Lights out in San Francisco

The city of San Francisco will undergo a voluntary brownout from 8 until 9 p.m. on October 20, with the intention of brining awareness to the climate change issue.

Of the articles reviewed, The Los Angeles Times featured the most colorfully written story. John M. Glionna clearly approached it as a feature and not from a hard-news angle. The founder of the whole grass-roots movement, was profiled painting a clear picture of the person behind the whole "Lights out San Francisco" movement. Glionna also used very descriptive words to paint images of the ideal outcome of this event (a dark starry night over San Francisco).

The San Francisco Chronicle took a soft news approach to this story, even featuring Nate Tyler's name (the even organizer) in the lead. Arguably, Tyler's name might be considered a household name in the Bay Area given he worked for Google and is a professional surfer. The Chronicle's story is short and more to the point; pale in contrast to the L.A. Time's version of the same story.

The Associated Press takes the most straight-news approach with a catchy lead and a very clear nut graph, getting to the point and showing numbers and figures involved.


-oScar

Los Angels Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lightsout19sep19,0,2821623.story

San Francisco Chronicle: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/19/BUDUS8P5P.DTL

MSNBC/AP: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20888714/

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