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Is this true of print articles as well? Before, when the articles had to fit a particular surface on paper, there were rules to write the article in a way that
by yoz-y 6y ago
Is this true of print articles as well?
Before, when the articles had to fit a particular surface on paper, there were rules to write the article in a way that it could be comfortably cut after any paragraph and still make sense. So the first paragraph would contain a high level overview summary, then the details would pile up.
Of course it's harder and more time consuming to write like that, but it avoids the overly embellished style that many internet publications (be it newspapers or blogs) have nowadays.
- slowmovintarget 6y agoThat's because journalism schools and editors used to teach a style of writing that maximized conveyance of fact. That economy of writing is less needed with the internet, especially when many stories often have the singular fact that someone tweeted something. I feel a "get off my lawn" rumbling deep down in my subconscious when I think about things like this.