Tuesday

Soft News

Soft News: This sub-genre within the realm of journalism does more than inform the reader, it evokes reaction and elicits human emotion. It takes a longer time introducing elements through anecdotes, quotations, and description.

Claremont Courier Example:
My Attempt:
https://www.claremont-courier.com/mobile/article/t12642-team-jazzy-fundraiser

What Worked:
Sarah Torribio
-Sarah does a wonderful job setting up the context of the article and utilizes a combination of literary devices to capture the reader's attention.
-This article definitely elicits human emotion because it offers the subject's personal back-story to a specific event as well as a bit of background.

Aralia Giron
-My article draws the reader in by developing upon the personal back-story of my subject, in doing so, it does more than inform but rather stirs some sort of emotion.

What Didn't Work:
Sarah Torribio
-This piece of "soft news" doesn't include any shocking statements which is often common in this form of writing

Aralia Giron
-My article fails to shape the occurrences featured into a lead that symbolizes the story as a whole.

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