New York Times- Monday, Sept. 26 2011

Much of my time reading the Times today was being caught up on the front page stories. Part of the reason I found, was due to the location of the stories. "In a Bronx Complex, Doing Good Mixes With Looking Good" appealed to me since I have family in the Bronx and I like being educated on news that relates to me. Other stories however, such as the one in Washington about Labor Unions and the 2012 election appealed to me on pure interest. Lately I have been trying to read up more on Politics since it was never a focus of mine in the past. Interestingly enough, while flippling through the Times, I found at times the Communication and advertising interest of mine emerged. I tend to notice and be weary of how many Ads are strategically placed in a paper for consumer digest. I am always intregued when different classes of mine within a given semester can relate to each other. Going back on what I said before about the proximitey or location of a story appealing to me, I was held up reading the article about the mixture of gangs and teachers in schools in Acapulco Mexico. Although nowhere near us, my family and I have visited there, with another trip there coming up in the future. This was a powerful stories as I hear that it is not just about money for the teachers, for them it is a matter of life and death. I found that this story provided strong insight with the interviewees. I know now this is something I would like to work on for this weeks story- finding the right people to interview to make my story more powerful.