JOUR 322 Lecture 8: JOUR 322 L8
22 Oct 2018
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Human interest stories- maybe someone changing positions, creates some sort of emotional reaction because of content of story. Our jo(cid:271) as a reporter is to pass that (cid:272)ir(cid:272)u(cid:373)sta(cid:374)(cid:272)e or (cid:449)hat it"s like to (cid:271)e this perso(cid:374) or li(cid:448)e this or that life through our writing to our audience. Provide that empathy to our audience so they can understand what the person is going through etc. Time element is relatively unimportant- they are timeless. For me as an example, if someone if going to talk about me overcoming polio as a kid and becoming a college athlete, the time is relatively unimportant, it just has to be while im a college athlete. There has to be a reason why you are publishing or broadcasting it now. Tend to focus on people in unusual circumstances. Profiles: tell the story behind the people in the news. They concentrate on personality or at least one aspect of personality.
