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That article was good. Good length, informative, interesting. Most articles these days try to be excessively wordy and long - and end up with too much filler.
by anonu 7y ago
That article was good. Good length, informative, interesting. Most articles these days try to be excessively wordy and long - and end up with too much filler.
Also, good color on how someone's early experiences help shape their future. In this case Eisenhower got his highway system 37 years later with the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956. Basically it took another World War to get this going: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Highway_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Highway_System
- dmix 7y agoYou don’t like 3 self indulgent paragraphs of what the author was thinking and doing before the actual story starts and before every new heading? Hey me neither Journalists trying to be writers where they insert themselves into the story and who can actually pull it off are rare. And some have pulled it off successfully (which is why these people keep trying it). But so many journalists/bloggers are convinced they fit this category because they went to school for English literature, despite having little of their own literary success or a unique personality worthy of a story itself, and think they should do it for some random big story on a C list news platform. /rant
- anonu 7y agoInteresting rant. I suppose that's one of the many reasons I dislike modern journalism (this New Journalism subjective style of writing ) and I appreciate you putting it into perspective. For some reason the famous article "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" came to mind: https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a638/frank-sinatra-has-a-cold-gay-talese/ https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a638/frank-sinatra-has... But, a quick read through indicates that the author doesn't reference himself until 10 paragraphs down. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Journalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Journalism
- dmix 7y agoThey teach New Journalism at most English courses in western universities. Which isn’t a bad thing but it’s something that writers seem to cling to because it was cool at one point. It’s easy to get caught up in the advanced (or artistic) stuff before you mastered the basics. Inverted pyramids get lost in that noise https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_pyramid_(journalism) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_pyramid_(journalism...
- swebs 7y agoI thought it was for SEO reasons. They want to add in phrases similar to what a user would search for.