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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Nathan Cain"
<IndieCrime@...> wrote:
>
Did I miss that?) Every event gets worked into some sort
of
> narrative. People have been telling stories since
they've been able to
> do so. In journalism, there's a term called "Framing
a story." In
> short, it's deciding what the narrative arc is going
to be.
Agreed. Even photographers, who work with a supposedly static
medium, know that you need to have a story... And, as you
say, a journalistic piece always needs to tell a story. If
the news is already a story, all the better! And if it isn't,
you make it into one, or "frame it".
Best,
mrt
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