Comments based on the article "Teaching Viewers to Hear the TV with Eyes Only."

1. Headline : "Teaching Viewers to Hear the TV with Eyes Only."
Byline: Brian Stelter
Date: March 8, 2013
Publication name : The New York Times.
Link :  http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/09/arts/television/teaching-viewers-to-hear-the-tv-with-eyes-only.html?ref=television&_r=0

2. This article describes how the show producer of  "Switched at Birth" decided to take a spin on the show. The entire show was in sign language and in order to understand it, people had to really pay attention. This was a brilliant idea because it teaches something new to viewers and gives them a break from being addicted to their technology.

3. A. The two people interviewed in this story are Lizzy Weiss the producer of the show and Beth Haller a professor (journalism professor) from Towson University. The interviews added a spice to the story, so it definitely made the story come together great. A great example is when it states "Even as far back as Episode 2, the producers have been prepping the audience to watch a show with lots of character dialogue in sign language," Ms. Haller said, since that episode "explored how lip reading doesn't work well for most deaf people."

B. The vocabulary in the story was very easy to understand. I found sentences to be very precise and one great example is when it states " There is a vibrant subculture about singning on the Internet, which has made sign language (and foreign languages)more accessible."

C. A couple of good direct quotation were included in this story and one of them comes from Weiss. This particular quote made the story great because it is relevant to many people. Weiss says " I think TV now is so much about word-of-mouth," she said, "and I have faith that we did a lot with that episode to get people talking about the show and telling friends to start from the beginning of Netflix."

4. A. The lead was strong because it had some description, but got right to the point.
B. The nut graph was strong because Weiss explained what her intentions were while she created this episode.
C. The ending was strong because it gives viewers a new perspective on things and helps them expand their minds into watching more shows like this.
D. The story organization was strong because it explained why they chose to make the episode unique compared to the others and the interviews provided wonderful deeper information concerning the show.
5. I enjoyed everything about this piece. I enjoyed the fact that the producers did a beneficial and educational change to the show and I enjoyed reading the responses from the interview. It made me interested in learning sign language myself.