Hello Everyone!

My name is Zane Harrington. I am currently a Senior Music and Entertainment Marketing Major at Baylor University in Waco, TX. I will be writing this blog as a requirement for a class at Baylor. This class is Writing for Media Markets, and on this blog I will be discussing and evaluating various media outlets most specifically with regards to news. Other interests of mine include cooking, baking, reading, singing, dancing, and playing the piano.

As a total news junkie, I get my news from several different sources. As far as written news, I utilize Twitter, I read the Washington Post, and I am on Facebook. Occasionally, I will use GoogleNews. As far as television news goes, I regularly watch CBS This Morning, CBS Evening News, Face the Nation, and 60 Minutes. I am a very big fan of CBS News. I agree with their mission of sticking to hard news. In addition to that, I believe that CBS is the least biased news organization. Although this can be difficult sometimes, I feel that they adequately portray both sides.

In class the other day we discussed the various news sources that students utilize. This was very concerning for me. The number one place people claimed that they got their news from was ESPN. I am not saying that ESPN is a poor outlet for sports news, however; I will say that since my classmates and I are of the voting age I find this to be very disheartening. How can we live and vote in a country and world where we do not even know what is going on. News empowers the voters to make quality decisions.

Many stated that they use online sources as well. While I do not think that this is a bad thing, there is a limitation to it. With many online sources, a person chooses what they read about/what is they think is important. Although it very well may be important, I think that it also limits what the reader takes in. Just because they may not be interested in a story does not mean that it is not important for them to know.