>>tysone+(OP)
Why do these articles always start with a story about a person? I see this in nearly all articles from american news papers. It's strange.
Seems like a paper from a young student who needs to get his 3000 wordcount.
It just bloats the article and makes it difficult to get the information out of it.
>>Tommek+R11
I attended a panel at Rights Con 2016 about getting tech stories picked up by the news. One tip from journalists on the panel was that articles anchored on a human narrative arc tend to be more successful. The human story helps people understand why it is worth investing time to learn the related facts/science/tech.