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The United States economy is perceived, by CNN, to be on the rise within the last few weeks for the first time in two years. The last time the U.S. economy was in this shape was during the Obama Presidency, in which jobs were added to the workforce and unemployment was on the decrease. However, this year's newly elected President will either continue to strengthen this economy or plummet it. We shall see.
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Another glorious article published by the New York Times provides a story on the National Hockey League (NHL) and how Congress is requesting more concussion information from teams and their medical staffs. Author John Branch breaks down the information he’s researched and puts together a collaboration of important facts, quotations and sources, and a story with a plot to present to his readers. Branch begins his article with a summary lead because of its newsworthiness towards its readers, by stating that Congress simply wants more information regarding NHL player concussions. Branch goes on to explain why this phenomenon is happening between the NHL and Congress. He states the obvious, how NHL protocols are prepared for concussed players, however there’s been a gap missing in the files from NHL medical staffs, reporting whether or not a player is cleared to play. In order to get all of this, Branch must’ve visited a few NHL arenas as well as the NHL headquarters to receive specific and direct quotes from several members of the NHL community. Branch also imbeds several links throughout his article that lead to secondary sources and additional information regarding the NHL and concussion-based research, as well as the report from Congress in requesting more information. This article reminds me of a “Spotlight”article from the notorious Boston Globe in the early 2000s. Obviously, this story is not as significant as some Spotlight stories such as the Pope scandal, however it does, to a degree, relate how a powerful industry avoids some guidelines and rules implemented by the government. Overall, Branch does a great job in identifying the problem, unraveling the problem, and providing the solution, which makes this article easy to read as well as interesting.
The New York Times recently published an article about the current MLB playoffs in which the Chicago Cubs seek to finally break the everlasting curse that has existed for over 90 years. Author Bill Pennington, a writer for the New York Times, published “The Cubs Confront The Curse: Is This the Year?” just weeks before the Cubs would make it to the World Series, and eventually break the curse to make history. While I am a sports nerd and love to read about the MLB, NFL and NHL, who doesn’t love a classic underdog story? Pennington sets this story up to be a true home run. Pennington begins his article with a quote from the chairman of the Chicago Cubs organization, saying “There is no curse; that’s crazy talk.” This interjects curiosity and eagerness into the hearts of the readers, because for some readers they may not even know about the curse to begin with. However, for others, specifically Cubs fans, they’re aware of their past. Pennington continues to exploit the subject of the story, explaining the actual curse and years past of how the Cubs have been deemed the “cursed team” for decades. Pennington uses direct quotes from members of the Chicago Cubs organization, both executives and players. This provides both sides to the story for readers. Not only do they get a business standpoint but also a players point of view, a word from someone who actually has direct effect on the outcome of the team's success. Pennington does some math, adding up the number of ticket sales and comparing them to what it costs to sign a free agent, but all together in an effort to explain to readers the difficulties and steps it takes to fielding a World Series caliber-team. Like I said, as a baseball fan, although the Yankees are out of the playoffs this year, I still love the stigmas that lie on the backbones of historic teams. This juicy story of an underdog team trying to revert the curse that blessed them with losses throughout the years is truly compelling, and draws a great deal of attention. The candidate who perceives to be more prepared than the other is most likely to win tonight’s first presidential debate. That’s the general consensus of several Elon students and faculty members when asked which candidate will perform better, Trump as a Republican or Clinton as a Democrat.
Out of a total of 30 people interviewed at Elon, eight said that the candidate who answers questions in a more professional manner and is generally more prepared will win tonight’s first presidential debate. Each candidate will have to be ready and fully prepared to quickly answer specific questions about problems and issues in today’s world that concerns both the United States and foreign nations. Ryan Finger, for example, says that he will be paying close attention to what responses Trump and Clinton have about the economic policy they stand for as well as foreign policy. “What I want probably won’t end up being the deciding factor, so I’ll go with economic policy,” said Finger. Many provided possible outcome scenarios to the presidential debate, whether it will be Trump firing right back at Clinton and skewing away from his foreign policy, or Clinton attacking Trump. They said candidates will have to ready to answer key topics and concerns, such as the economic policy. Like Finger, other members of the Elon community shared the notion that the candidate with better answers is more likely to win as well as gain more votes in the future. “Whichever candidate chooses the right words and phrases their points correctly will get my vote,” said Sam Sarath, a political science major at Elon. “I’m neither a Trump supporter nor a Clinton fan, but I’m siding with the one who’s got the best answers and sounds like they know what they’re talking about.” Sarath and Finger aren’t the only ones who feel this way about the debate. Several others say that they will take a candidate’s word when talking about their promises, policies and actions when in office. Clare Shaffer, a junior neuroscience major at Elon, expects the debate to discuss the roles of each candidate if they were elected into office. “It will be important for the candidates to focus on the roles that they are going to play as president, rather than focus on tawdry scandals,” said Shaffer. More and more members of the Elon community will be listening for key answers regarding problems in today’s day and age. “I think that it’s important to hear what each candidate has to say in regards to the protests and shootings in Charlotte over the last three days,” said Jordan Suss, another political science major at Elon. “I want to know how each person plans on handling trending problems with law enforcement.” People will be looking at how each candidate answers questions regarding current problems in the United States, like the Charlotte shootings. It’s more about how candidates frame their answers to the public. Both candidates will have to present themselves in a professional and trustworthy fashion, but moreover people will be dialing in and paying attention to the responses each candidate has. “Whoever provides more calm and logical responses that they could actually result in action will win the debate,” said Abby Dionse, a strategic communications major at Elon. The common thread more Elon students shared continued to be focused on how well candidates are prepared and ready to answer questions. “This election is different than others before it because policy is not a major influencer in voter’s opinions of the candidates,” said Ana Garcia. “What matters is which candidate is less unpleasant.” Stretching even further, people will be looking at how candidates dress, their attitude and whoever deems more prepared and ready to take on the American presidency. But, going into the election each candidate will have to make up for their perceived image. “Trump could either look like an idiot or a winner,” said Terrance McLaughlin, another Elon student who is excited about the debate. “Hillary could either look presidential or like a loser.” Heading into the election, people will be listening to how prepared each candidate is, and whichever one projects a clearer and brighter future for the United States. Senior Benjamin Lutz sums up the general thoughts of people interviewed prior to tonight’s debate. “I think it will primarily be determined by how confident they seem and how they are able to answer questions about policy and avoiding a fist fight with each other.” One of NBC’s biggest and brightest names spoke to Elon students last Friday about the role of social media in today’s news realm, and how it’s constantly changing for the better and worse.
“Social media has taken a hold on both local and national news,” said Carey. “Because of this, we are forced to redefine content and rethink the model for now.” As NBC’s Northern Virginia Bureau Chief for New4, Carey is already well ahead of the game in understanding and acknowledging how powerful social media has become. Television news, for the past few years, is on a heavily decline, as well as print news and other traditional sources of news media. Carey talks specifically about the millennial demographic, and how that generation is shaping the future for how and why news is shifting towards more and more social media and online platforms. As a social media enthusiast, Carey is present and active on several social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. Carey stressed the importance in accepting the digital divide today, and knowing how news is changing, and where to find it through the most efficient way possible. Carey perceives social media through the eyes of a millennial, but at the real age of 30. Her knowledge explaining why social media trends are present and happening only justifies her greater point, to that eventually all news will be more accessible and easier to grasp through the lenses of those on the digital forefront of tomorrow. |
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