Three Pitches

First Idea: Bad News
Go to Komo 4 News online and start reading the pages, notice any trend that is started to set in, might get a feeling of depression that runs through you. This feeling is not anything new to the public reader. The very first article on Komo’s news page is about a killing list that was leaked at a school, scroll down even more and you will find the sports. Articles on sports should be thrilling and exciting to read, but somehow even the articles on sports are nothing happy about. The articles include the Mariners loosing and a bad review about Griffey. Stories like these are just a few that pop up before the end of the scroll bar. Komo online is not the only problem, just watching their news broadcast audience’s get a feeling that the world is an awful place. Komo’s leading story is not on the happy tiding of local women, it is about mass murders across the seas or killings in the local area. The “Big four” have also been subjected to this behavior or reporting hard-hitting depressing news. CBS, NBC and FOX all have been doing this for years now. This media outlet is directed towards anyone who watches the news, reads a newspaper or has access to the internet. First source to be interviewed is Chris Rose, a former Komo 4 News employee. She would be able to give insight on why this trend has become so popular in news television. The second source is Charlene Emory; she is a student at WSU and is a major in Broadcast News Journalism. She would give her opinion on how this affects her career in going into the news business.
Second Idea: Construction on Daggy Hall
The big story across campus has been the budgets cuts that have made to countless departments at WSU. Two of the departments that have been cut are located in Daggy Hall; speech and theatre department. The two departments have been told that they will not be continuing at WSU after this upcoming school year, although construction has been taking place on the Hall. Questions arise walking by the hall on why these remodels are happening now after the department has already been cut. Is another department moving in to the hall? Why was this not done at the beginning of last year before budget cuts were made? If the school doesn’t have money for these departments, than how do they have money for construction? The media outlet for this would be students, faculty and the Pullman community. First source interviewed would be Ray Pritchard, a theatre professor. He is still here during the summer so he could give an insight on what he has been told by the President and the construction company on what is going on. His reaction on why construction is starting now, after his department was already cut. The second interview would be the company that is doing the construction on Daggy Hall. Interview one of the workers on the scene and have them tell what exactly they are doing to the building and why they are being requested upon now and not earlier in the year.
Third Idea: 12 to 12 cancelled
The Daily Evergreen ran two articles in March and April about the twelve to twelve sorority requirement tradition being cancelled. This tradition of binge drinking the day after bid day on Saturday has been a Greek community tradition for years. Not only do sororities participate in the all day even but also fraternities do as well. The articles in the daily evergreen discussed how this would benefit the Greek community by making requirement week safer for the girls. Women in different sororities were interviewed that agreed with this new rule being activated. Many Greek affiliated students were outraged though that just because seven women were hospitalized it meant taking away the loved tradition. Certain sororities feel that just because these mistakes were made by these seven girls that not all sororities should be at fault. Taking this angle on the story is allowing for the girls involved in the involved to tell their side. This media outlet would be the Greek community, students at WSU and the Pullman community. The Pullman community was involved immediately after 911 were called. Leeza Whalen was one of the girls hospitalized last Sunday during 12 to 12 and she will be the first source. Hearing what her side of the story is and how she led herself to drink into the hospitalized will represent the other girls who also went to the hospital that day. The other source interviewed is Sarah Bridges. She is in Leeza Whalen’s sorority and her view on why sororities should get punished will be the topic. She will be able to share how it feels to be part of one of the sororities that had to go through the embarrassment of that day and also how she feels about every sorority being affected after her ‘sisters’ actions.