I thought this story was very well done. I thought the reporter did a good job getting many different points of view on this divided issue. Not only that, but the reporter used his interviews to tell the story more that he used his voiceover. For example, he got a teacher to explain the rules behind connecting with students outside of class. I found that very effective.
The editing was good as well, although I found the pacing of the story to be a little weak. It started out with good energy, but then once they got into their streeters things slowed down a lot.
The ending could have been stronger as well. Although the standup ending works well sometimes, the reporter was in the newsroom which, in my opinion, gave him more distance from the issue. As soon as I saw the newsroom background I stopped paying attention because to me the story was over. Any information that the reporter gave during that last standup was lost to me.
But as I said previously, the story was very well done. It is a good story; one that many people would be interested in. But I would have changed the pacing, added more streeters and made them shorter, as well as done a standup in the field or at least outside to hold people’s attention until the very end.
