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>Hmm, I wonder which local papers you're talking about. >I don't love the Standard Examiner for everything, but >it does seem to have a lot of human interest >stories...at least the way I define human interest >(profiles of local people, businesses, local issues, >groups, etc.) > > > > > > >>Looking back on all the places I have been and lived >>in this country I find it hard to believe that the >>local paper here does not get involved with the human >>interest stories that placard other newspapers across >>the country. I remember in Journalism class how I >>loved the HI story the most. Oh, news stories are fun >>to write, after you fall off the pyramid a bit, but >>there are not as rewarding as the HI. Writing the HI >>gives one a feeling for the article, whether it is >>human, or non-human. You have an opportunity to know >>and understand the topic, thus passing on that >>knowledge and understanding to the readership. Believe >>it or not it does do something else. It introduces you >>to that building, that business, that person, or >>whatever it is you are writing about. As you read that >>history, and get acquainted with it you will find that >>when you do run into that which the writer of the >>article has imparted to you it could spark your >>imagination and you could find yourself delving >>further into it on your own. Pretty soon you are not >>only involved in a history lesson, you are also >>improving upon your own education, and curiosity. I am >>quite the proponent for the human interest story as it >>introduces us to friends we may never know we had.

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