Comparing media example story

Forty gun-related deaths have taken place in Chicago within the last month.

This story has been explored over many different forms of media.

From coverage of President Barack Obama’s speech on gun control to coverage of the slaying of a young woman, radio, television and print have been addressing this issue in several different ways.

National Public Radio covered the issue by interviewing several different people.

The coverage of this story was a half hour long and consisted of interviews with eight different people.

NPR has the most interviews out of any other medium explored.

Something that was different about NPR’s interviews is that the news show was taking calls from listeners about what each individual is doing to stop gun violence in their own communities.

No tactics were used to change “the scene” in the duration of the radio story.

Television and online news coverage more so addressed only the problem and Obama’s reaction rather than giving the public a voice.

The online news article is 454 words long, and can be viewed on a single screen.  

No outside sources were interviewed.

The writer claims she is well educated on the subject and has done research to support it.

Online news is more comparable to television coverage and much different than radio.

Television coverage of this story mainly discussed President Obama’s speech on gun control and how that affects the rest of the nation.  

The story was 3 minutes and 30 seconds in length.

The reporter interviewed one person and it was the bulk of the television story.

In general, television coverage was more in-depth on one specific subject rather than covering the entirety of the story.

Overall, radio was the most complete and well-researched medium covering this story.

Observing these three types of media made it clear that each has its own method of telling a story.