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Comparing Media

On Feb. 14 tragedy struck when a former student of a high in Parkland, Florida opened fire on the campus with a semi-automatic rifle.

A week has passed since Nikolas Cruz killed 17 students and wounded 14 others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

 Coverage of this story has been tackled from a variety of angles by media outlets concerning the aftermath of the event.

 Fox News reported on the event and had interviews regarding different aspects of the event.

 They opened their 15-minute TV segment with a story about President Donald Trump holding a discussion with families affected by mass shootings which lead into two interviews that debunked false facts on the story and the need to bring spirituality into schools, respectively.

The TV segment showcased multiple reporters on the same story and featured video clips of the discussion and live interviews with the program host.

They don't go in-depth on the story and prefer to cover more angles on the same story, unless they have a live interview with a guest on the story.

News podcasts and online news stories are more focused than their TV counterparts.

"The Daily" a news podcast by the New York Times featured more history behind the event and the tools involved.

The host, Michael Barbaro, had two guests that discussed the history of the weapon involved in the shooting and the popularity trends of the weapon in recent years in his 20-minute segment.

The podcast had a more obvious bias than other media outlets.

Podcasts can control the mood of the segment more easily than others due to the use of sound bites and music.

During the break, sound bites of news reports saying the words "AR-15" were overlapping each other before the host moved on to his next interview.

The Wall Street Journal's online news article was focused on the discussion held by President Trump.

It featured quotes of those present in the discussion, but lacked the emotional impact of video clips or sound bites.

Online news has the advantage of having higher quality photos, embedding videos and having links to other stories that provide context to the story.

Based on observing these media outlets the Wall Street Journal's online article was the most objective one and provided the most context to the story.

The podcast was the most engaging one to listen to because of the focused angle and mood setting, but can have a bias or agenda.

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