I always saw that as it being a kind of journal written by Selphie about the adventures of someone she really likes reading articles by and as her way of sharing the stories with the world, rather than people having to read the articles themselves.

I would have liked more of the Garden stuff. Doing some more missions as SeeDs and developing the characters and environment of Balamb Garden a bit more. From my very first playthrough, Balamb Garden was always one of my favourite FF locations.