The media outlet covered this week for journalism is the Dallas Morning News. I evaluated the outlet on Sunday, October 27th after watching the Dallas Cowboys lose. It felt fitting to wait for the outcome of the game. The outlet covers a wide variety of topics, but most of them are topics covered throughout Texas. They have a huge section, and what it is mostly based off of is the Dallas area. The Dallas area is a large part of North Texas, and the Dallas Morning News does a good job of covering it.
The outlet usually covers topics about the community, sports, and politics that are happening in the state of Texas. Sometimes they range towards national news. The top story was a story out of Houston. This story was covering the city’s proposal to shut down the Alamodome or not. The city wants to transform it into an exhibition center for the city, but fans from the past want to keep the stadium. A lot of supporters to the Alamodome are touring cities in a bus and letting other supporters write their stories they have from the Alamodome.
The communication department just received a $50 million dollar boost to help with journalism, advertising, and other communication studies. “The Moody Foundation has pledged the money to support projects across UT’s communication college, which will now be named after the Galveston-based nonprofit.” This will help in the growth of the department, and will lead to scholarship endowments to help future students.
This story is about how the state of Texas is going to shut down 13 abortion clinics to go into effect Tuesday. They will do this if the federal judge votes for abortion restrictions. There are a lot of people saying that the state is going “back door” and that it is not right they’re shutting down clinics if the bill gets passed.
The audience for this outlet is a wide group in the state of Texas. It appeals to Texans because it deals heavily on topics around the state. This media outlet does appeal to me. because I live in Texas, and will possibly be working in Texas when I graduate. My main place to be would be Dallas, and this would be a perfect news source for me.