I do not know why journalists insist on calling their stuff 'pieces', when they are in fact little entities, attempting to have beginnings, middles and endings.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Cameron critiques the term 'pieces' for journalistic work, suggesting articles are small entities trying to mimic complete structures.
- In plain terms
- Journalists call their work pieces, but they are just small things trying to look like full stories.
- What can you take from it?
- Language shapes how we perceive the value and structure of written work.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why do we call work pieces?
- Does naming affect value?
Another view
The quote assumes all journalism aims for traditional narrative arcs.
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