The tragedy of media - By N.L. Belardes

Local tragedy makes CNN.com

I'm bothered about the cool part of my job.

One of the coolest parts of my job is helping to get stories on CNN. September was a good month as far as getting CNN to link directly to ABC23 news articles.
I was especially pleased when my Captain America article was picked up and placed in the homepage in the entertainment section. It was our second biggest local story for the month. I came into the office on a weekend to prep a story for CNN when a tragic airplane crash occurred at the Kern Valley airport. CNN added that story to the top stories on their homepage.

When four men stormed Golden West Casino, two of them with assault rifles, the story made CNN as did the death sentence handed down to Vincent Brothers. I was especially pleased when Jackie Parks told me I’d done some good online coverage of the sentencing.

What really bothers me is this new start to October. News has a heavy tragic side that is tough to bear at times. A girl tragically killed because she slept too close to a television that fell on her is one of the latest tragedies we've reported. I added a lot of an interview online and was in tears when I listened to the deceased girl’s sister talk about how she would never be able to take her sister to the store, and how her sister used to always come in her room and sleep with her. She said they had a special bond.

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