HEADLINE: Governor, mayor battle over Austin homelessness as progressive city’s crisis deepens
I’ve lived in Austin my whole life, and this has been one of the most significant issues for the last few years. It really interested me to hear about what both sides think and how much of a problem it’s been. It really caught my eye from right when I looked at the title because it had something to do with my city.
They use more of a hard news lead in this story, getting straight to the point. It was the right lead to use because it is a news story, and people want to know exactly what’s happening right away in the story.
The way the writer gets people into the story is with lead telling people that the Governor of Texas and mayor in Austin, are clashing over the Austin homeless population. Which makes readers from the state or that are curious want to know about what’s happening in Austin.
The first sentence after the lead is the nut graph of the story. Tells you why the mayor and governor are in a battle over the homeless right now. This was because a homeless man stabbed a bunch of people in the city and killed one. Also that the mayor has a camping policy where homeless people can set up camps anywhere around Austin.
The author of the story did a great job of having multiple sources in the story. Also, getting sources with different points of view on the matter to make it not biased. They probably should have gotten at least someone from the governor’s office to interview. Not just say that he wouldn’t comment, because it still would of help the story out.
They have significant multimedia effects in the story, of putting a video with it to give a more brief rundown of the story. Aldo letting you get a feel of what these camps in the city look like fro the readers. Which I thought they packaged very well together.
I thought it was a pretty well-done story but could use a better title and a source from someone close to the governor.
Gunner Ochoa 