My newspaper experience

Well, in junior high, my English class had Carpe' Diam day every Friday. All we had to do was find something interesting in the papers and write/talk about them in class.

I have been in the paper for almost every theatrical production I have been involved with since high school. Not really anything major, just pictures and my name. They were just the local "Star Tribune", or the ones by my school in Belgrade

I wrote for the Trojan Times for about a year. I pretty much hated it, because, really, there wasn't much going on and I had to write about something. I got a few good articles, for the Virginia Tech shootings, for the school having a ridiculous virtual tour, and my experience going to Pine Ridge on a mission trip. The one thing I liked about those major stories, is that I got some major feedback from the readers and even Dr. Knowlton.

As for reading papers, at home my parents always had an ongoing subscription to the "Star Tribune", so there was always something to read. I mostly stuck with the funnies. At college, I don't personally have a subscription, but I have bought a paper or two depending on what is going on locally.

I do have a deep hate for the "Argus Leader". I hate their stories, I hate their headlines, I hate their bias, I hate their editor. Their stories have little depth, and lately I've been seeing more AP, USA Today articles than local writers. Their headlines are extremely sensationalized, and when they weren't sensationalized they were biased. Like one that stands out in my mind is "Noem Identifies with South Dakotans". It chose words that sway readers, they could have used any other word than "Identifies" to describe her luncheon with some city. People assume that what they say is fact, and if Kristy identifies with South Dakotan's, then Stephanie in turn does not. I can't even open the Argus during election periods, because any article on a candidate is almost like free advertising.