Story Ideas

1.) Difference between summer classes and regular semester classes.
Summer classes are only 6 weeks long compared to normal semesters that are 16 weeks long. I would like to compare and contrast the two. That will be the focus of the piece. I think this idea is news worthy because we are all here taking summer classes currently. It's has timeliness and relevance to the people in this class, which are probably the only people that would be reading the article anyway. It would be newsworthy for students who are interested in possibly taking summer classes in the future and would like some more information about summer session. I think this would be something that you might see in a campus newspaper.

I would like to examine the quality of the class during the summer and if things get left out because of the shortened semester. Possibly sources for this article would be students who are currently enrolled in summer classes or that have taken them in the past. Also, professors that teach during the regular school year and in the summer.

2.) Recent Graduates and plans for the future.
Today, more so then ever before, it is harder for a college graduate to break into the job market. Many kids that obtain a degree are having hard time finding work and if they do find work it may not be something that pays more than minimum wage. I would like to examine some of the hardships that college graduates are facing and how they are simply managing to survive.

This is newsworthy because this is a issue that a lot of college graduates are facing. There is a conflict element here. Plus, we are all going to be in this same position in the very near future. It is relevant to all college kids but also the general public. I would interview graduates from the past couple years and ask them questions relating to searching for jobs and living out in the real world for the first time. I would also like to interview an employer who hires a lot of fresh graduates and get their take on the issue.

3.)With news media pretty much every where we turn, are young people tuning in?
With the explosion of blogs and news commentary broadcasts over recent years, are young people paying attention? Do young adults care what is going on in the world? If they do, where are they getting their information and why? If they don't, what are they doing instead? I have a theory that a majority of young adults tend to care about news, especially politics, around presidential election and then after that enthusiasm wanes. That would be the most likely angle of my story unless I was proved otherwise during my researching and interviews.

This is newsworthy because young people have a great impact on the rest of our country and we as young people need to be educated on the world around us. I would interview a variety of young adults from all different backgrounds in order to gather information on how they perceive the world. I would ask what they are paying attention to and how they are receiving their information.