Evansville Courier & Press

So many communities are without a local paper. They are being bought up or they are closing because of lack of circulation. I wish I could have a “ real” paper delivered everyday but even that is a job not enough people want. At least we still can read the Courier and Press on line. Without it we would only get our news on TV. People lose a sense of community when they no longer know what’s going on around them.

So can we talk for a second about the definition of “breaking news”? I had it set up to ONLY NOTIFY ME FOR BREAKING NEWS. I don’t want you blowing up my notifications unless there’s a METEOR headed straight to my house. Yet you guys think it’s pertinent to give me a buzz every time a high school football player thinks about attending college. You want to ring me every single time there’s someone serving barbecue out of an IGA parking lot. You want to remind me that you have listicles of 10 fun things to do with the family this weekend. NO. NO NO NO NO. Here’s a perfect example, Vanderburgh county prosecutor spent 75k in taxpayer money to pay off a lady he sexually assaulted. THATS BREAKING NEWS. You didn’t notify me. You wrote an article but no notification. Unfortunately because you guys (A NEWSPAPER NONETHELESS) don’t seem to have any idea about what constitutes for BREAKING NEWS. SMH, this app is trash.

I think your app is 4 Star at best for now. The best way to bring it to a 5 Star in my opinion, is add comics to the app and give the reader the opportunity to comment on the stories like the readers can of the Louisville Courier-Journal & the Indy Star! Right now, you can’t comment directly on the story(s) if you want to. Come on Y’all, get with the program like your fellow Gannett app sites!!