The Big Apple: New York

Reading New York Times for class still seems like a chore for me. I do not like to take time out of my day to read the newspaper. I am a very busy person and it’s hard to take time for something I do not enjoy doing. I also have a hard time viewing reading New York Times as homework. I have noticed I am drawn to crime and murder articles. I do not know why I find them interesting. It could be because I was addicted to the show Cold Case for a while. I find them a lot more interesting than political issues. I try to avoid political issues as much as I can. They are long and usually I get lost trying to understand them. I probably get lost because I don’t actually want to read them. This is terrible of me since I am a voter now. I have probably missed a lot of important debatable topics such as the gun law issue. I was not very interested in that debate, so I did not engage myself. By reading New York Times, I am able to engage in more conversations. As I have stated in another blog post, I love to grab coffee with friends and world issues usually come up. It is a lot easier to involve yourself in a conversation when you know something about the subject. I would much rather read Denver Post because I am in Denver and I like the style better. I had to a newspaper project for my media college class where I had to read 5 different newspapers for a week and compare them. Denver Post ended up being my overall favorite. The New York Times was second, but not a close second. My hometown newspaper was my least favorite because it was not updated frequently and did not have a good online format.