Why Did Jodon Romero Kill Himself On Live Television? Link

Jessica Testa has a lengthy article on BuzzFeed this week. The piece focuses on the televised suicide of a carjacker. It’s a great piece of journalism from an unexpected source, BuzzFeed. I don’t normally read BuzzFeed. That’s not a knock against BuzzFeed. They have section titles like “LOL”, “fail”, “wtf”, and “trashy” which tells me they are self-aware. Their articles typically do not appeal to me but this one article restored their position in my RSS feed reader.

I really enjoyed Jessica’s style and structure. The article passes back and forth between different perspectives and time frames and also jumps between story telling and basic news reporting. What a great model to emulate.