The problem with ski season is that it's a great way to prolong the summer lifestyle that I hold so dear. Unfortunately, there are also weekly clashes between this false sense of summer and school. As of now, it looks as if school will win the first battle. Due to class assignments and work, I have already made the decision to miss the opening tournament. My decision was made easier by my not wanting to make the six hour drive to southwest Missouri. There's always next week.
Catch of the Week:
My catch is from Thursday's (8/28) edition of the Daily Illini. In a front page story a letter was omitted from a word in a quote. The quote from Illini Union program advisor, India Meyers, was printed, "The looked for an individual that could speak on the current political climate on account of this being an election year." The letter "y" was left off of "The." While most readers would still be able to figure out the meaning of the quote, this mistake should have been caught by the writer or copy editors, especially since it begins the quote. If it were in the middle of the quote, it would not stand out as much and could easily be overlooked by readers.
Headline Challenge
The headline (and story) I want to change is from today's edition of the Daily Illini (front page):
Invisibility now a possibility
The headline and article are both accurate, but they are misleading. The headline and article make it seem as if U of I was the first school to develop this technology.
University of California, Berkeley, however released information that they were on the way to developing the same technology almost two months ago: see link below
The DI article makes no mention of Berkeley. Perhaps the new headline should read:
U of I catches up to Berkeley
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1 comment:
When I saw this story, I first looked at the picture, and I became extremely excited that we had developed a cloaking device. However, I was disappointed to learn that the picture was really just a photo illustration, and that our school hadn't even come up with the technology first. It is disappointing whenever your trusted source of news misleads you, whether intentionally or not. So I think it is important that we try hard as journalists not to make our readers mistrust us. Good catch- it made me think!
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