By Amy Corderoy. Published on The Sydney Morning Herald Website (Health) on August 3rd 2011.
The article is a colour news story, including a descriptive first two paragraphs which reveals a true life event followed by factual information about unplanned home births. The exemplar story is woven throughout the article to add further human interest value. The story is also timely as the around 200 phone calls have been made to request paramedic assistance to potentially deliver babies since the 18th of July until today. The story is primarily aimed at family readers, in particular mothers. The use of the real life story adds to the impact of the article and enhances the relevance to the ‘parent audience’ who may have encountered such a predicament.
The story is also of concern to those who work in the health field. Such information regarding this increasing trend may prove beneficial to them. There were only two sources interviewed, including a paramedic and a spokesperson from the Australian College of Midwives. I believe the article could have been improved by conducting an interview with a senior paramedic to draw further information about the sort of midwife training they undertake, and perhaps also the inclusion of a quote of a personal experience.
The article includes statistics from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Report. I though this added to the credibility of the story and gave appropriate backup to the theme of the article. The article finished with a description of symptoms of giving birth. This was appropriately added to the end of the article; following the funnel design of article writing – being the less important/relevant content. The picture taken is very appealing, showing a mother and her two children happily lying on cushions together. One of the children is the baby which is featured throughout the story, helping to further convey meaning and substance to the story.
The article includes statistics from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Report. I though this added to the credibility of the story and gave appropriate backup to the theme of the article. The article finished with a description of symptoms of giving birth. This was appropriately added to the end of the article; following the funnel design of article writing – being the less important/relevant content. The picture taken is very appealing, showing a mother and her two children happily lying on cushions together. One of the children is the baby which is featured throughout the story, helping to further convey meaning and substance to the story.
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