The White Falcon - 24.10.1980, Side 8

Page 8 The White Falcon October 24, 1980
Who cares about the White
With only 135 surveys, it’s
Falcon??
hard to tell
Who cares about the White Falcon?
Only 135 Reader Surveys were com-
pleted and returned. Although this
may reveal trends about what readers
want (nothing?), it is not enough to
draw definite conclusions. Another
survey will be conducted at a future
date, in about six months. Probably
by mail or telephone.
A problem with receiving so few
replies is that they may not be rep-
resentative of the larger reader
population. It is possible that
people who feel very favorably and
people who feel very negatively
about the paper were the only ones
to fill out the forms—they feel
they have a reason to while the
majority of readers don't.
More articles on/about Iceland,
stateside news, world news, and more
recreation articles about activities
both on and off base were the items
receiving the most attention in the
readers notes section of the survey.
WF evaluations
In the evaluation section com-
ments ranged from it's terrible to
it's a great and useful paper. The
large majority were positive. Many
people also made suggestions for im-
provement which ranged from layout
possibilities to items they would
like to see included or items which
they feel there are too much of.
The White Falcon will begin to
include copy from the wire services
in its pages in response to the de-
mand for more than local news.
In order to do this without
sacrificing space for local news
coverage the paper will expand to
12 pages about once a month.
Contribute!
The White Falcon staff invites
your contributions to the paper.
Articles may be sent via guard
mail or they may be dropped off at
the office in Bldg. 734C. Articles
submitted should include the name
and phone number of the person sub-
mitting them.
It's true that not everything
which is submitted can be printed.
However, a large percentage. of
material which is submitted does
make it into print. Twenty-six of
the people answering the survey in-
dicated they submitted material and
only one indicated that none of the
material was printed.
A few people mentioned that
changes to schedules after they have
been printed are frustrating. We
recognize that such changes happen
after press time but simply have no
control over this.
We thank those of you who did
take the time to share with us your
your ideas and suggestions.
Comments & suggestions
A list of the suggestions and
comments (paraphrased) follows:
*More world news, more stateside
news, *more consumer news, *more
sports, *less sports, *less bowling,
*comic strips, *more pages.
*Clip out articles of telephone
numbers and activity schedules,
*larger photographs, *larger print.
*Articles too long, *more about
local regulations and policies,
*recipes, *more human interest,
*too much on brass activities.
*Conus radio schedule, *more on
recreation activities both on and
off base.
*Glad to see the paper out Friday
mornings, *NATO maneuvers, *articles
for singles, *Reykjavik movies,
*local problems both on and off base,
*too many award-type stories.
*Changes to T.V. schedule are
frustrating, *don't let captions
run into copy.
*Run enlisted menu Saturday
Friday instead of of Friday to
Thursday, *Where and what to buy off
base, *local personal opinions,
*deadlines a bit early.
Readers give preferences for a variety of articles
Do read: Navy Air Force Navy Air Force All others All
Enlisted Enlisted Officer Officer 135
News Briefs 67 88 94 78 89 66
Sports 51 72 72 56 37 56
Features 61 88 78 56 79 69
Want Ads 90 94 89 89 79 89
T;V. Guide 89 94 83 89 79 87
Menu 32 65 33 0 32 44
Would like:
Medical 18 12 28 11 37 21
Sports 28 47 22 22 16 27
Tours 56 35 72 56 68 57
Personalities 39 18 39 22 32 34
Icelandic His. 53 29 67 44 58 52
New Equipment 31 24 28 11 16 25
Training 21 5 17 0 11 15
Policies 49 65 56 44 26 48
Personal Aff. 36 59 39 22 11 35
The above figures represent percentages. Individuals checked those items which they read. The,
also had the opportunity to check those items which they would like to see in the newspap
from a checklist of possible items. Responding were: 72 Navy Enlisted, 17 Air Force Enlisted1
18 Navy Officer, 9 Air Force Officer, 19 all others for a grand total of 135 surveys returned