Rundown Rationale

October 14, 2010

Anthony Jondreau

I began the show with Shelby Fenster’s report on homecoming weekend, the basketball game, and the expected crowds at the Dome because it dealt most immediately with SU and otherwise it would not have fit into the newscast until the end. The next story was about a SUNY Oswego student who stole someone’s debit card. I felt it fit here because it dealt with college students but also with crime, which is what three of the next five stories are about.

Carl Paladino’s plans for Turning Stone and his pornographic emails followed because Election Day is nearing and a scandal about a gubernatorial candidate should go high on the list. The story about an attack on a gay high school student came after because it dealt with crime and connects to Paladino in light of his homophobic comments.

I followed that with the story about the Air Force apparently ending “don’t ask, don’t tell” because it ties in with the subject matter of the previous story (i.e. gay rights). The two stories that followed were both crime related as well. The first involved a local woman stabbing her ex-boyfriend and the second involved a local man facing his ninth DWI charge.

Cayden Feifer’s story about the speaker coming to SU followed the crime stories, for the most part because it was a wrap and a change of pace. The story talks about James Bradley, author of Flags of Our Fathers. It was an interesting story, but I had difficulty finding a place to put it, and thus it followed the end of the crime-related stories.

I ended with the story about the SU Film Festival because it wasn’t too hard of a story to end with and could be easily dropped if time necessitated. Also, it was a local story like the previous one.
I chose the “Pink House” story last because it was novel and draws attention to a good cause. In summary, the White House will be flooded with pink light tonight in order to draw attention to breast cancer awareness. I felt it was an interesting enough “soft” story.