Stories
A story tells a tale. In a lot of ways I think that there should be a difference when we have a discussion about newspapers and magazines. An article will discuss who, what, where, when, why, and how. A story, on the other hand should be something that really makes you think about the world with a deeper meaning. A mass shooting, can be covered in a newspaper or magazine with an article about everything that happened that day, and if done successfully, will make us question gun control laws.
A story will look at an individual person; the shooter, the victims, the police officers, or the terrified students and parents sitting idly by and wondering what will happen next. A story delves deeply into those lives. It doesn’t make us question laws, but take a deeper look at the world. It focuses on “why,” and that focus will hopefully give us a deeper understanding of people and the intricacies that make up the world. The article has a point that is blatantly in the first Graf. The story is the point. It is up to the reader to realize why it’s important.