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At NY Newsday, where I interned in the late 80s, they called the nut graf the "who-ha" for some reason. 😂

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even more poetic!!

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Imagine if different news outlets in their nut graphs present varying narratives on how a piece of news regarding an international crisis relates to people's lives!

I am writing my thesis on nut graphs at the University of Gothenburg, it is so exciting!

I need to interview journalists, email me if interested.

Javadmaleki1356@gmail.com

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Not if they are written in the tone and tempo of the whole of the narrative. A long ago magazine editor of mine called them “arias” and he sits on my shoulder every time I write one

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