Peter S. Goodman Analysis

In today's day-in-age, technology is always advancing. Information gets spread across the world within seconds. The internet and social media has helped make communication faster than ever. However, Peter S. Goodman is more of an old-school guy and likes reporting and is not in favor of social media. In this passage, Goodman informs readers on facts about journalism and what has been done, as well as his views on journalism, and he uses logos, problem and solution, and comparison to do this.

Appeal to logos, which is the appeal to logic or facts, is used by Goodman in the passage. He uses it to show the decrease in the amount of foreign reporting in recent years. For example, he remarks "Back in 2003, American Journalism Review produced a census of foreign correspondents then employed by newspapers based in the United States, and found 307 full time people. When AJR repeated the exercise in 2011, the count had dropped to 234." Here it shows how significantly the # of

correspondents dropped in 8 years. Another example is when he states " In the intervening 8 years, 20 American news organizations had entirely eliminated their foreign bureaus." This statistic informs us that tech has advanced so much, entire organizations stop running. A 3rd example is when Goodman asserts "The same AJR survey zeroed in on a representative sampling of American papers from across the country and found that the space devoted to foreign news had shrunk by 53 percent over the previous quarter-century." We are informed that the papers devoted to foreign news had shrunk to under half of what it was 25 years go. As time is passing, the decline of foreign trade continues. In general, Goodman uses logos well to inform readers about the decline of foreign journalism.
Goodman shows what has been done to journalism in the passage by using the problem and solution method.

He states the problem first, as he remarks "In short, news of the world is becoming palpably more relevant to the day-to day experiences of American readers, and it is rapidly disappearing." In other words, world news is becoming more relevant and seen to Americans not through reporting but through social media and other types of technological communications, so it disappears quicker. He then states a solution that can help foreign reporting, as he mentions "Several nonprofit outlets have popped up to finance foreign reporting, and a for profit outfit, Global Post, has dispatched a team of 18 senior correspondents into the field, supplemented by dozens of stringers and freelancers..." Here he tells us what has been put in place to help make foreign journalism prominent again. In conclusion, Goodman explains the problem thoroughly and provides a solution that can actually make a positive

impact.
Through comparison, Goodman expresses to us and informs us on his views of foreign journalism. For example, he asserts "Crowd-sourcing is a fundamental advantage of the web, so why not embrace it as a means of piecing together a broader and more textured understanding of events?" Words like "broader" and "more textured" show he is comparing the web to foreign reporting, and his views is that info from the web does not give you a detailed description of events compared to foreign reporting. His sarcastic tone indicates he does not like the web as a place for reporting information. Another example is when Goodman expresses " We are intent on forging fresh platforms for user-generated content: testimonials, snapshots and video clips from readers documenting issues in need of attention. Too often these sorts of efforts wind up feeling marginal or even patronizing..." This time he is comparing social networks such as Twitter and Snapchat, and words such as "marginal" and "patronizing" illustrate that he thinks compared to foreign reporting, social media is not as meticulous when it comes to world wide events. He also believes everyone is too content with this platform being used to spread information. Aside from comparison, Goodman expresses that foreign reporting needs to " come back to life" and he expresses this by stating "We need to put back what the Internet has taken away" and "WE need to re-examine and update how we gather information..." Overall, Goodman utilizes comparison well to express his views.
In conclusion, this passage was informative and expressive. I learned about the decline of foreign reporting and what has been done to help it. Also, I see how Goodman feels about foreign reporting, as well as other communication forms. This was a interesting passage.