Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Analysis of a News Source 7.1


Analysis of a News Source 7.1

Basics: 10 pm, March 11, KARE 11

Story 1: Husband Charged With Killing Wife, Unborn Child
Story 2: Stearns Co. Domestic Abuse Program Getting Results
Story 3: Outcry after Lawmaker’s “Gay Lifestyle” Comment


Newsworthiness
1. Significance: A husband being charged with murdering his wife can be significant to a lot of women because there has been a lot more of this happening lately. It is scary to think that a spouse could do that to their partner.
2. Timing: The husband was only put into jail last night, so it just happened.
3. Human Interest: People could be interested in this because a lot of women would want to know about this. It is sad that he also murdered his baby.
4. Proximity: This happened in the twin cities
5. Oddity/Uniqueness: This story doesn’t seem that unique because they were saying how this has happened to way too many people lately.
6. Prominence: It isn’t that big of a deal because the people aren’t famous.

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