- Author(s) of article: Robyn Beck, AFP, and Getty Images
- Title of article: Las Vegas music festival shooting
- Name of magazine, newspaper, website, etc. containing the article: CBS News
- Date article was published: Oct. 3, 2017
- Web address: https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/las-vegas-mandalay-bay-shooting/28/
Summary Information
- Discuss the effectiveness of the headline in summarizing the story and getting the reader’s attention.
People scramble for shelter at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival after a gunman opened fire on the crowd in Las Vegas.
- Briefly describe the factual content of the story related to the lead: 5 W’s and the H.
- Who: Stephen Paddock
- What: The gunman of the shooting
- When: Oct. 3, 2017
- Where: Route 91 Harvest country music festival, Las Vegas
- Why: No one knows why
- How: From the 32nd floor of a Mandalay Bay Hotel hotel in Las Vegas.
- Of all the 5 “W’s” and “H”, star the one you think is the most important. Tell why.
The what is the most important of all of the 5 “W’s” and the “H” because it tells you what the the article is about.
- Magnitude of the event in story
The Las Vegas shooting was world wide
- Is it international, national, or local?
It is international
- What is its impact? How many people were affected by it?
killing dozens and wounding more than 500 people.
- Briefly state the main idea or thesis presented in this article:
The main idea of the article is the shooting and how many people it affected.
- Facts in a news story are supposed to be arranged from most to least important.
- Do you believe he author did this effectively? Why?
Yes, because they put the main idea of the shooting and told everything they could that was important to catch the readers attention and then by the end it was less important.
Reliability of Source
- Did the article come from a wire service
Yes it was.
- Who are the sources in the article itself? (Examples: lawyer, doctor, neighbor, police officer, forensics expert)
The people that experienced it and the police.
- List one quote that made the article sound more reliable.
“People flee the Route 91 Harvest country music festival grounds after a active shooter was reported on October 1, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada.”
Personal Reaction
- What was the most surprising/interesting thing you found out by reading this article?
That after the gunman kills those people he killed him self in the hotel building.
- What question(s) do you have after reading this article?
Why the person did what they did and then killed themselves
- What would you like to learn more about?
I wouldn’t want to learn more about it.