A Bad Time to be Bruce Jenner-Assignment #1

http://www.aol.com/article/2015/02/08/jenner-phone-records-texts-could-be-issue-during-crash/21140353/?cps=gravity_1967_6108025869088936892


I chose to write about an article that I read about Bruce Jenner who was recently involved in a deadly car accident. Jenner, who's more known for being part of the Kardashian clan than being an olympic gold-medalist, rear-ended a car into oncoming traffic, causing that person to die. The article is about how Jenner's cell phone will most likely be investigated to see if texting may have been a factor in the accident. And conveniently, this took place in the middle of the current allegations concerning Bruce Jenner's sex change to a woman. I chose this article from aol.com because I usually go on aol to get a quick scoop of what's going on in current events. The layout of the website is very basic and is very familiar to me because I've been using it for so long. Also, the articles featured on aol always have multiple ways of interacting. I think the main audience of this website is anybody from young teens to adults, just because almost everybody is familiar with aol and I think the website appeals to everybody for something or another.

1. This article uses text, photo, video and interactivity. When I first clicked on the article, before I could even see the words, a video started playing. It was a reporter explaining the accident and it showed video footage of Bruce Jenner at the scene of it. In the same slideshow as the video, there were over 50 pictures to flip through with detailed captions. Underneath the article that explained the story in depth, there is a comment box and options to share this article on Facebook, Twitter, etc.

2. I think that all of the forms of media used in this article are beneficial to the reader. The video works well because it's a quick one minute summary basically of what the article will be about. The text also works well because it's a longer, in-depth description of what happened in the accident and what's going to happen next to Bruce Jenner. It also contains quotes made by authorities at the scene. The interactivity portion worked well because there are over 60 comments, all of which seem to be extra harsh, but some that talk about how texting and driving is a mistake made by many drivers. There were also a few shares on Facebook and Twitter.

3. The only media coverage that I would change about this article is the amount of pictures in the slideshow. As I previously stated, there are over 50 pictures to view, however after viewing the first few pictures of the scene of the accident, it seems that the rest of the pictures were not about the subject of the article. There are a lot of pictures of Bruce Jenner in his younger days, and though I see that as important to whoever doesn't know Jenner's history in the media or as an athlete, I think that multiple pictures of him receiving a gold medal at the 1976 olympics is a bit unnecessary.