QUEEN OF TECHNICOLOR: (MEDIA CRITIQUE #2)

      A fiery woman with Irish decent can never be forgotten. Maureen O’Hara, an actor who was known for her livid red hair and strong personality dies at age 95. This news story was covered by the one and only: WHAS11 news and is one story that is worthy to be a headline. Some may argue, but the reasoning that will be provided will most likely overpower the one contradicting it.

     The news story does a wonderful job complementing Maureen's successes and as an actress how she was perceived, who she truly was as a person, and the works that she did throughout her acting career that made her stand out from the rest. Including this as a headline might not be "appropriate" to some people but it definitely will be read by numerous subscribers who have grown up with Maureen and have seen her in numerous films and who have supported her and will continue to support her. WHAS11 did a good job on making sure to include her good and bad moments and making sure that they weren't just washing her with love and affection. They wanted to be honest and let people know she had a strong personality and she would stand her guard when it ever came time to defend herself.

     A good representation of how WHAS11 was being truthful was by including these lines of texts: "On the screen, O’Hara always played strong, willful women. In a 1991 interview, she was asked if she was the same woman she appeared in movies."“I do like to get my own way,” she said. “But don’t think I’m not acting when I’m up there. And don’t think I always get my own way. There have been crushing disappointments. But when that happens, I say, ‘Find another hill to climb.’” With this it shows how WHAS11 isn't afraid so show some truth.

     This story meets a few requirements to the 10 elements of journalism but they definitely hit it home for: "Make the important interesting." This generation isn't interested in the 1950 films when there was no color and most certainly nothing HD but WHAS was able to intrigue the audience with the images and the headline. This is something that can be hard to do but they made this woman relive her glory. She was a staple figure in the acting world and went through the good and bad and it shows in her smile.

http://www.whas11.com/story/life/people/2015/10/24/actress-maureen-ohara-dies-at-age-95/74536318/