“Cyberbullying Continued After Teen’s Death” begins with video of the news broadcast on a cyberbullying incident in Long Island, N.Y. The video portrays the emotional ride the parents of a harassed teen who took her own life have taken.
The video introduces the story while the basic news lead details on the newsworthiness of this event. CBS news correspondent Jeff Glor reports hateful messages continued to be posted on the social networking sites after the teen’s death. The nut graf reveals that even though the police are investigating the online attacks the teen faced, her parents want downplay its role in their daughter’s suicide.
This victimized teen’s story is only an introduction to several other topics discussed throughout the article as Glor touches on a cyber-bullying prevention bill being considering in Washington, D.C. and an organization called Love our Children USA that fights against cyber-bullying. Glor limits quotes to one, but attributes his sources as he briefly writes about all topics addressed.
The relevance between the newsworthy incident and more general news on cyberbullying is found through well-transitioned paragraphs rather than subheads or bullets. The reader is easily taken from one topic to the other without interrupting the comprehension of the article’s entirety. But the brief nature of moving from one topic to the next weakens the accuracy of the article, as there are limited sources to collaborate the information given.
Although brief, the article reports on relevant information as cyber-bullying incidents increase around the nation. With the use of two videos, the newscast of the teen’s untimely death and a clip from Love Our Children USA’s visit to the “Early Show”, and text in-between the video links, Glor educates the viewer with several media. This diversity in information and media facilitate reader comprehension from beginning to end.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/29/earlyshow/main6343077.shtml
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