Town Crier's Brian Baker

(Photo source: http://www.puffingod.com) Brian Baker's piece, "Saucy Words" with James Dewar, informs readers about the city's "literary scene". Specifically, it talks about James Dewar and the origin of his poetry show, Hot Sauced Words. James Dewar had been working at a bank for 23 years before he began to pursue Hot Sauced Words around the city. As with the beginnings of many things, everything didn't run smoothly at first for James Dewar. He had his ups and downs whenever someone new stepped up to his open mic. His next goal was to improve the objective of his show; to make it more interactive and community-based rather than centering everything about performances. In this piece, Brian Baker also manages to discuss Dewar's opinion on the division amongst the city's "poetry cliques" and his stance on the trending style of poetry, Spoken Word. (Saucy Words Article)

What makes this a good piece of journalism is that Baker was able to reach out interest in an array of readers by how he presented this story without giving his own opinion. Whether or not the reader is interested in Poetry, Baker has illustrated Dewar's story in a way that many people can relate. He gave brief background information about Dewar and how before he started Hot Sauced Words that he was banking for 23 years which  is something that a lot of people can relate to or may be inspired by. He also instantly captured the interest of those who are interested in Poetry with the subject itself and by presenting James' point of view when it comes to Spoken Word. A good piece of journalism should capture a reader's interest, allow the reader to relate and question; maybe even debate a certain topic and of course to give general information and Brian Baker's "Saucy Words" did exactly just that.