http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/actor-heath-ledger-is-found-dead/
The main purpose of this article is to inform the people of prescription drug abuse in the celebrity world. Heath Ledger is the focus of the article; he was found dead on a Tuesday morning, from what looked to be a drug overdose or a suicide. Autopsy concluded that it was in fact an accidental overdose. The article gives a brief description of the events that happened on the day of Heath's death. It sheds light on the difficulties of celebrities in the public eye. It's intriguing how these celebrities seem to have it all, yet they still turn to prescription drugs to cope with their publicly exposed lives.
Braden
3 comments:
Kristin Smith
Kyanne Somday
1. The initial impression was remorse because of the issue of the actor’s accidental death. The facts surrounding the death are cold and give the same tone to the introduction.
2. It is vague but the nature of the article helps to keep the reader interested. The first paragraph is about the facts making it hard to be catchy.
3. The word choice is blunt and to the point, sharing only what needs to be known at that time so the reader can get the facts quick. The imagery is also blunt, but gives a good image of what is going on.
4. As far a newspaper article goes, the introduction is pretty good. Simply giving the facts without much emotion is adequate considering when one reads the paper they are looking for facts and in a time efficient manner.
Shelbie McKern
Tasha Tucker
We read a profile essay about Heath Ledger. The impression of the profile was straightforward about the event that happened. The facts were just thrown out and it was not very thoughtful about the situation. The personality traits were not very specific about him but it did mention suicide which could tell something about him. The impression of the personality is vague because it gives a brief outline of what happened, was not a fully developed story but it leads into the story. Imagery in this profile was good because the author painted a clear picture of what happened. The word choice was not written above an ordinary audience. It could use some more descriptive words. This introduction was successful. Even though there was not a lot of detail to it, it got us interested and told us the basic information of the article.
1. The article is written from a non-subjective point of view because it is more of a reporting of the incident and not a personal interview. But it talks about his career and about his acting, as well as the way that we died and it implied that the incident was a suicide but it is never made clear.
2. The impression was very vague. When writing a news report the writer must attempt to remain as unbiased as possible.
3. The article depicts the story. The author does not use specific imagery to report the story. The word choice is not well developed
4. The intro is successful; it outlines the suicide/overdoes and gets across the information that needs to be known.
-Joe, Tim, Ryon
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