https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/23/well/mind/mental-health-day-laws-kids.html

The article above talks about the need for mental health days for students. It outlines the benefits and the ways that these days can also be abused in certain cases.

WHAT TYPES OF MEDIA ARE PRESENT IN YOUR EXAMPLE:

• Print? (discuss still photos here) There is one illustration at the top of the page depicting a solemn looking teenager and a very full backpack.
• Audio? No audio
• Video? No video
• Interactivity? No interactivity

MAIN NEWS ELEMENTS:

• RELEVANCE

Does your audience need to know this?

This article is relevant given the start of the new school year. Due to the return of in person classes during a time of crisis it is easy to assume that the stress levels of students will be higher than normal. The knowledge that mental health days may be available is important for the readers to know.

• USEFULNESS

Does it help your audience to know this?

It helps the audience to know this because if they are students or parents they need to be aware of what their options are.

• INTEREST

Does your audience want to know this?

The audience does want to know this because students and parents alike have been advocating for mental health days and want to know that their voices are being heard. This is quite possibly the most important element of the news story.

SUB NEWS ELEMENTS:

Sub news elements found in this article include impact, timeliness and engagement.

The impact is on the 78% of students who have advocated for mental health days. This would give a sense of ease to mentally distressed students to know that they could take the time that they needed in order to recover from extreme stress or other such situations.

Timeliness is important because students need to know when or if the mental health days will be put into effect.

Engagement is shown because it is explaining to parents and students alike how this development would beneficially impact the lives of students.

Link : https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/13/health/children-covid-cases-increase/index.html

Summary : This story touches on the rise of Covid-19 cases seen in children. Since July, child cases have risen nearly 20%. Officials are debating on when vaccines for those 11 and younger will be ready. According to Dr. Scott Gottlieb (a board member at Pfizer), Pfizer is expected to have data on vaccinations for children ages 5-11 ready for the FDA by the end of September.

Print : None

Audio : None

Video : None

Interactivity : This article is from CNN, however, it can be spread or shared on social media platforms such as Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, Facebook, etc. There is no discussion forum on the article for comments.

Main News Element : Although all of the elements can apply to this article, the main one would be relevance because Covid-19 as well as the Delta Variant have been affecting us all globally. Any information regarding this topic is extremely relevant especially when it comes to children, because it is important that we protect them.

Sub News Element : A sub-news element that applies to this article is impact. Children are being impacted by the virus and as a collective, we need to be informed on the numbers, and the status of vaccinations for children.

https://apnews.com/article/europe-russia-poland-estonia-vladimir-putin-904c9dcd9eee56b4c32ebc4cda8dfc28

Russian President Vladimir Putin observes war games, alerting neighboring countries of a Russian supported Belarus. Eight pictures accompany the article, setting the scene of Putin and his Defense Ministry gazing onto the new weapons test. The Russian Defense Ministry described the weapon test as “two new robotic fighting vehicles that are equipped with machine guns and grenade launchers.” While the article’s subject of Russian weapon testing is niche enough, the article’s headline lends itself to the key aforementioned quote, displaying the article’s novelty.

https://soccer.nbcsports.com/2021/09/12/ronaldo-pogba-flash-man-united-title-hopes-in-defeat-of-newcastle/

Manchester United thrashed Newcastle 4-1 and are now on top of the Premier League table, with two assists from Paul Pogba and two goals coming from the returning Cristiano Ronaldo helping secure victory.

This example uses video to show highlights from the game. I am not sure if it counts but it also uses print if the video thumbnail photos count.

The most important main element is interest. This is because it is a niche subject. This article would be most interesting to sports fans, more specifically soccer fans, more specifically Manchester United and Cristiano Ronaldo fans.

One relevant sub-element would be prominence. Cristiano Ronaldo is by far the the most popular athlete in the world and has more followers on Instagram and Facebook than any other person. Soccer is also the most popular sport in the world. On top of that, Manchester United are the most popular club in the most popular sports league (English Premier League) in the world.

https://apple.news/AGuj6roJZTI2U3FT4xwHyxQ

Summary – news coverage about the human blood that is going directly down sink drains from Austin, Texas area funeral homes. This blood could compromise the treatment of the wastewater entering the Colorado River, a place where families paddleboat, boat, and swim. 

Types of Media:  

Print– the article is mostly news coverage with two photos. One is of a waste treatment plant and the other is of families enjoying the Colorado River. 

Audio– none 

Video-none 

Interactivity– This is an article that can be read online from USA Today, but it can be shared using messaging, email, text, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. There are two ads throughout the article. Readers can comment on the article. The article was made public on Apple News. 

Main News Element:

Relevance– this news article is important because it has to do with the health of the people who live in Austin Texas and all of the people who have access to the Colorado River. It also gives the public knowledge on how funeral homes business’ practices are affecting the public. 

Other Main News Elements Present: 

Usefulness– this article is very useful because people need to be aware of these practices and they now have the knowledge to change them. 

Interests– this article is of interest to the local population, but also to the entire country because now the public can look into the practices of their own funeral homes. 

Sub News Elements: 

Impact– the information given in this article impacts not only the local community, but all who use the Colorado River and all people of the United States because this could be happening around the whole country. 

Conflict– the conflict is the present Funeral Home practices and the health-related consequences they’re causing to the public. 

http:/https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/13/politics/biles-maroney-nichols-raisman-fbi-nassar-testimony/index.html

Four US gymnastics stars testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday during a hearing about the FBI’s handling of the sex abuse investigation of former USA Gymnastic doctor Jerry Nasscar

Print: The context where these olympic gymnastics, testify and highlight the sexual abuse committed by Nasscar towards them in congress, and how FBI handle the situation when presented.

Audio (no video attached): There is no audio-only media presented.

Interactivity: Visitors can look at the live video of the trial and share this story on many social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and more. There is no discussion forms, but there is information regarding when the trail will be.

MAIN NEWS ELEMENT:

RELEVANCE: This topic is important because it has information on this ongoing case done by Jerry Nasscar, and why this crime was committed for many years, to women without anyone knowing.

OTHER MAIN NEWS ELEMENTS PRESENT:

• Proximity:   because this hits close to home here in the US. It provides information to the people who have been following this story for years since it began. Nasscar has been accuse of abusing close to 150 women and girls.
• Interest: This story is interesting because a probe was opened in 2018 to see whether the FBI and its field offices had dragged their feet to respond to allegations of sexual assault made by gymnasts and the USA Gymnastics organization in 2015 and 2016.

NOVELTY- Why the FBI failed to document the accusations and investigate sooner.
CONFLICT – the conflict is FBI failing to properly document complaints by the accusers, resulting in a delay in the probe into the claims.

PROMIENCE- this involves famous gymnastics, the FBI and the convicted abuser Jerry Nasscar.

Article: Blind Swimmer and Guide Dog are ‘Perfect Pair’ Competing in Tokyo Paralympics

Blind Swimmer and Guide Dog are ‘Perfect Pair’ Competing in Tokyo Paralympics

This article is based on a 17 year Paralympics athlete who was diagnosed with Stargardt disease. This story is compelling because this young girl turned this disadvantage into something positive by continuing her dreams of being in sports and finding a new sport that allowed her to continue this journey with the help of her service dog. Anastasia Pagonis earned her first gold medal when she beat her world record in the women’s 400m freestyle with a time of 4:54.49 which is impressive.

Types of media: Print – there are pictures of Anastasia and her dog in Tokyo’s Paralympics

Audio/ Video- there aren’t any videos on the article

Interactivity- This is an article that would make anyone click on it because it’s nice to hear some good news and it’s adorable how the golden retriever helps her through this.

The elements of the article are relevant and interest, it is relevant because everyone’s been following the Olympics pretty closely and it’s good that they have also been following the Paralympics. It’s also interesting to see how different it is.

The sub-elements of the article are a novelty since it’s a unique story and timelines since the Olympics have been very highly covered.

https://nypost.com/2021/09/10/biden-wont-order-illegal-immigrants-to-get-covid-vaccine/

Summary:  A news story written by the New York Post about  how migrants at the the United States southern border are not required to take the Covid vaccine, despite the new mandate that applies to 100 million Americans.

TYPES OF MEDIA PRESENT :

• Print- It’s a written article which includes 4 photos.  Some of the words are written in red, which not only stand out to you but also take you directly to other news articles.
• Audio- N/A
• Video- There is a video of the White House Press Secretary confirming this matter, when asked by a news reporter.
• Interactivity- There are options on the sidebar to share the article via Twitter, Facebook and other platforms

Main news element:

Interest:  I would say interest is the main element of this article, because it’s not something the we absolutely need to know, and it may not even directly effect us, but I think it’s something people would want to know.

Sub news element:

I think the sub news element in this article is conflict.  This is kind of conflicting that the White House would impose this on Americans, but not on people just coming in through the border.  I also feel that this can even cause conflict between the right and left that have such different views on immigration and the vaccine as well.  Engagement is also a sub element because this can  cause the  readers to engage in conversation or even debates about this matter.

New Victims Come Forward with Sexual Assault Allegations Against Fight Sports

This article here is expanding on a developing story in the world of professional jiu-jitsu. While sport jiu-jitsu is still pretty niche the fan base is still quite large and is an international sport. So when one of the big name professional jiu jitsu athletes get into some trouble it’s usually big news. This one in particular is about sexual assault in a gym called Fight Sports in Miami. This gym is the home to many top level combat sport athletes like Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu and Gilbert Burns both world champion jiu jitsu fighters.  Fight sports has many other talented black belts that compete for them as well as teach classes and one of them got caught up having sexual relations with one of his 16 year old students. The black belt Marcel was arrested and is still waiting for his trial.  He posted bail and when he got out he was sighted back at Fight sports which brought another hell storm to the gym because they welcomed back known sex offender and since this has happened many others have spoken up about their own experiences with sexual assault at that gym.
This is a print type of media that has pictures of Marcel at fight sports along side statements from other students that have taken the opportunity to get their story out there as well. The main news element for people to pay attention to here is usefulness.  I think sexual assault and harassment have been a huge problem in the martial arts world over the years and seems to be constantly thrown under the rug as they say. This is a bad look for jiu jitsu and it’s practitioners and this kind of news is important for people to know when choosing where to train or send their kids to train. Yes you want high level training and a good facility and fight sports has that but when it comes to the personnel you have to know who you’re dealing with and these stories help people make the right choice. The sub news element is impact because through this story you can see lots of people were affected by the sexual assault at just this one gym so it will more than likely give courage to others that were assaulted to come forward.

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2021-09-10/counting-the-lives-lost-as-a-result-of-9-11

Summary:   This article details the toll that the 9/11 attacks have had on people not only on that day 20 years ago, but still to this day. It talks about the nearly 3,000 people that were killed from the toxins in the air on that day. Also the thousands of deaths that occurred in the “war on terror” that followed the attacks. It also talked about the between 363,939-387,072 civilian deaths that occurred due to the attacks, the 7,000 US military deaths, and 8,000 US contractor deaths. It talks about how this devastating attack has affected so many people and it really puts it into perspective as to how tragic this attack really was. 

Types of Media: Print: There are many photos and charts with data after each section of the article talking about each group of people. 

Audio/video: there was no audio or video in this article

Interactivity: With the photos, there were a few that you could click through and look through multiple photos. There were also a few hyperlinks throughout to look more into the details of specific things mentioned.

Elements and Sub-elements:

The two main elements would be relevance and interest. The information in this article is very relevant since it is the 20 year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. It is also something that many people would want to hear about since this was such a tragic event and it is such a big anniversary this year.

The sub-elements would be proximity and impact. 9/11 has impacted millions of people and is something that people are still living with the impacts of even 20 years later. Proximity because obviously this event took place in New York and it is very close to home for everyone living in New York, especially those that are old enough to remember that day.