Market Blaze in Pakistan (Clip file 8/15)
BBC.co.uk I love this website. It’s always full of interesting stories about a plethora of topics across the world. Recently I have been following the middle east section of the website and came across a breaking news story about two bomb blasts that went off today in Pakistan. The page began with a video of a news report done by a local channel. I thought this was a nice touch that not many stories provide. Usually if there is a video attached to a story it is usually near the middle or an end to the story perhaps suggesting that the reader watch them after they have read the article. But this story put it first suggesting that you enlighten yourself about what happened before reading the details that the writer provides. I liked how the article itself began with “Two bomb blasts have ripped through a busy markey in the centre of Pakistan’s second largest city, Lahore, killing at least 30 people, police and medics say” it’s short sweet and to the point. It tells the reader a quick fact that will keep their attention and it makes you want to read on. The writer begins by telling the reader some facts about what happened then moved into the blast itself. I’ve noticed this with a lot of BBC articles. They tend to separate their stories into sections perhaps to clear things up for the reader. I liked how the article provided a map because that just gave me an idea of where the incident happened. A cool thing that I saw that was different than many articles have is at the end the article says “Were you in Lahore? Comments? Video?” I thought that was very cool because in this new world of extremely fast technology its possible for anyone to upload whatever video they want relating to the article. The article was made up with a lot of quotes which got almost a little too annoying after a while which was the only downfall of this article. The rest made a lot of sense, was interesting, and well written. I looked into many more stories relating to the middle east after reading this article because they inspired me to read on.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8400204.stm
