
press on Middle Easterners and Fox News definitely paints the worst picture of
the Middle East, for it is known as a “republican” network and very much
supported the two recent wars. As we speak, there are thousands of Muslim
refugees in Europe, who came from Syria, that the news has made a circus out of. They
use Muslim people and problems to boost their ratings when they got nothing that’s
“news-worthy.” It is the "ultimate bullshit that's going on behind us." Being from the military, one may think I hate Muslims like our
media seems to, but after knowing them on a personal level, I see that they are
not who I once thought they were. 
Appreciate the openness with the Muslim topic. Having gone through what you have, and to shed a different light than our media want to, is important! This is why I believe we need the newspapers. The media today is so biased, the internet is all about speed, not depth, and I think ultimately that is what people are going to want. I can hope anyway, thanks again for sharing.
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