Re:When did writing in major newspapers become so bad?
by Spivak on Monday March 08, 2021 @11:41AM
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I think you’re misunderstanding this tool. You’re shoving a Monet into a tool for graphic designers and complaining that it flags it as blurry.
Writing for news should be boring, dry, precise, clear and near painfully explicit with as little subtext as can possibly be achieved. Hemingway’s writing style just happens to be a good example of it.
I think you and people in this thread are confusing news with storytelling/newstainment like John Oliver, lots of Gimlet, Vice, etc. who take the news and up the production value by infusing their personalities and commentary. Despite the crass name this is a valuable service. Good storytellers are the bridge between the dry academic work of historians, journalists, scientists, philosophers, etc. and people outside their respective fields.
tl;dr news isn’t art and can’t be judged by the same measures.
Writing for news should be boring, dry, precise, clear and near painfully explicit with as little subtext as can possibly be achieved. Hemingway’s writing style just happens to be a good example of it.
I think you and people in this thread are confusing news with storytelling/newstainment like John Oliver, lots of Gimlet, Vice, etc. who take the news and up the production value by infusing their personalities and commentary. Despite the crass name this is a valuable service. Good storytellers are the bridge between the dry academic work of historians, journalists, scientists, philosophers, etc. and people outside their respective fields.
tl;dr news isn’t art and can’t be judged by the same measures.