Well, October is over, and we have finished our examinations on local news networks. This project has given me a better sense of journalistic proceedings on television, and how many different stations handle these proceedings, in better and worse ways. Soon I will compose a essay based upon our finding's, but I thought I could look back on my first time watching Wave 3, and compare it to my most recent post.
The top story of that day was the Fern Creek High school shooting, the first actual shooting in JCPS history. They spent the majority of the 6 o' clock news, and most of the days news on that breaking story. While they sometimes had to add filler during proceeding's, this was a good example of when extended news stories are warranted. Unlike the Ice Bucket Challenge accident, which had occurred quite a while back, this had happened only a few hours ago, and people were not only interested in the scene, it could importantly inform us on what had happened, and the implications of it.
Now, reexamining, I believe that Wave 3 did fairly well as a news channel, and only fell into the wider pitfalls of modern news, and only in the shallower parts. They still had a fair abundance of crime stories, and would sometimes put interest over importance, but overall, Wave 3 seemed like a more optimistic version of the local news channels most people are used to.
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