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Media Critique "Toddler killed after being struck by vehicle in southwest Louisville"- WLKY



    On WLKY's news website I found an article that talked about a mother in Louisville accidentally hitting her toddler with the car.  This story does not follow all 7  rules of the 7 Yardsticks of Journalism. Although this story did take place in Louisville it had little relevance to the actual citizens of Louisville, which means it does not follow the first yardstick, "newsworthiness". This story does not affect a lot of people for a long time, sure it does affect the child's family for a long time, but otherwise, it does not really affect anyone else. Away the journalist could have made this story more relevant is by talking about the importance of an adult supervisor and then listed multiple similar events happening.
    When reading this article and watching the video I noticed how they had sources that were not that reliable, which is not following the second yardstick, "context". When the reporter was interviewing people she only interviewed the family's neighbors, the family's friends, and the police. I do believe that the police are a fine source to use, however,  the family's neighbors and the family's friends are not good sources because they already know the family and could be biased on what they saw. A better source would be someone who did not know the family, like a person walking down the street at the time of the accident.
    Although this story was somewhat interesting and did take place in Louisville it had little "newsworthiness" and "context", both of which are keys to good journalism and without them is a weak unreliable story.     

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