Peter S. Goodman

Peter S. Goodman, as the executive business and Global news editor in the article ¨Foreign News at a Crisis Point,¨ asserts that foreign journalism needs to adjust .The author’s purpose was to convince foreign news policy change in order to provide accurate news. Goodman asserts an urgent tone in order to appeal to his audience’s sense of value for global news. Supporting his claim, Mr.Goodman first defines the crisis of the situation, illustrated the needs for modification in journalism and finally demonstrated the immediate need for reliable news. In the beginning, Mister Goodman talks about how American news from overseas has dropped and he shows the numbers of it with credibility. For example, “ 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.” Telling the reader how drastically it has fallen from only a quarter century. Using fear to hook the reader into reading because if our foreign news is dropping, how would we know what's going on outside of our home. Also, the author puts surveys from AJR to establish credibility. However, that was only the start of his argument of his real claim about the press. …show more content…
Also he tries to be on the same level as the reader. For example, “ We are intent on forging fresh platforms for user-generated content: testimonials, snapshots and video clips from readers documenting issues in need of attention.“ Trying to be on the same level as the reader, Goodman used the term we in this paragraph making it sound like that this affects all of us. Establishing a link to the author, reader, and that citizens can help journalism with the social