I’m a 16-year-old reader of your newspaper and I’m concerned. In the world we live in of constant changes, Internet, and things moving at lightning speed, you seem to have a problem. And that would be your priorities.
I looked at your Feb. 22 paper, and on the front page there were three stories: An 11-year-old trampoline “star,” an object falling from the sky, and a forgettable article about clinics.
What I’m wondering is this: Why are the serious stories (massive earthquakes in New Zealand, the problems in Libya) being kept inside the paper? Why is this not front page news? I don’t know about everyone else, but I read the newspaper to read about the news, not talented pre-teens. I know it’s nice for him and others who are graced with “front page worthy” happy-go-lucky stories too, but if I wanted to know about that, I’d go to the Good Life section.
I’m sorry if anyone is offended by this opinion, but I feel that The Herald needs to get its priorities in order, which would be to deliver the important news to the public. If you go to my high school, Cascade, you’d find that most kids don’t even know about the conflict in Egypt, natural disasters that aren’t in Haiti, or that there’s even problems in Libya. This just shows how the spread of important issues needs to be changed. Please rethink how you display your news and stories; that’s all I’m asking as a faithful reader.
Dara Vodder
Everett
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