This Just In

“This Just In”

Scott McDonough, ENGL 336

Not all news stories are created equal, just ask the students of Frostburg State University. In asking several different students of FSU about their interest in recent news stories, one will find that the answers are as diverse as the students themselves. Specifically, students were asked what current news story most interested them, and what under-reported news story they thought deserved more attention.

 Freshman Chris Walker, who has not yet declared his major at Frostburg State University remarked, “I find the Kony coverage pretty interesting because it’s a hot issue involving children, but the man himself has a very interesting history as well.” However, Chris also made sure to mention that aside from headline news, any other news stories that go under-reported do not interest him as he explained, “I have too many of my own damn problems to worry about.”

While Chris finds news coverage on Joseph Kony most interesting, Senior Jordan Kochel of Frederick, who is majoring in Business Administration, tends to find his attention focused toward market, trade, economic, and business news. With blunt assertiveness, Jordan insisted that such news stories deserve the most attention because “the American economy is shit right now.” Accordingly, Jordan feels that economic news is always under-reported, and that it takes a little investigation of his own to find anything newsworthy concerning the economy and business.

 Finally, Geography major Ryan Ingraham, a Baltimore native, finds the coverage on the Republican primary candidates most interesting as he declared, “you have to know the stances of the people who may very well be the next to run this country.” In discussing the topic of under-reported news, Ryan offered his stead-fast opinion that “of all the news stories out there, the only news that deserves more coverage is good news.”