#18 News App Critique

 

The Washington Post

  After doing my research on the most popular news apps I wasn't surprised to have come across "The Washington Post". This is a news app that I have always stumbled across when doing research for position papers, media presentations and blogs! Every time I type in a quick google search about a political-based topic, “The Washington Post" always has a wide range of news. The Washington Post app can be described as an American daily newspaper. You can access this app on your smartphone or tablet. This app includes national and international content along with local news, weather, and arts. Furthermore, this app has a 4.7-star rating. All readers of The Washington Post app have access to a limited number of articles every month and people also have the option to sign up for newsletters which are delivered directly through mail. There are two subscriptions that readers have the option to choose from. The first subscription is "All-Access Digital Subscription". This subscription basically offers unlimited content access on any web browser. The second subscription is called, “Premium Digital Subscription". This subscription also offers unlimited content access on The Washington Post web browsers. To add to that, on this particular subscription you can share your bonus subscription with one friend or family member. You can also give a 30-Day Digital Pass to one friend or family member each month. With the Premium Digital Subscription, you can download an unlimited number of e-books from different journalist at The Washington Post.

   One thing that I found quite interesting about this app is that it welcomes submissions of opinion articles on any topic of your choice. It is then posted for the public to see when scrolling through the app. The submissions must be exclusive and can be of any length, but can't be longer than 750 words. I feel like this is a good marketing strategy when it comes to getting people to download the app. There are over a million political analyst out there. The Washington Post allowing readers to submit opinion articles allows people to feel more engaged and inclusive. This gives many readers the option to share their opinion on whatever they want to comment on. I believe it is incredible that a news app like this one can allow someone to publish their own article. This can be a good way for readers, journalist, or readers to voice their opinion and it also allows everyone's voice to be heard! Above is a picture of opinion writers posting their opinion about the recent 2020 election.