JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div class="story_preview">
    <div class="artefact">
        <a title="View Story: ssasds">
            <img src="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/VQ-nS9Q-prw/default.jpg"; width="130" height="90" alt="ssasds video Preview">
        </a>
        <div class="story_title">
            <a href="16" title="View Story: ssasds">ssasds</a>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

JavaScript

$('.artefact').click(function() {
    var storyId = $('.story_title a', this).attr('href');
    alert("The ID is: " + storyId);
});