I’ve never been very interested in The Wall Street Journal but I couldn’t remember why until I read through it last night for the first time in a couple years. I find it absolutely boring. Being that the journal has a lot factual information I don’t feel there are many opinionated columns being that it’s about finances and more factual information.
The biggest picture on the front page of the The Wall Street Journal physical copy was the 48th annual Super Bowl game where the Denver Broncos faced off against Seattle Seahawks. Though it may have been the biggest picture on the page, it was not the biggest story. Not that the Super Bowl was a big deal or anything, but it is The Wall Street Journal, so presumably the big story on the front page was about the U.S. and European Union “stepping up their efforts to sway the outcome of the political crisis in Ukraine” and Justice Department dealing with the widen investigations of banks, private-equality firms, and hedge funds which violated some laws in dealings with the Libya’s government. That’s obviously more interesting, right? Lets be realistic, the majority of us would rather read about the Super Bowl then the Ukrainian political crisis. Especially if you’re a Seahawks fan like me then its even better.
Online, however, the journals homepage coverage was a lot more of a predictable subject. The biggest picture on the homepage was about Americans spending $130 billion dollars upgrading their homes last year. The Super Bowl did make it to the homepage it was just much less predominant and focused more on the Seahawks demolishing Peyton Manning versus the game as a whole. In my opinion, the physical copy was a lot more interesting.
On the front and homepages of the paper the ads are both on the right hand side. In the physical copy, the front-page ad is about the TD Ameritrade online stock trading, investing online broker. The best part of the ad is the quote that says, “It’s not every day you find someone to grow old with.” I find that really comical and it definitely got my attention. The ad online is classic, it’s the journal advertising itself. The Wall Street Journal’s ECO: Nomics creating an environmental capital event that they’re even offering to request an invitation too. Now that sounds SUPER fun.
So obviously since I am such a huge Hunger Games fan, lets talk about Heavensbee’s passing. In both articles they start out identical but I would assume since they probably had got information in the last 24 hours, that’s why the online page has the same and much more detailed information as you continue reading. The award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman died of a drug overdose (go figure) in his apartment on Sunday morning in Manhattan, NY. They found him unconscious in his bathtub at around 11:15 a.m. with needle sticking out of arm. He was 46, seriously? Hoffman has been a notable actor for over 20 years where in his most popular films he would play a mysterious or trouble man like in 2005 Capote, 2012 The Masters, and obviously most recently noted in the Hunger Games: Catching Fire and the two part Mocking Jay film which are set to be released in November of this year and 2015. Quotes from him during his 2006 interview with CBS are included in the article and the rest is praising his accomplishments in the industry, which is expected. As sad as I am that Heavensbee is no longer, these drug overdose deaths need to stop.
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Hi Rachel,
I found the Journal boring when I subscribed as a 20-year-old, but find that it’s much more fascinating now that I’m more used to reading it. You may already be heading that way, as you’ve found several interesting things to write about here. Always look at the bottom of the front page for the quirky feature – they’re almost always fun reads about fascinating and surprising issues and situations. I appreciate your take on “Heavensby” and your deduction of how the online coverage developed differently than the print story did.
I like the conversational tone of your writing, and the slightly snarky attitude is appropriate for a blog. You’ve got some difficult syntax, a couple grammatical problems and a bit of garbled writing. I think, particularly for this kind of writing, you can improve your writing by reading it out loud before you publish it. You’ll be amazed at how many little errors you’ll catch and fix by reading your pieces so you can hear them (be thankful that you don’t have to do it with a whole book – I’ve done it and it’s painful).
Grade: B