The Boston Globe followed up on a story about a toddler who died at 17 months after he was left in a daycare's transport van.
Today's story and photo gallery focused on the mother of the boy. More than 100 people came to support her at last night's vigil.
John M. Guilfoil, the reporter for the story, "wrote for the ear," as my class learned in The Poynter Institute's NewsU online course.
Guilfoil used quotes by Virginie Cazir, the mother of the boy, which would have made for great sound-bites. The story read easily and could have been transformed into a audio program.
“I’ve been strong because if I’m not strong for him, who’s going to be strong for him? I could be not strong later, but now it’s all about him,’’ Cazir said. “I want you all to take this moment and cherish the children, because I had no time to say goodbye to mine," Guilfoil wrote.
He wrote descriptively in short and concise sentences that gave the reader a vision of the scene at the vigil.
"Cazir spoke after two city pastors led the group in song. Tears streamed down both sides of her face, but her voice never wavered," he wrote.
After a moment of silence an a balloon release, Cazir asked the crowd to join her in singing the theme song to Spongebob Squarepants, her son's favorite show.
“SpongeBob SquarePants, SpongeBob SquarePants, SpongeBob . . . .’’ Guilfoil wrote, finishing his story.
This story was written much like an audio story would have been. Because Guilfoil wrote for the ear, his story has much more impact .
Today's story and photo gallery focused on the mother of the boy. More than 100 people came to support her at last night's vigil.
John M. Guilfoil, the reporter for the story, "wrote for the ear," as my class learned in The Poynter Institute's NewsU online course.
Guilfoil used quotes by Virginie Cazir, the mother of the boy, which would have made for great sound-bites. The story read easily and could have been transformed into a audio program.
“I’ve been strong because if I’m not strong for him, who’s going to be strong for him? I could be not strong later, but now it’s all about him,’’ Cazir said. “I want you all to take this moment and cherish the children, because I had no time to say goodbye to mine," Guilfoil wrote.
He wrote descriptively in short and concise sentences that gave the reader a vision of the scene at the vigil.
"Cazir spoke after two city pastors led the group in song. Tears streamed down both sides of her face, but her voice never wavered," he wrote.
After a moment of silence an a balloon release, Cazir asked the crowd to join her in singing the theme song to Spongebob Squarepants, her son's favorite show.
“SpongeBob SquarePants, SpongeBob SquarePants, SpongeBob . . . .’’ Guilfoil wrote, finishing his story.
This story was written much like an audio story would have been. Because Guilfoil wrote for the ear, his story has much more impact .
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