News Comment #5
Comments(1) For this week’s News Comment I read “No Veggies, No Buns, Few Forks: Schools Scramble to Feed Students Amid Shortages” by Madeline Ngo from The New York Times. This article discusses the problem of food shortages in schools that several districts are facing. The problem is stemming from factors created by the pandemic. Things such as lack of distributors, not enough truck drivers, and the prices of food going up. I thought this was a really good read and that the writer did a nice job.
Even trying to read it through a critical lens was a little hard because there weren’t any obvious problems and I was also really interested in the topic. Ngo went into great detail and was very thorough when using quotes and other sources to explain the situation.
I hadn’t thought about how schools would be impacted by this kind of thing. The fact that they are resorting to foods with higher levels of sodium is what initially caught my attention considering when I went through school there was a huge healthy kid initiative enforced through most public schools.
A good example of how the NYT can get out of New York when it wants to. The story is bylined Washington but focuses on a Missouri school. Since we’re talking about interviewing you might consider how Ngo put this story together.