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From the publisher of The Good News magazine. Request the World News & Prophecy Related Resources The Middle East in Bible Prophecy The United States and Britain in Bible Prophecy You Can Understand Bible Prophecy Are We Living in the Time of the End? The Book of Revelation Unveiled ------------------------------   Restoration: Is All News Local? by Darris McNeely Lately I have been reading a lot about the trend in newspapers toward mostly local coverage. Many of the large metro newspapers have cut their foreign news operations. I read a few days ago that the Boston Globe had done this. A recent PBS Frontline series on the "news wars" focused on the ongoing woes of the Los Angeles Times. Viewing the shrunken profits and newsroom staff, one analyst was arguing that this venerable old paper should focus its efforts on local news and forget trying to be a national paper with an international focus. I have watched this trend in my local newspaper, The Indianapolis Star, for several months now. To keep readership and circulation figures up, their focus has been on issues of local and state interest. A recent Sunday edition offers an example. The front page had three articles. Above the fold, one dealt with financial aid available for adoptive families and another covered the governor's attempt to increase the cigarette tax. At the bottom an article covered the appointment of a new university president. To find the first article on international news, you had to go to page 9 for analysis of President Bush's upcoming trip to Latin America. The only other international news item was on page 16, and it dealt with the war in Afghanistan. That's it--two articles. Page 2 was devoted to promoting the Web version of the paper, which contains blogs, recipes, local sports and more local news coverage. Now all of this is very helpful, especially if I want information on a concert or to catch the latest local scores. And it echoes the trend of most American newspapers. Many newsrooms are equipping reporters with laptops and wireless modems. They are expected to spend the day in the field gathering news, writing on local issues and updating their news site several times a day. Read the full article at www.wnponline.org/wnp/wnp0703/restoration0703.htm Related Information on UCG Sites: Other Articles by Darris McNeely News media: _All the News That Fits - Into One Minute _A Front-Row Seat for Suffering _'Watch Therefore, and Pray Always' _In the News Jan/Mar 2007 _Sifting the News: What to Look for _When Stars & Lives Collide Search Our Site Key Subjects Index General Topics Index Biblical References Index Good News Magazine Index Booklets and All Literature Index Home Page of this site