“How Five Working Parents Are Getting Through Each Day,” was a very enjoyable article to read. I found myself getting lost in the tones of this feature story; it was honestly amazing. Each story has its own unique voice while reading. This feature was different from any others that I read or wrote, this gave multiple human interest stories. They allowed you to get the tone of each character and the tone even helped you feel where the characters were coming from.
The article provided great images that also helped the story carry out. Each story allowed you to get a clear view of what each person was doing on that person’s image. Rather it be a yoga mat, apple, or diaper on the image. This is one of the first feature stories that I read that interviewed multiple people and accounted for them around the same issue. It included a great lead, to help readers understand what the article was exactly about. It had a great description, even in the title, that helped you set the scene and people to life. This article had direct quotes throughout the reading, and those quotes help structure the entire reading. The anecdotes were great and it provided a good background for all of the information it provided. COVID 19 is a huge topic as it continues to rise and offset our communities, making it a very relevant topic.
The voice of the speaker changes as each person’s story is told. The different tones allowed you to really be inside of each person’s stories, it felt as if I was actually living out their days with them. I believe that the Buzzfeed interviewed each person during this time by video call or over the phone. I believe that helped structure the entire format. It’s a perfect explanation as to how this was set up on a schedule, giving their day by day routine. Overall, this was a very great feature story that included multiple components to support the features. It offered so many aspects of Corona and created pathos throughout the entire reading. Corona is an extremely relevant topic for articles and companies to speak on. This pandemic is definitely changing the lives of so many and the stories are touching to hear; from the mothers, doctors, and teachers. This article really gave a huge insight on COVID; it was a timely and very necessary topic.
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