Newspaper Log- Tuesday March 30th

In today's paper I found two articles to read. One of the articles I read today was the advertising portion of Business Day. The article discusses the new way of watching television: in 3-D. I just read the first few paragraphs since I was interested in this new technology and learned that it might be hard for it to grow rapidly. The glasses alone needed to watch this 3-D television cost $150 which seems like quite a bit of money, especially on top of the cost of the television itself. I'm interested to see how this new technology expands.

The second article caught my attention specifically because it had to do with teenagers committing suicide after bullying and online bullying. I know of a girl from the town I used to live in who killed herself last week because of this, and also a boy from my high school who killed himself in January because of depression and bullying. The article was titled, "9 Teenagers Are Charged After Classmate's Suicide." This article, in my opinion follows the elements of journalism perfectly. The article brings to our attention the truth of the recent suicide that has caused all of the commotion, and also gives the public something to talk about and discuss since this problem of bullying is an increasing issue in the United States. The article also makes the significant interesting and relevant which is an element of journalistic writing. The author of this article really hits home and touches readers when he talks about the suicide and says, "Her sister found her hanging from a stairwell at home, still in her school clothes, at 4:30 p.m."