Analysis of News Source, week 9.2

10pm News 1/19/13, Kare11, Rena Sarigianopoulos and Blake McCoy
Story 1: Temperatures dropped, Jerrid Sebesta
Story 2: Lake Rescue, Rena Sarigianopoulos
Story 3: A family's fight, Lindsey Syber

Newsworthiness
A family's fight

Timing: The kid has been ill for a year but the need for a drug is recent
Significance: Not really significant
Proximity: Minnesota
Prominence: No one famous, just a family and a horrible tragedy
Human interest: People will sure care, especially if the drug gets approved - maybe it will help other kids with the same problem then.
Oddity/uniqueness: Not rare.