Throughout time newspapers have served a very important role to society as an easy way to inform local people of what is occurring within their area as well as around the world. Keeping people informed on what is going on locally, regionally, and internationally is what keeps everyone aware of what is going on not only around them immediately but also throughout the world. Every newspaper has their own audience who they are delivering the news too. It’s the most convenient way of learning about what is going on in our world today and outside the United States. Newspapers are easily transported and convenient to buy at a small price and can be purchased almost anywhere. Newspapers, though, don’t just benefit the local people but also businesses. They are also very significant to business, commerce, and trade by promoting them within the newspaper, such as through advertisements. Many different newspapers can have a focus on different things, such as some writing about international, national, or local news.
The New York Times is an example of a very popular daily newspaper in New York that keeps citizens informed. It has two editions, one being the U.S edition and the other being the international edition. This newspaper is convenient to buy at almost every drug store, convenience store, as well as supermarket, and many other places due to its popularity. The New York Times has a primary focus on local news of what is occurring within the tri-state area, with a secondary focus on national and international news. It also includes many articles on fashion, food & dining, real estate, technology, science, health and sports that mainly occur in New York. Due to New York’s large population and popularity, there is always something interesting going on. They have articles on a lot of different topics and this newspaper has a main focus on News and what is happening in the U.S. daily and internationally. Some people tend to choose reading the newspaper rather than watching the news (CNN, ABC, etc). Some feel that since these news articles are much more informative when reading them rather than watching the news and being interrupted by commercials. With newspapers you can read them when going to work, on the train, bus, at any time of the day.
The New York Times is considered a more local newspaper, though. An ethnic newspaper, such as The Jewish Journal, differs from The New York Times because they both centralize in two completely different areas as well as societies. Newspapers must keep in mind also what sells, and what sells is what appeals to different societies. The Jewish Journal is a weekly newspaper that puts an emphasis more on national Israeli news, not centralizing on primarily any one area such as how The New York Times will talk about different New York boroughs. The Jewish Journal has articles categories featuring news, opinions, culture, and blogs. Their secondary focus is local news as well as international news. The Jewish Journal does not include very much about sports or writing many entertainment sections such as Hollywood, this part playing in to what appeals more to their society and their people. The Jewish Journal delivers informative articles and what makes them a little different from other articles is they have a section for blogs. Articles that bloggers write and these can be on any given topic, its like a little bit of entertainment for this newspaper.
The Columbia Daily Spectator is also another ethnic newspaper that is printed daily in Morningside Heights in New York City. Similar to The Jewish Journal, The Columbia Spectator has more emphasis on national news rather than local news. Their categories included news, opinion, A&E (arts & entertainment), sports multimedia, spectrum, and the eye. Their sports and entertainment section covers nation-wide articles instead of having a small section and does not mention very much on local news. This, unlike The Jewish Journal, differs because of their society. To Colombians and younger New Yorkers, sports are a larger section because many follow up on them, creating greater sales for the newspaper company if they appeal to their society. Even though this newspaper has a section on reporting news they don’t emphasize as much in it, As would the New York Times. This makes Columbia Daily Spectator significant because how they report on sports is interesting and with their articles they include photos and they also report on some entertaining news.
As all newspapers write typically write about news, entertainment, and sports, what the two ethnic papers do differently from the New York Times is divide their paper sectionally. A large section with “News” labeled on top is not something you will find when you purchase and read The New York times because it is very straight forward. The New York Times is mostly all about news, not having larger sections about entertainment, culture, or sports, being primarily about news mentioned in New York and secondly a smaller section about what is occurring internationally. This keeps New Yorkers informed on what is going on if they don’t have quick access to the television all day. Some prefer to just read the newspaper and get informed by reading. It’s a great way to keep up with what is going on internationally as well. The New York Times does a great job on reporting about what is going on around the world and how it can affect us or not. The Jewish Journal is divided into sections that do not primarily focus on sports such as The Columbia Spectator, being a more reserved column for news, culture, and opinions of the people around the country. Sports is what they specialize in reporting on and it appeals to the younger generations that follow sports on a daily basis. It’s like a fashion magazine for women.
Newspapers around the world are influenced by the regions that they cover. Newspapers keep in mind what appeals to societies and the consumers they want to target in order to make sales, so they keep in mind what certain people want to read. Newspapers have a specific audience that they report to. To the Israeli people, their society is different such as that from New York’s, as well as New York’s being different than that of Colombia’s. These two ethnic papers cover mostly national news, while The New York Times, easily given away by the state’s title, covers what is going on within New York state mostly instead of the whole country. Different newspapers centralize on different subjects and topics, informing the people who purchase their newspapers about what appeals to their societies.
Bibliography:
* Baruch College (2014). “New York City (NYC) Ethnic and Foreign Language Newspapers”, Population and geography. Table 2.I.K.
* Fabricant, Florence. “65 Floors Up, a Classic Returns”. New York. New York Times. 2014.
* Edwards, Julia and Roberta Rampton. “White House intruder allegedly had 800 rounds of ammunition in car”. Washington. Jewish Journal. 2014.
* Sedran, Elizabeth. “Students discuss shared experiences at inaugural first-generation, low-income group meeting”. Brooklyn, New York. Columbia Daily Spectator. 2014.
* Diggs, Jacqueline. “Field hockey dominates Georgetown in 8-1 win”. New York. Columbia Daily Spectator.2014
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