The Daily Herald

Delve into one of our local papers. What is the balance between hard and soft news? What kind of topics are being covered? Are they still the watchdogs they used to be?

The Daily Herald has about 65% hard news and 35% soft news. One of the top stories includes the opening of a new elementary school. However, The Daily Herald still has a lot of election and economy coverage. A recent story that ran in the Daily Herald was written about the economy. It was entitled "'Sticky' prices keep grocery bills high." This article commented on the recession of the United States economy as well as the prices for gasoline. Otherwise, the newspaper keeps track of all of the regular subjects such as weather, sports, and local news.

I do think that this paper can serve as a watchdog. However, it has become less of a priority with the advent of the raging economic problems and the presidential election.

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