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http://www.kmbc.com/article/woman-fakes-seizure-to-avoid-would-be-mugger-that-handed-her-frightening-note/12272675 In this story, the Reporter did a good job of giving the 5 w's and getting good b-roll. The story was well told and we had a good idea of what the situation was. The standup looked good and she was easy to understand. The interview was good as well and the interviewee gave very good responses to the questions. The reporter labeled the story 'Woman fakes seizure to avoid would be mugger that handed her a frightening note' and didn't elaborate on that at all which think drew most of the views to the story in the first place. Instead, she says the woman faked a medical problem and that was all of it. Another thing the reporter could improve was asking the yes or no question rather than giving the interviewee a question they could've gone more in depth with. The interviewee did elaborate on the question, but if she hadn't, then it would've been
http://www.kctv5.com/clip/13695506/kansas-city-natives-remain-stranded-in-florida-due-to-hurricane-irma In this news story, the reporter did a good job of getting many people involved to create a full story and show the effect of irma on everyone through Kansas City natives. They showed a lot of "B-roll" through the videos that the people they were video-chatting with sent in. I thought that even though it was hard for them to get good B-roll, they made it work with the footage they got and it was still able give the viewers a lot of information about what is going on. I think the reporter coulee used more footage from the actual hurricane instead of just the interviews that the people sent in, but at the same time it helped make it more personal. I think a little back story coulee been helpful to start off the story. I will take away from this story how important it is to get multiple interviews and also I learned the creative ways to get b-roll that I hadn'