Newspaper Log- Monday March 29th

Today's paper had three articles I was interested in reading. The first, I barely finished the second paragraph because the title captivated me and I just wanted to know enough to know what it meant. The title was, "Unearthing the Sex Secrets of the Perigord Black Truffle." The second article was about advertising a common red brick to find the best advertiser in the world. The last article I read was actually in the New York section and it was called, "In New York, Breaking a Law on Roommates." The article is about New York City's law that no more than three unrelated people can live in an apartment together. This rule though, is hardly enforced which the article says may be a good thing since it is financially beneficial for teenagers getting an apartment in the city to live with more people. I definitely agree with this article.

This roommate article also falls under one of the "elements of journalism." One of the elements says that "Journalism must provide a forum for public criticism" which I believe this article most definitely does. The article speaks of the benefits of breaking this New York law, and the practicality of having many people live together. I'm sure many New Yorkers agree with this article, but there are certainly other people who don't agree, and those would be the people who will criticize.

Another element of journalism says that Journalism's first loyalty is to citizens, which this article also displays. The purpose of the article is to bring to the attention the fact that this rule is not necessary and the citizens of New York would be better off without this rule.

I believe that this article is a good role model for what a good piece of journalistic writing should look like.