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What exactly is the spirit of journalism and how did you come to know it through your study of the history of journalism?

• TeMPOraL 6y ago
  Well, the gold standard is what journalists call "inverted pyramid". You start with a TL;DR, and then expand recursively. This way, the reader can get more and more detailed picture as they read on, and stop at the moment they feel they've satisfied their needs. This is how you present information if you care about your reader. The reason it's not done almost anywhere is because maximizing profit is done by minimizing utility, so that you can drag the curious reader through as many ads as they have patience to bear.
  • achn 6y ago
    This is the New Yorker! It is not written as a Wikipedia article or even a science article. The New Yorker has a long history with its own voice. You are not necessarily wrong in a generalized statement, but this is not the piece to raise this opinion against.
  • ncmncm 6y ago
    What you describe is a way to write newspaper articles for impatient and overburdened readers who probably won't finish reading them. New Yorker stories have a different purpose and a different audience. People who subscribe to the New Yorker like it because it gives them stories written just this way. If you don't, wikipedia is right there. You can tell it will be a New Yorker story because it says so. I guarantee you that the writing is not that way to "drag" anyone through ads or to strain their patience.