5A – Identifying Local Opportunities
For the local newspaper requirement I selected TCPalm. I selected this paper because it covers my hometown and some of its surrounding areas.
Title: Golf cart, sedan crash on A1A leaves man critically injured, flown to hospital
https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/indian-river-county/2019/09/10/golf-cart-and-car-crash-a-1-a-man-flown-hospital-critical-condition/2276433001/
Description of the story: A crash occurred between a golf cart and a car, leaving the golf cart driver in critical condition. The driver's injuries were severe enough to warrant being flown to the local hospital via helicopter. The road that the crash occurred on was temporarily closed down until the debris was cleared.
Description of the problem presented: The limited safety of golf cars due to the lack of safety features that they offer.
Description of who has the problem: People that either own and/or regularly use golf carts
Title: Greasy pizza boxes, plastic bags hurting Treasure Coast recycling efforts, officials say
https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/shaping-our-future/2019/09/11/putting-wrong-materials-recycling-carts-can-costly/1724525001/
Description of the story: It's not uncommon for people to throw plastic bags full of used water bottles into recycling bins. However, while people intend for these used bottles to be recycled, they end up in the dumpster, as plastic bags don't belong in recycling bins.
Description of the problem presented: People are uninformed when it comes to what is and isn't permitted in recycling bins. While these people have good intentions, their actions are resulting in the landfills receiving extra, unneeded waste.
Description of who has the problem: Recycling companies have to spend more time filtering out the non-recyclable items, and the planet, from an environmentalist standpoint, is being unnecessarily polluted.
Title: Orchid will make $367,000 dune repair quickly in case another hurricane rolls in this year
https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/shaping-our-future/2019/09/11/orchid-repair-dorian-dune-damage/2281206001/
Description of the story: The town will have to spend at least $376,000 to repair dunes that were damaged by Hurricane Dorian. The town purchased a very large amount of upland sand to get the dunes back in the condition that they were before the hurricane.
Description of the problem presented: Dunes seem like they're something that can be easily damaged. There's not much in place to support them and prevent them from being damaged.
Description of who has the problem: Tax payers of the area, who have to see part of the towns budget be spend inefficiently.
Title: Five smash-and-grab vehicle burglaries reported at restaurant, business near I 95 in Indian River County
https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/crime/indian-river-county/2019/09/10/five-smash-and-grab-burglaries-cracker-barrel-and-courtney-electric-vero-beach/2275600001/
Description of the story: Multiple residents' cars were broken into at at businesses and restaurants by the highway. The county sheriff warned the public to take precautions to car robberies. It is predicted that the suspects came from out of town to commit the burglaries, due to the sites of crime being close to the highway.
Description of the problem presented: Cars not having advanced security systems in place to prevent smash-and-grab crimes.
Description of who has the problem: Owners of motor vehicles.
Title: Treasure Coast overall sees low amount influenza going into flu season
https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/florida/2019/09/09/what-you-can-do-protect-yourself-and-your-family-flu/2264067001/
Description of the story: Medical professionals expect to see the number of cases of the flu to increase as the fall progresses. While the number of flu cases can be difficult to track, vaccination is recommended to keep the number of cases as low as possible.
Description of the problem presented: The fact that the number of flu cases is expect to increase, as if it's something that's automatic. Some sort of flu awareness or general education on the topic should be provided to keep levels as low as possible year round.
Description of who has the problem: Residents of flu heavy areas.
Title: Golf cart, sedan crash on A1A leaves man critically injured, flown to hospital
https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/indian-river-county/2019/09/10/golf-cart-and-car-crash-a-1-a-man-flown-hospital-critical-condition/2276433001/
Description of the story: A crash occurred between a golf cart and a car, leaving the golf cart driver in critical condition. The driver's injuries were severe enough to warrant being flown to the local hospital via helicopter. The road that the crash occurred on was temporarily closed down until the debris was cleared.
Description of the problem presented: The limited safety of golf cars due to the lack of safety features that they offer.
Description of who has the problem: People that either own and/or regularly use golf carts
Title: Greasy pizza boxes, plastic bags hurting Treasure Coast recycling efforts, officials say
https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/shaping-our-future/2019/09/11/putting-wrong-materials-recycling-carts-can-costly/1724525001/
Description of the story: It's not uncommon for people to throw plastic bags full of used water bottles into recycling bins. However, while people intend for these used bottles to be recycled, they end up in the dumpster, as plastic bags don't belong in recycling bins.
Description of the problem presented: People are uninformed when it comes to what is and isn't permitted in recycling bins. While these people have good intentions, their actions are resulting in the landfills receiving extra, unneeded waste.
Description of who has the problem: Recycling companies have to spend more time filtering out the non-recyclable items, and the planet, from an environmentalist standpoint, is being unnecessarily polluted.
Title: Orchid will make $367,000 dune repair quickly in case another hurricane rolls in this year
https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/shaping-our-future/2019/09/11/orchid-repair-dorian-dune-damage/2281206001/
Description of the story: The town will have to spend at least $376,000 to repair dunes that were damaged by Hurricane Dorian. The town purchased a very large amount of upland sand to get the dunes back in the condition that they were before the hurricane.
Description of the problem presented: Dunes seem like they're something that can be easily damaged. There's not much in place to support them and prevent them from being damaged.
Description of who has the problem: Tax payers of the area, who have to see part of the towns budget be spend inefficiently.
Title: Five smash-and-grab vehicle burglaries reported at restaurant, business near I 95 in Indian River County
https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/crime/indian-river-county/2019/09/10/five-smash-and-grab-burglaries-cracker-barrel-and-courtney-electric-vero-beach/2275600001/
Description of the story: Multiple residents' cars were broken into at at businesses and restaurants by the highway. The county sheriff warned the public to take precautions to car robberies. It is predicted that the suspects came from out of town to commit the burglaries, due to the sites of crime being close to the highway.
Description of the problem presented: Cars not having advanced security systems in place to prevent smash-and-grab crimes.
Description of who has the problem: Owners of motor vehicles.
Title: Treasure Coast overall sees low amount influenza going into flu season
https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/florida/2019/09/09/what-you-can-do-protect-yourself-and-your-family-flu/2264067001/
Description of the story: Medical professionals expect to see the number of cases of the flu to increase as the fall progresses. While the number of flu cases can be difficult to track, vaccination is recommended to keep the number of cases as low as possible.
Description of the problem presented: The fact that the number of flu cases is expect to increase, as if it's something that's automatic. Some sort of flu awareness or general education on the topic should be provided to keep levels as low as possible year round.
Description of who has the problem: Residents of flu heavy areas.
Hey Michael,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your post and the news stories you picked were very interesting. You picked a good variety of types of stories. I think that each and every one of your news stories has very valid opportunities that could be met. I find the problem for the golf carts very intriguing and very feasible.
Hi Michael,
ReplyDeleteI am impressed with your organizational skills for this assignment. I struggled with finding a specific strategy for organizing my articles. I am intrigued by the article you chose regarding recycling efforts by citizens. It is crazy to think that even when some people think they are doing a good thing by recycling certain things, they are actually causing more harm than good. I really enjoyed reading your assignment. Good Job!
Rebekah