In class this week we discussed comprehensive and proportional principles of journalism. A main point that we talked about that really got my attention was how journalism is very subjective because of targeted demographics. One example of this would be how the news is directly targeted towards the older generation. You never hear of kids just wanting to watch the news because its exciting to them. It is always the older people who are turning to the news. However while researching this more in depth I came across this article . It was quite interesting to read. Some other examples about how this subjectivity is used in journalism are sports, nature, traveling, and all different topics. The people who are writing these articles are going to direct them towards the people who enjoy these activities. Susan Kime is a journalist for traveling. In this article, she writes about traveling and what to do and all of that. So people who do not like traveling would have no interest in this article. I don't think that is something you can fix in journalism. People have to write about everything and some people may not like that, but they just have to deal with it and move on.
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