On Monday, April 16, 2012, The New York Times published an article in the National section of their paper, titled, “Opening Up a Path To Four-Year degrees.”
The article provides a lot of anecdotes, making it interesting, but it fails to present any statistics about adults (years out of high school) entering into community colleges, then renowned Ivy League universities.
Additionally, although most of the story is objective, the reporter, Michael Winerip, uses his own son’s story about attending a community college before New York University. It not only uses “I”, but adds little to the story, since his son is fresh out of high school.
Overall, the story lacks any sort of significance to be a front-page story on the New York Times. If the anecdotes were supported with facts quoted by professional sources and statistics from reputable studies, it might have been a stronger story. Therefore, if I had been the editor, I would have allowed the reporter more time to gather more information before printing the story.
As far as the layout is concerned, the front page appropriately includes a picture of the person whose anecdote is mentioned first. In the redirected page, page A10, a large photograph with each of the other students mentioned is front and center, drawing the eye into the story and establishing the story’s dominance over the other articles on the page.
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