News Worthy #1: Cyber Bullying

Heading: What parents can do to stop cyberbullying
Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/10/12/cyberbullying-strategies-parents-q-a.html

Timing - 4/4
This article is one of the thousands being created on the subject of cyber bullying in Canada that came flooding in in the wake of the teen suicide of the 15-year-old girl from British Columbia.  People feel that it is a perfect time to discuss these kinds of things and to address the issues associated with bullying when a tragedy like this strikes.  People are still sore from learning about it and are willing to read this article even if they feel that they have never been a target of bullying. 

Significance - 4/4
The amount of student-age children, teens, and young adults being infected by, not only cyber bullying, but bullying in general is always at a constant high. 

Proximity - 3/4
It is a national news story; a teen suicide has happened on Canadian soil.  However, the story is more than likely doing better in the western part of Canada (BC, Alberta) because of it's closer proximity. 

Prominence - 1/4
As well known as this girl might have been in her own school or community, she is more or less a complete stranger to the rest of the country. 

Human Interest - 2/4
The topic of teen suicide is always an emotional thing, but it isn't very "off the beaten path" when you compare it to something like a "cute cat video" or an "interesting scientific discoveries" that we are used to seeing in the news fall into this category. 

Final Newsworthy Mark - 14/20