The Advocate

As a 1960 LSU Alumni, and current resident of Spanish Fort, Alabama, due to displacement by Hurricane Katrina, I very much enjoy screening the Baton Rouge Advocate digital summary edition each morning. I feel confident when newsworthy events happen in the BR area or on the LSU Campus I can follow it closely in that summary. I also forward certain items on along to interested friends and family. I am always impressed with the authenticity displayed by Advocate staff writers. I am also proud to mention that during my Junior and Senior years at LSU I proudly served as a part time Sports Reporter for the then BR Morning Advocate, covering high school football on Friday nights. That was a truly rewarding experience (in more ways than one!). In summary, as shown above, I do not hesitate to give the Baton Rouge Advocate a 5 Star Rating. Geaux Advocate, Walter Fulton

Great app. Excellent for reading the articles on my IPad. I can make the text as large as I want for reading because I read almost every article every day and need a slightly large font. I use both the subscription version and the free version and like both. The app has a slew of navigational aides allowing the user to find any article quickly. It also has a slew of sharing features so I can send articles to friends or post them on-line easily. Highly recommended.

Get the notification “read today’s e-edition” every morning. Read it everyday for a few months. E-edition always shows up as the first story at the top every morning. Used to could click on it and look at the print edition for free, without logging in. Why else would it send me a notification saying come read it? A few weeks ago, started asking me to log in. Why did it go from needing no log in to needing a log in? No 22 year old is going to buy a paper at the gas station or pay to have it delivered, but I still enjoy the aesthetics of being able to read the news as it appears in print. Not happy.

The Advocate app is a great asset to me. I grew up in Baton Rouge and Zachary but have lived all over the country and have been settled in NC since 2001. The app allows me to keep up with my LSU Tigers and other things in the area and the state. I also follow my current news paper’s app and I must say the Advocate’s app is much better. I do have one issue, the Advocate app has quit loading on my IPhone altogether. Thankfully I can still read it on my IPad.

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Whoever is in charge of the appears to be not up to task. A while back, the app would just spin its wheels instead of opening up, because of which I deleted the app. Not long ago, I decided to install the app again. Although the app itself now opens up, what comes next indicates that The Advocate does not understand the concept of an app. After tapping on a story, what is almost always shown is the headline only. Even the teasers don't show. If The Advocate is not going to have a proper app, it should be removed from the app store. As soon as I finish this, I will delete the app.