http://www.wlky.com/article/body-of-missing-ind-teen-swept-away-by-ocean-found/6490304
After watching a shortened version of this story on WLKY news during my 30 minute logging of the stories, I decided to look further into it on the website. I was skeptical about whether or not this story had local relevance and the website helped to clear some things up. I have found that national and international stories are rare on WLKY and this was the only national story of the night. Not only did I find elements and yardsticks that this story violated, but I also found many things that were done well and did a lot of thinking about what an event like this would do to our school.
This story was about a boy whose body was recently found after drowning in North Carolina. Although I have no doubt that the students who went to school with him, and other people he was close to were severely impacted by this tragedy, the people in Louisville, Kentucky were not. This incident did not take place in our state and does not affect the people that live here in any way. It is a very touching story and must have been extremely difficult for his friends and family who described him as a brother to all, but in the end, nothing in our state or city will change because of it.
On the contrary, this story included the yardstick of explanation and the element of inclusiveness. It discussed why everyone was going to miss him so much and went into detail about how he drowned instead of simply telling us that his body was found. The "why" is discussed rather then the "what."
The story itself only went into detail about the affect his death would have on people in his community which does not blow it out of proportion. I don't think it was wise of WLKY to put this story at the very top of their website, but the article itself was inclusive. I can't imagine the impact this would have if it was one of our students that died and I'm praying for everyone that knew him.
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