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That was my first thought. Let's say you are an editor: You can be accurate and write 'Nigeria' in the headline, but you realize that most people have no idea
by mmooss 2y ago
That was my first thought.
Let's say you are an editor: You can be accurate and write 'Nigeria' in the headline, but you realize that most people have no idea where or what Nigeria is - that's a bad thing, but true. If you write 'Africa', then many more people will learn about Nigeria.
I don't have a good answer. Maybe they should squeeze both into the headline: 'For African climate and livelihoods, Nigeria bets big ...'
- alephnerd 2y ago> Maybe they should squeeze both into the headline: 'For African climate and livelihoods, Nigeria bets big ...' Yep! That's what I feel is much more constructive as a title, because it both gives credit to the originator of a success AND makes it potentially generalizable. Btw, the proposed title you mentioned is the norm for reporting on the minigrid project in business news.
- ninalanyon 2y ago> most people have no idea where or what Nigeria is Really? I'm pretty sure that everyone I know knows where Nigeria is.
- mmooss 2y ago> everyone I know Not a representative sample of Western humanity. Look up surveys on knowledge and beliefs; you'll be very surprised.