Survey: Help us to better serve you Published March 4, 2014 By Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Larlee 436th Airlift Wing Public Affairs DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. -- Do you enjoy reading your news in the paper or prefer reading it in a post on social media? Do you prefer reading news stories on our web site? Is there something you think your local public affairs office should be doing more of? Take this survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BWRP5VG and help mold how we deliver the news to you. Technology is a catalyst in promoting change in media delivery methods. Social media has cut delivery time of news down to the time it takes a person to type. This increased delivery time has its faults. The rush to get information out first, sometimes leads to shortcuts being taken in fact checking. Sometimes this leads to the news being reported incorrectly. This isn't the first time technology has revolutionized the method of delivering news. Prior to the invention of the telegraph in 1845, news stories tended to be long and flowery in their prose. The stories were written in chronological style that would bury important elements of the story at the end where they could be missed. The telegraph had one major drawback; it was very expensive and charged by the character. This forced journalists to write in a more concise style, or risk bankrupting their newspapers. Journalists wrote the most important facts in the first paragraphs of their story in what is called an inverted pyramid style. This style is still taught to journalists today. Here at Team Dover, we have a diverse audience. This is your chance to have your voice heard. Take this survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BWRP5VG it is only ten questions long. The information will be vital to PA as we look for the best ways to deliver the news to you.