Commuter Article Critique

What: "Suburban Love Stories", article on Karelia Stez-Water's reading from her works at one of The Valley Writers Series events.
Where: The Campus News section of The Commuter
Who: Max Brown
When: Thursday, November 12th issue
Why: To inform people on the turn out of the event

With an excellent lead and successful nut graf, "Suburban Love Stories" in Thursday, Nov. 12th’s issue of the commuter is a great article. Max Brown writes an informative article on Karelia Stetz-Water's reading from her works at Thursday, Nov. 5th's, Valley Writers Series event.

The article was informative and did a great job using the inverted pyramid. Brown takes the reader from setting the scene in the lead with, “The room was packed and full of laughter…,” to the less important details of what’s in store for her future at the end.

Brown made sure to include quotes from people with two different stances on the topic, making the article not biased. He includes quotes from Stetz-Waters herself, as well as student Sarah Riley saying, “I loved how she used comedy and makes you laugh when she reads her own writing”.

He also talked to student Benjamin Brumbaugh for the article, who disagrees with the content of Stetz-Waters memoir.

Overall Brown did a great job of being informative on the event, including a variety of points of view, and following all the basic criteria for the make-up of an interesting article.