Telling A Story To The Public

One of the most important skills a journalist needs to know is to tell a story. Turning a happy moment, a historic event, or a tragic death to the public in only the way you can.

Most recently on September 26th, 2016 I watched reports one after another tell a story. A story about a young up and coming pitcher in the MLB. That man was named Jose Fernandez. Sadly at the age of 24 Jose died from a boating accident in the middle of the night. It was not until the sun came up on September 25th when the world found out of this tragic event. Me being a sports fan i was deeply saddened.

But for this blog I looked at this sad event from a different perspective. To do this I watched every sports network that I know would be covering this event to view how each analyst and reporter told their story of this tragic event.

What I found out was not what I expected. Each story was completely different from the last. Not only did each story just recap what happened to Jose but each reporter had a different experience being around him and bringing those stories to the public is what makes a tragic news story remarkable.

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by Justin Frommer