My Hometown Newspaper
The Five I’s: The Garland News
Garland is a suburb in Dallas. The Garland News is the newspaper. Garland is a fairly large town, but people rely on Dallas news stations to get their news.
Garland people use the Garland News to keep up on events in Garland. Garland news rarely does breaking news on thier website. Which brings me to my first point, Immediacy.
Garland News is not very immediate at all. Any murders or breaking weather reports, they use Dallas to cover the story.
The website does focus on interactivity and involvement. Since the website focuses on the community, it is very interactive. There is also a community link. The website is involved with the events going on in the community. Anyone in the community that wants to interact in Garland events can find out about it on the website.
The website is community based, but is not very integrated. It looks fairly outdated, and could use a makeover. The newspaper is on a small budget, but there are improvements the website can make that are easy and free. Another integration the website could use is video. In today’s world, video is vitale for web users. The newspaper can get volunteers to help because it would look good on a resume.
The final “I” is in depth opportunities. The website does not have any in depth opportunities, but I don’t see why they would add it. The website barely encompasses the news in Garland.
Overall, the website serves its purpose as providing community news.
