Comparing Media

For this assignment I choose the coverage of the murder of the Yale graduate, Annie Le on September 18th.

On NBC's Today show the coverage was approximately three minutes. With five sources, a email, public statements and a interview with a NY daily news reporter. It seemed that compare to the newspaper and online news source, the segment relied on visuals with images of the email and cuts from the Police Chief's statement, and the Yale Universiy President's speech. It gave out details about Clark's personality and seemed abit rushed and not together due to the video cuts.

In the New York Time's coverage the article seemed abit long. There was the picture of Annie Le, an image of the arrest of Clark, and police chief Lewis. Their sources were similar to NBC's but an email was not mentioned and instead they had a reference on Clark's personality from a representative from the union of the technicians at Yale. The major source was the Police chief. This article seemed more detailed in the crime scene and the complexity of why they could not investigate quicker.

In the Stamford Advocate's online news article, the main source is Chief Lewis' news conference. There are even references to other news coverages such as NBC's Today show. It explained the process of investigating the evidence and recounting the whole situation from the beginning. I think this is more like the news paper article rather than the TV coverage.