Detroit Free Press

1. Besides Comerica Bank and Tara Grant, the issues getting the most coverage are American Idol's Lakish Jones who is from Detroit. This article is to update people who are interested in her progree so far. The other issues that are taking up the space are related to sports. There is one article that has to do with the death of an old coach of MSU basketball star Drew Neitzel. It is about how Drew had a very close relationship with his coach who died of Lou Gehrig's Disease, and how Drew dedicated the game against Wisconsin to him; which they won by the way. The other sport related issue is about the Detroit Lions and how they are seeking running backs again.
2. While browsing the top issues being covered on www.freep.com I did not really see any emphasis on drama in the issues. I thought that most of the issues had emphasis on getting the facts across to the reader. The only issue that might have had some emphasis on human emotion, and trying to relay that to the reader was the article on Drew Neitzel and the death of his former Basketball coach.
3. In Oakland County, the Silver Dome was released to the city of Pontiac to be sold. The freepress doesn't have any issues that are related to Novi. The only thing that they have is 5 questions they asked Novi's Park and Recreation supervisor about beating the winter blues. When I go to other websites I find information like the Michigan Golf show is comming to the Rock Financial Showplace, and that upgrades are needed in our many elementary schools due to a lack of space and equipment.
4. I do not know what I want to write about at this point. So far I have not found an issue that is happening in Novi or Oakland County. Everything seems to be centered in Detroit, or the immediate surrounding cities of Detroit. Plus I am still unsure of how we can make a photo essay of a local issue. It doesnt make sense to me how we are suppose to photograph an issue; especially numerous photos. There is one article about a possible girls catholic school comming to novi, which is interesting because Novi just allowed Catholic Central to move to Novi. These are examples of how Novi is a developing city, that might be doing to much. There arent to many places left that havent been touched in some way by the city. Novi feels like it could get very crowded very fast.