September 4, 2013

 The New York Times

For my second blog I read some stories from The New York Times.  I read this on September 4, 2013.  It is a major newspaper sold nationally that covers different topics that are occurring in the world.  It covers world news, movies, music, technology, and business.

The story that made front headlines was Drawing a Line On Syria, U.S. Eyes Iran Talks.  This story covered the latest news with the United States’ involvement with Syria.  President Obama is debating on providing air strikes to help the Syrian people in their desperate time of need.  He has gained supporters in favor of the air strike including Secretary of State John Kerry.  The Iranian government has said that if the U.S. strikes Syria it will be viewed as an attack on all of Iran.  Some are worried what will happen if America does not intervene.  People are not only worried for Syrians, but for Americans as well.

Another story that caught my interest was titled Sharks and Nature Cooperate For Solo Cuba-to-Florida Swim.  It was about a lady that swam from Cuba to the shores of Florida.  The swimmer’s name is Diana Nyad and she is 64 years old.  The journey lasted for 53 hours.  She had attempted this challenge two other times before achieving it on the third try.  She is the first to complete the journey without the assistants of a shark cage.  The last story that seemed of interest to me was a story titled Young Programmers.  Dr. Marina Umaschi Bers is leading a project that is teaching children how to program software at the same time they are learning to read and tie their shoes.  The experiments are taking place in Massachusetts schools.  The program will guide the young users with pictures of instead of words.  With technological advances being made every day, the project is gaining considerable amount of support.  The program will be available in 2014.

I think the audience for this news outlet is between the ages of 30-65.  More people at this age are more likely to read world news and buy newspapers.  Younger adults who are in college usually get their news from the T.V. or internet.  I enjoyed looking through and reading The New York Times.  It had many interesting stories and did not seem to be bias on any of the findings or latest news.  The stories presented both sides of the issue in equal weight.  I would continue to read the paper if it was offered on campus.