Hard news is different than viral news. Hard news stories are based on a statistic. The
statistic should be the core of the news story, not incidental. The
rest of the story should revolve around the number, and show context,
how this number affects other people, how it might affect an industry,
and if there is a negative or positve impact what that impact is.
The news story will be about a 67 year old woman who was hit by a car on
Queens Boulevard. The woman, identified as Maria Smith, was walking
across Queens Boulevard at the intersection of 65th place at
approximately 9 am Monday morning. The light had turned green before the
woman, who needs a walker, had successfully made it across the
boulevard. A white pick-up truck had noticed the light turned green, but
had not noticed the woman crossing. The woman died immediately from the
impact. Title: Boulevard of Death Strikes Again! This particular
boulevard is known as the Boulevard of Death, due to the amount of
deaths of pedestrians on this particular boulevard in Queens. The core
statistic will be included in the story: The DOT looked at years of
crash data and found there were 22 deaths along a 2.5 mile length of the
street over a 4 year period. Nearly all of the victims of the
boulevard were at least 60 years old. The group affected the most are
those 60 years and older. It seems that the lights turn too quickly, not
giving enough time for people, specifically elderly people, enough time
to get across the street.
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