Comparing media

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With glaciers melting, sea level rising, heat waves intensifying, and the future of our earth’s overall health in question, many individuals, especially the youth, have turned to protest for action against climate change. 
Different types of news media had their own ways of covering the Global Climate Strike that happened from Sept. 20 to Sept. 27 of 2019. 
An online article from The New York Times had a story of about two thousand words and was adorned with many vibrant and evoking pictures of the event.

The article resembled that of print newspaper, but incited more emotion in the readers as the pictures were in color.

The story included about 10 quotes from sociologists, activists, and even children as young as 12 years old.

Though The New York Times is generally more democratic, the article did not depreciate the Republican Party, but rather told facts about the event.

Channel 4 News had an eleven-minute video on YouTube that covered the Global Climate Strike.

It started off with the journalist speaking to the camera live from New York.

The video would switch from voice overs to interviews, and even clips from other sources.

There were three separate journalists covering the event in the video.

Attributions were given through an animation that appeared at the bottom right of the screen.

The images were less emotional than the pictures seen on the New York Times because it focused more on what the people at the event had to say.

They even interviewed an older man who said the protest was “an inconvenience” to his commute.

Similar to a news story, the video ended with less important information, an interview with a businessman who did not favor the strike. 
A radio announcement on NPR also covered the Global Climate Strike which entirely differed from the earlier two mediums.

The announcement was 3 minutes long and was much more conversations.

The speakers were very enthusiastic about the event, keeping the atmosphere light.

Like a news video, it used an audio clip of Greta Thunberg, the young climate activist that started the strike.

There was no background music in the radio announcement, only a short soundtrack that played in the beginning and in the end of the announcement.

There were four sources quoted in the announcement, a smaller number in comparison to a news article. 

The New York Times offered the most interesting coverage of the event due to its emotionally stimulating photos, but Channel 4 News was less biased as it interviewed people who opposed the Global Climate Strike. 

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