Throughout this past October, my journalism class collected data that dealt with the news stories from local Louisville TV news stations (WLKY, WHAS, WAVE, and WDRB). Surprisingly, most of the stories that all of the news stations covered on were focused on crime. Yes, that’s right, crime. When people turn on their TV set when they get home after a long day at work or a busy day at school, they don’t want to sit down and learn about violence happening around their town. Most people are more intrigued about what is going on with the government, because after all, the government is pretty important to the American economy. The news is responsible for delivering its viewers with good and mostly relevant news. For example, WLKY doing a story on Kanye West running into a pole (yes, he actually ran into a pole, but WLKY has not actually reported on this) is a waste of valuable time considering a newscast is usually 30 minutes and nearly half of that time is eaten up by commercial breaks. So, my message to the news stations is this: stop committing crimes, and give the people effective, important news.
Here is the link to the local news story breakdowns of October 2013:
https://docs.google.com/a/manualjc.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ah1epiOo9BqadE5HSmpyTW1mcmNUaWFLV2FLQlpTNnc&usp=drive_web#gid=0
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