Mitt Romney attended the New Hampshire Grass Drags and Water Crossing yesterday. On this event, snowmobiles were racing on water or grass. Apparently, Romney’s goal was to meet the average people. The articles written about the event are good examples of sensory writing.
There’s not much news value to the story. All Romney was doing was engaging in conversations with both adults and children.
The stories describe the surroundings, the people who showed up and how they reacted to the presence of the candidate. There are also a couple good quotes, mostly from children or young adults. Parent are also quoted in connection with their children and how excited they were to meet a man who might be the president one day.
I think the articles are examples of a laid-back style. Journalists probably enjoyed writing these pieces and aimed them to be entertaining for the audience, as well.
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Yeah those laid-back articles are interesting...it's like "well, this isn't really newsworthy" but it gets published anyway. and I don't know who reads those trivial stories about a candidate's every whereabouts besides the candidate's most avid supporters. But you bring up a good point that there are writers out there just reporting on how a town receives a candidate. These give election stories a break from being so "by the numbers" and gives it an element of prose
Actually, I think it's good for some of these pieces to be published. It's a break from the typical election stories that can be rather dry and gives a candidate a chance to show his personality (or what he wants people to perceive of his personality, whatever). It's nice to mix it up sometimes.
I think its refreshing for a lot of readers to have stories like these published...
I know for myself that when I am struggling to find something to write about for these blog posts, I thoroughly enjoy a lighter story, one that doesn't take as much energy to asses and dissect.
We all need a break from health care plans and timetables for withdraw... and these articles give that out.
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