October 7, 2014
The art with the front page story
of the missing college student would normally be too stylized for a story of
that level of seriousness, but because the photo they had to work with is poor
quality (I am assuming provided by her family) it does work in this situation.
There is also a widow in the second column of the story that should have been
eliminated.
On the
second page the story about the children of Ebola victims was very powerful and
unique, I applaud the paper for seeking out a unique story amid all the Ebola
hype. The photo accompanying the story was well-chosen as well. It has the
right level of emotion and fits the story well. The hurricane story on page 3,
uses “this afternoon or this evening” in the lead and “this morning” later in
the story. AP style requires the date or day of the week.
On the
fourth page, I found that most all of the political stories contained the
percent sign (%) rather than the word “percent” written out. AP style requires
that it be written out, because it occurs throughout the stories, it may be
that it is one of USA TODAY’s unique style choices. On page 6 in the story
“Authorities put ‘fresh eyes’ on cases” the numeral 3 is used when it should be
spelled out: three.
On
page 8, the headline “Calm down about Ebola already” has more than three spaces
at the end of the third line. Also, in the same story, second paragraph, “here
in the United States” I deleted “here.”
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