The great thing about news stories are that there are so many different avenues you can go down that you can report on. Two examples are obituaries and personality profiles.
Obituaries are stories about people who have passed away. They provide information about the person’s life and information about his or her funeral.
Personality profiles on the other hand provide the audience with stories about prominent figures or about people with extraordinary stories.
While both types of stories are similar in that they share stories about people’s lives, they have their differences. That is why I think it is more difficult to write obituaries.
Obituaries are shorter pieces and there is usually a short space provided to fit them. That is part of what makes writing them so difficult. It is hard to take the story of someone’s entire life and fit it into such a small space. You need to be able to properly balance the relevant information along with the sensitive issues. Usually, people’s lives are so long so it’s tough to research an entire life and provide a proper account.
You also do not have the luxury of calling the person to tie up any loose ends. There are family members that you can talk to but they can’t always answer everything.
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