The "Straight to the Point" Pyramid

In my opinion, I agree with the usage of the inverted pyramid. I believe that the most important information should be at the beginning of the article. It shouldn’t drag on and on, it should get straight to the point. I’m not a fan of reading news articles but however, I don’t mind those that have information and all of the questions in a quick short story. Sometimes, it depends on the type of article that I read. Unless it’s straight forward, I don’t want to read it. This is why the inverted pyramid should continue to be used.

Video

The video that I watched online was about the troops from Afghanistan arriving back to Ottawa. The establishing shot in the video was a shot of the troop’s home and the news interviewer. The introduction is a reporter giving information about the troops coming home and how it was an emotional event for their families. Two sources that were used in this video were Col. Roch Lacroix and Major Curtis Smith. Col. Roch Lacroix was asked about the Afghanistan prisoners and Major Curtis Smith was asked if it had any affect on him. Two types of "b-roll" that they could have used was showing pictures of the troops that came to Ottawa while the reporter was and when they were showing the troops and their families as they were leaving. The closing is when the troops and their families are leaving the airport.

Frum vs. Fromme

In the video that we were told to watch in order to complete this assignment, I admire Frum’s style of interviewing. Even when things went bad by not being defense, she always keeps her “cool.” She always concentrated on what she felt mattered and didn’t let Lynette Fromme take control of the situation. If she had of gotten aggressive, she would have looked like the bad guy in the situation and Fromme would have hung up earlier, causing Frum to never know what Fromme was really like.

The most effective question that was asked was “what do you think about what happened Saturday in Sacramento?” Frum may have came across as being ignorant, but she simply just giving Fromme a chance to speak her mind and give her own opinion.

Being in Journalism this year, I would much rather do a written interview because I tend to get mad easily on certain occasions and wouldn’t be able to maintain my cool. It is important that you stay calm or else a lot of things can go down hill.