This week we asked readers how the major and local news outlets are doing with regard to coverage of the Bronx.

When I watch the local channels, I don’t really feel like they cover the Bronx, but they look at all the other boroughs like Staten Island and Manhattan, with Manhattan being the largest business district. But when I look at papers like the Norwood News, I do get that focus and it’s on education and community development, business and local community leaders and you don’t get that from the big broadcast stations.
Leon Wentt
Bedford Park

I don’t feel like the Bronx is covered at all. We are the forgotten borough. They cover Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island, but the Bronx is forgotten. If you see anything about the Bronx, it’s always something negative, it’s never anything positive. I hope that if we get more coverage in our daily newspapers, maybe it will help, but the daily papers don’t really cover us. They stopped covering us a few years ago.
Paulette Cohen
Williamsbridge

The large media organizations only cover the Bronx a little bit. We do get our coverage from the local papers. I also think the Internet has a lot of negative stuff that’s targeting kids.
Angeles Barragan
Norwood

I’d say the coverage is fair. Not every paper is the New York Times, and the [New York] Post is like the old Daily Enquirer. They have more about who’s marrying whom and who’s doing what. So they cover a certain amount of Bronx topics, but they could do it better. But all in all, the coverage isn’t bad.
Victor Durosa
Norwood

That’s a tough question. I just work here, but if I need news specifically about this area, I would go to your paper, the Norwood News and just pick up the paper. When stuff happens here, I see it covered in the [Daily] News and the [New York] Post. Yes, it’s true, they do run the negative stories because it generates hits and unfortunately, that’s what’s popular and gets people to read.
Dr. Jide Aniukwu
Manhattan

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Welcome to the Norwood News, a bi-weekly community newspaper that primarily serves the northwest Bronx communities of Norwood, Bedford Park, Fordham and University Heights. Through our Breaking Bronx blog, we focus on news and information for those neighborhoods, but aim to cover as much Bronx-related news as possible. Founded in 1988 by Mosholu Preservation Corporation, a not-for-profit affiliate of Montefiore Medical Center, the Norwood News began as a monthly and grew to a bi-weekly in 1994. In September 2003 the paper expanded to cover University Heights and now covers all the neighborhoods of Community District 7. The Norwood News exists to foster communication among citizens and organizations and to be a tool for neighborhood development efforts. The Norwood News runs the Bronx Youth Journalism Heard, a journalism training program for Bronx high school students. As you navigate this website, please let us know if you discover any glitches or if you have any suggestions. We’d love to hear from you. You can send e-mails to norwoodnews@norwoodnews.org or call us anytime (718) 324-4998.