Letter To Deutsche Welle

Dear Deutsche Welle,
    It has come to my attention that your media outlet is very useful for people who live in Germany. I will go through and explain five reasons to support this statement. The first reason is the social network that you use on the media site is very friendly and easy to access. For example, there is a way that people in Germany can view soccer over the website which attracts soccer fans from all over. Also, in relation to the social networking, you reach out through Facebook and Twitter which makes it easier for the public to have access to live media that you cover. Over the years many other websites have also included this, it makes it user friendly in turn attracting more people. In addition, the second reason is that nowadays most people get information on their phone and it seems that if websites don’t have mobile access, then they are not getting as much hits and their ratings go down. But in your case, you have a mobile access website in the “Interactive” section which makes it convenient for people to have it always on the go.  For example, the applications that you have such as Deutsche Welle News Portal, makes it available for users to always get the latest information about everything. Ever since the I-Phone came out websites have been advertising their applications just like yours which is a good way to get more views. The third thing that the media website has going is that it does a great job advertising tourists to come visit. For example, there is a “Germany Info” tab that has ‘Visit Germany’ along with ‘Facts about Germany’ and ‘Study in Germany’. In these sections it shows tips of what to do in Germany and you show great resources of current events that
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tourist, like myself will be very interested in. You do a great job at drawing people in from other countries to learn more about the German community and lifestyle. Also, students who are interested in studying abroad might be able to seek more better information and having your website is a starter for them. This is very unique because I do not really see this on American websites, trying to get other countries to come visit. Moreover, reason four lies under the fact that you contain quality political coverage over a wide span of things. For example, your updates on politics and security are always fast and applicable. The fifth and final reason is that it is easy to find events that happened in the past. For example, there is an “Archives” section that allows people to have access to stories and coverage all the way back to 2001. This shows that you like to keep written articles and documents of the past, which is significant because people want to be able to remember what happened in the past so that stories do not go missing in the world.
    In conclusion, the website is very handy for people who live in Germany because of the five reasons I went through. These are social networking, mobility, advertising, political coverage, and archives, which all make apart of why your media outlet is not only useful but complete in all its up to date functions. Some websites do not have some of these key functions that yours does, which makes your site on another level, competing with other sites. My personal opinion about the website is that it is useful for me in the fact that I can get more information about studying abroad because I have always been interested in doing that. Also, I am from Germany and going over there would be nice because I have family that I have never met that live there.