Today, the general news topics are similar to what they were yesterday. All news sources are covering the corona virus as it continues to spread all over the world. All countries, especially European countries, are now on high alert as it is becoming more and more prominent in their continent. Many events are now being questioned if they are safe to hold now due to the risk of infecting other countries. The Olympics, for example, may not be held this year if the virus is not under control soon. Economies are also being hurt by this outbreak. US investors seem very working about the stock market and how many stock prices are beginning to drop.
This article in the Virginian Pilot is another clear example of an inverted pyramid structure of story telling. This article is about the democratic race for the candidacy to run against Trump in the state of Virginia. This story has a special tie to home because CNU did the data-gathering for the numbers in the story. This story starts off once again with the most important information. Biden is currently leading the state of Virginia with 22% of voters, followed by Sanders at 17%, Bloomberg at 13%, and Warren at 8%. These statistics are clearly the most important information of the article and this are first in the article. The article then ends with some less-important data about what the margin of error is and what might change in these numbers in the future.
This article by Cleo-Symone Scott demonstrated her taking on the role of Community Manager as a journalist. This article explains the marine rescue training going on in Hampton Roads and communicates with members participating why the training was named after the Murdered Chesapeake Police Officer. She is moderating a conversation about a community incident to give more explanation to everyone in the community.
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