This story appealed to me with its randomness and its proximity to death. I always feel like life goes on and it never really ends. Whether Callahan did break in or just passed out before leaving the store, it made me realize that life should be lived to its fullest. Its impact on people might make people live more. There really is no immediacy about this story because its death and it is in the past already.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Top News #5
This week, the article "Body of man found in San Francisco department store bathroom" cauht my eye. It is about a body of a dead 44-year-old mean being found in the bathroom in Bloomingdale's. Patrick Callahan, the San Francisco man, died accidentally in the store's bathroom on Thursday night or Friday morning. His body was found when the workers arrived for the day. Authorities have said that Callahan either broke into the store and hid in the bathroom or he was there before the store closed and just felled unconscious.
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I understand why it appeals to you, but for this assignment you're supposed to identify the news values in the story you've selected.
ReplyDeleteIt does include the news value of Immediacy, since this just happened, and Proximity, since it's a local story.
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Did you forget to do the "Future of the News" assignment last week?
ReplyDeleteYes I did forget. I am sorry.
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