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http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/29/health/opioid-fentanyl-childhood-friends/index.html  video of the guy who knows he is going to die. In this story, the reporter does a good job of asking the tough questions and showing the interviews that are hard to watch. He asks good questions and the people being interviewed give good answers. I think did a good job of not making them feel like screw-ups, but he still asks the questions that are tough for them to answer. The guy openly says he is going to die from it and he is  not phased by that and the girl is okay with the thought of death due to heroin because of how poorly her life is going. The reporter does a good job of making the viewer feel emotional for the people and see how sad it is that their life has turned out that way and how tough it is to get out of the rough spot, but it also shows how bad the repercussions of doing drugs can be. I think for the technical side of the story the camera angles and stableness is a little off, but
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/29/health/opioid-fentanyl-childhood-friends/index.html In this story I think the reporter did a way better written version than the video package. In the video was kind of uncomfortable to watch because they showed the wrong clips. They showed the mom of one of the kids just crying and it is uncomfortable to watch and less essential to the story because she doesn't give any information. While it shows good interviews and interview setup, there is not a lot of good questions asked and it may have been more beneficial to talk to some sort of scientist or someone who knows the impact of the drug and can give more information. If it weren't for the mom saying "...30 seconds after he sniffed it" then I would've thought it was a pill the whole time because they talk about how it starts with the pain pill opioid and then they just get addicted to them and kind of skip the whole transition into sniffing something. The audio levels were way too
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/09/us/las-vegas-stephen-paddock-deposition/index.html In this story, the journalist does a good job of giving a ton of details including the who, what, when, where, and how. She talks about the Shooter for the whole 3 minutes without interviews or other soundbites which is impressive because it keeps viewers interested through the b-roll and articles that were shown where they highlighted specific things on the screen. she did a good job of showing everything necessary to know about the history of the hooter and what he was like 4 years ago. Since no one has an answer as to why he did it, maybe they could have pointed that out a little bit more as well as giving more details about the interview and the doctor. I didn't know what she meant when she said the doctor was on restrain or something like that and so it would've been helpful to clarify that to make it easier to understand on the spot. I probably won't ever do a 3 minute voice over to