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Human-interest story

In journalism, a human-interest story is a feature story that discusses people or pets in an emotional way. It presents people and their problems, concerns, or achievements in a way that brings about interest, sympathy or motivation in the reader or viewer. Human-interest stories are a type of soft news.

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Human-interest story

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related to Other media · 11
Human-interest story → Brandon Stanton, Dutch, Facebook, Human-interest, Humans, Instagram, It, New York, Popular, The, Twitter
related to Television reporting · 11
Human-interest story → American, Australia, It, Minutes, New Zealand, Oklahoma City, Televised, Television, The, Timothy McVeigh, Within
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Human-interest story → Australian, But, Chloe Smethurst, However, In, Perry Parks, Studies, The, The Sydney Morning Herald, This
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Human-interest story → American, Human-interest, James Boswell, Originally, Samuel Johnson, Scholars, The Life, The New Yorker, Within Western
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Human-interest story → Human-interest, Media, Romania Archived, UNICEF, Wayback Machine, Wikimedia CommonsHuman-interest, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
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Human-interest story → feature story that discusses people or pets in an emotional way, widely utilised form of news media
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Human-interest storyis afeature story that discusses people or pets in an emotional way0.90text
Human-interest storyis awidely utilised form of news media0.90text
Abraham Lincolninstance ofScholars Winfield and Hume explore how heroes have evolved from cultural figures0.80text
to regular people through the reporting of the human-interest storyinstance ofScholars Winfield and Hume explore how heroes have evolved from cultural figures0.80text
Esquire's interview with September 11 survivor Michael Wright portray the American hero as an ordinary person with an inspiring story or profound success.The format of human-interest stories is not limited to just news segments during television reporting or articles in a newspaperinstance ofStories0.80text
Australiainstance ofa review of a current event from the human-interest frame or there may be entire reports dedicated to one particular human-interest story.60 Minutes is a widely known American n…0.80text
New Zealandinstance ofa review of a current event from the human-interest frame or there may be entire reports dedicated to one particular human-interest story.60 Minutes is a widely known American n…0.80text
Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.Print mediaWithin print mediainstance ofcontroversial figures and criminals0.80text
human-interest storiesinstance ofcontroversial figures and criminals0.80text
their content vary across the variety of print mediumsinstance ofcontroversial figures and criminals0.80text
The New York Times utilize the human-interest format in their worksinstance ofHuman-interest stories are also published in magazines and tabloids which often do not detail the story in the same manner as a newspaper and are often the subject to journalist…0.80text
digital mediainstance ofThe article uses the human-interest format to draw sadness and sympathy from the reader and try to make them understand how difficult life can be for some people.Other mediaHuma…0.80text

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