What's The News?

I read the article, "Bengal tigers could vanish from one of their final strongholds" by Isabelle Gerretsen. You can find it here: https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/21/world/bengal-tigers-sundarbans-scn-intl/index.html. The article discusses the decline in the population of Bengal tigers living in the Sundarbans, a land that is becoming increasingly threatened by rising sea levels and climate change. Not to mention the Tigers face many other human threats. The article varies in sentence length, leaning to the longer side, causing some boredom. There is frequent advertising of their other articles, making it seem for like a ploy for clicks than news. While the issue is serious, there are not any new actions being taken, making the article mere noise (like much of the CNN). The C does stand for commercial.

I read the article, "Victims of Sri Lanka Attacks: Who They Were" by The New York Times. You can find it here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/22/world/asia/sri-lanka-victims.html. The article states that people from 8 different countries met an unfortunate fate during the Sri Lanka Attacks. As the article updates, we get to know the victims more personally (a famous chef, the children of a billionaire, hotel-goers, etc.). Is this news or noise? Well, people are hyped up over these attacks and many may feel the need to obtain this information. As for the article's structure, it is very solid, divided into sections as they continue to update it. Since it's all under one very strong theme, it seems hard to ruin with these updates. The introduction appears weaker than the very heavy body paragraphs because of this and the conclusion is nonexistent.

I read the article, "Stop & Shop says stores are open but may have limited services" by Travis Andersen, Katie Johnston and Breanne Kovatch. You can find it here: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/04/22/stop-shop-says-stores-are-open-but-may-have-limited-services-union-expected-set-vote-new-pact/LSAvq14mjzOETI2LRhIatL/story.html. After a 10-day strike, Stop & Shop is working on a voting process to fix things after a touchy protest. Workers are back in the building, but people in New England may not get the best services from these establishments right now. The introduction is not the best as beginning with "Now" leaves some people in the dark as to what happened before. Perhaps a recap on the tensions of the strike would be ideal. It is a very short article with awkward phrasing, could be better. However, this is an important update/notice for New England shoppers.