Week 5 Inquiry - Articles with Impact

Throughout my life, I have been surrounded by mining. I grew up in a mining town and I'm still living in a mining town, my father worked in the mines and my partner now also works in the mines. The recent mining boom and consequential crash has been something that I have grown accustomed to, however I still closely follow the latest news for any mention of mining. Therefore when I stumbled across an article on News.com.au named 'Should we welcome the end of the mining boom?' I was intrigued. 

The articles lead paragraph is somewhat vague, 'Australians could be forgiven for being worried about life after the mining boom but there's one set of figures we can take comfort in,'(News.com.au 2015). The article then goes on to give valid and reassuring points about Australia's economic environment before the mining boom. The author draws on key sources to validate the articles theory and provide further justification. 

This article is an example of good journalism as it identifies the concerns that the public has and reassures them that the end of the mining boom will not be the end of Australia. The article also suggests now that commodity prices have dropped, it allows industries such as tourism, education, agriculture and manufacturing to advance again now that that the Australian dollar isn't so high. 

The article is in the business section of the website, therefore you would expect the speech and sources to be a little more in depth and detailed than other articles. The reporting was cleverly constructed, providing historic examples and quotes from Australia's Prime Minister and a leading policy analyst. 

Overall, I was impressed with the article. The heading was elusive, making the reader want to delve deeper and find out what it was about. I was personally interested in this story, mainly because of my close link to the mining industry, however I also found the

References

News.com.au, (2015). Why we should be glad the mining boom is over. [online] Available at: http://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/should-we-welcome-the-end-of-the-mining-boom/story-fnu2pwk8-1227484578083 [Accessed 15 Aug. 2015].