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Re:Writing tools I learned from The Economist by cranekam on Monday April 05, 2021 @01:36PM (#26701980)
I think the obits are all written by one person, Ann Wroe. I heard a really good interview with her a few years ago but I can't find it now. https://medium.economist.com/the-art-of-writing-an-obituary-... is reasonably interesting.
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Re:Writing tools I learned from The Economist by halhod on Monday April 05, 2021 @02:14PM (#26702476)
almost all are written by Ann, who is brilliant. the odd one is written by a subject matter expert, or by someone for whom the subject was a source

this one is a particularly good example, that HN may enjoy https://www.economist.com/obituary/2019/02/21/obituary-the-m...

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Re:Writing tools I learned from The Economist by astrange on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @04:09AM (#26709333)
Dennis Ritchie got 1.5 articles and John McCarthy 0.5, although it's a bit painful to read the Economist house style discussing programming languages.

https://www.economist.com/babbage/2011/10/20/printfgoodbye-d...

https://www.economist.com/obituary/2011/11/05/dennis-ritchie...

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Re:Writing tools I learned from The Economist by brox on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @04:49AM (#26709591)
She was interviewed on February 4th 2021 as part of their digital events series ("An audience with Ann Wroe, obituaries editor"). Worth a listen: https://economist-subsevents.zoom.us/rec/play/5b6CntzRCPHSJz...
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Re:Writing tools I learned from The Economist by tclancy on Monday April 05, 2021 @06:43PM (#26705595)
She is the one can’t-miss part of the magazine.
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