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Users want to see the people in the stories, not the people writing them. Truthfully I hope this is a case where media people aren't giving enough credit to th
by corin_ 15y ago
Users want to see the people in the stories, not the people writing them.
Truthfully I hope this is a case where media people aren't giving enough credit to their audience (as opposed to a case where I'm just a minority - though I suspect this is more the case).
I mean, in a story, sure, pictures can be great. But when deciding which story to read, e.g. when reading a list of headlines, I surely can't be the only one with a long enough attention span to actually read the headlines and decide based on what the story is, without needing a small picture to draw me in?
- benjaminasmith 15y agoI think you've misunderstood his point: he's saying that that the audience would rather see pictures of the story than a picture of the author. In Andy's original article, his mockup featured photos of the authors next to some headlines. But of course, a photo of the story is far more useful than a photo of the correspondent.