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Show 11 WcdNEsdAy, January 20, 198ft ChitofticU Paqc El even GSI: LEGISLATURE media it.: o from page six down," Decker explained. People are interested in stories that are "humanized," he said. When a story appeals to the audience's emotions, "that makes good TV. People like to feel emotions with Christensen feels the media try to be fair and usually are, but sometimes differences arise. "I realize from a reporter's standpoint it's very hard to sec the same thing that I see," he said. "Sometimes I read what the media say and I think, 'Is that the same meeting I went to?' And it's partly because we're looking at it from different perspectives." I: vi f y Legislature interesting, "You try to put it into some kind of context. "If you're going to write a story on public education, you try and show how it will affect the classrooms and children's U educations." "What we put on the air has to be of interest to a lot of people," Decker said. "It has to affect them, or it has to show something about the system, or it has to be funny. It has to be of interest some way." So what makes an interesting story? "Everyone is interested in stories that will affect them taxes going up, taxes going r ft ui - i J .H TV and newspapers pay much more attention to moral stories than most other things going on up there, he added. Because there won't be many moral issues during this year's legislative session, Decker said there will be a lack of good stories. In fact, for the media, it will mostly be boring. And Decker isn't alone in his opinion. While Bernick says the Legislature is an important area to cover, he admits people really aren't interested. "The importance of the Legislature is that it spends most of the people's money. But it's also kind of boring. "The newspapers should provide as much coverage as they have the space and interest in. The other mediums, like radio and TV, just do sexy stuff. The kinds of things they can get attention with." Bernick said in order to make the m ,j tc TV." 0 lb .!( Chronicle photo by Steven C. Wilson fJ SSAVett TAKB TUG While newspapers can cover issues more in depth, television provides the immediacy and the audience many legislators crave. FEE" l SUIDEHTS WHO NEH) KM W GQUEB Every Student is Eligible for Some Type of Financial Aid Regardless of Grades or Parental Income. We have a data bank of over 200,000 listings of scholarships, fellowships, grants, and loans, representing over $10 billion in private sector funding. Many scholarships are given to students based on their academic interests, career plans, family heritage and place of residence. There's money available for students who have been newspaper car. . . etc. riers, grocery clerks, cheerleaders, mi VOW G& AHAh OF 1?. U1 THE AUU- - UAstVEftStTY non-smoke- Results GUARANTEED. U() For A Free Brochure CALL ANYTIME 1 -8- 00-458.5830 - Fo CAAJ A ff OU iftftAJlMAl FEE, rO V P fiFOfi At- - P0 suA7drs TV TOR. AAS NEXT YEAR, MAKE YOUR PROSPECTIVE HAPPY, IN-LA- WS WIN AH IBM PC CONVERTIBLE LEAVE TOWN! . around the U.S., Puerto Study for a year at one of 81 different campuses a U of U Islands, while still maintaining your status as and Rico, rcJQ qisAljph Virgin NAME THE student. Receive MARRIOTT academic credit for all classes taken at your host school. full ONLINE while attending the other school. Pay University of Utah tuition and experience a new geographical Expand your educational horizons and cultural setting. Sound too good to be true? Well, it National Student txcnange program. For more info and application materials, come lobvisit our office on the lower level of the main of- - I I Donated 1 (581-5151)- " 1976-198- 6 bt IBM " SURVEY OP ATTITUDES TOWARD SMOKING On Smoking CATALOG MS . Facts and Figures LIBRARY'S when you participate in the is true, , or Room 270 by in Van Cott Hall tho I Iniwprcitv Ininn KR1 70.661 LAW AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY' 10 . r ' f I WW mm rv-- .AnmnkiB - 1GUI DISAOKBB Akf n trnnummn for idHUi HOOFnnOir - " ' '' '' ,:' 78 ' " ' v" , All , ,.. Adult K,- T - Wo ToUJUy ""( It work - eomp.nr policy .''. - A ,,, Bft |
