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What an awful article on such an interesting theme. Why do journalists so often start the text with some personal anecdote, either about themselves or about a p
by golergka 9y ago
What an awful article on such an interesting theme. Why do journalists so often start the text with some personal anecdote, either about themselves or about a person of interest in the story? I didn't click the link to read about the author or jellyfish researcher; I wanted to read about the damn jellyfish.
- jandrese 9y agoIt's the human interest factor. The idea is that people will pay more attention to a problem if they can put a face on it, otherwise it is too abstract and you lose half of the readers outright.