I read news online daily, but I’ve never considered looking at Michigan Radio, even though I grew up listening to it. Local news isn’t often on my radar, due to general disinterest. 

The past few days I’ve been perusing MR’s website and facebook and I must say I’m pretty impressed for a group that I wouldn’t imagine to have a massive fanbase. I really liked their Facebook interactions, funnily enough, but as for their website in general, I found it to be generally easy to use, if not a little crowded and overwhelming at times. Their “news” section dropdown menu had so many choices (what’s the difference between law, politics, and government?) and it was a little hard to quickly find what I was looking for just because I was unfamiliar with their indices. Having their general news section just be an endless scrolling list of stories was a little overwhelming. Organizing it a bit more like NPR’s front page, in block format, might be a little easier to read.

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