WAVE 3- Stories Without Local Relevance- 10/25/15

WAVE 3 news posted an article about the Oklahoma State University homecoming parade crash. This story was about a woman who was driving under the influence and crashed into a stand full of people watching the parade. So far, 44 people are injured, 4 are dead, and 8 are critically injured. The story is a huge story because of the fact that this story could have happened anywhere, at any homecoming. The story put on the website because the story is so horrible and viewers find interest in stories that have fatalities and make the viewer scared. This story has no local relevance; the story took place in Oklahoma, at their university. While the story could have happened anywhere with anyone; it happened in Oklahoma, when Adacia Chambers was driving under the influence. This story has significance to everyone because it happened because Ms. Chambers was driving under the influence, and as important as that is, the story does not have a local relevance. The crash happened about 726 miles away, which is not local at all. Local relevance is when something “directly concerns the viewing/readership area surrounding local news organization” (according to gradethenews.com). This story did not directly concern anyone in the WAVE 3 news area. This story can be found at http://www.wave3.com/story/30340819/4-dead-including-2-year-old-after-homecoming-parade-crash.