Thursday, February 5, 2009

Top News #2

On Wednesday, there was an article posted titled, "Boy, 6, killed in San Jose traffic collision; man suspected of DUI". While heading home from church on Tuesday night, Issac Young was killed when a man, who was suspected of driving under the influence, ran a red light and collided with a minivan. 
The man, named Gary Westover, 36, was injured and arrested on the scene. While the boy's mother is still in critical, yet stable condition, his father and 8 year old brother were treated and released from the hospital. 
This story is important to me because in high school, one of my friends was killed by a drunk driver. I learned a lot from that experience to never drink and drive and to also never allow my friends to drink and drive. When someone that young is killed, it shows me that life is short and death is unpredictable. 

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1 comment:

  1. 8/10 - Good overview of this story, but you haven't named the news values that make this story newsworthy. See Inside Reporting, p. 17, "What Makes a Story Interesting to Readers?" for a list of news values.

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