Patricia Marble, 107, lived a life of volunteerism
This week, we learned about writing obituaries. The report that I chose to analyze is "Patricia Marble, 107, lived a life of volunteerism," by Joel Rippel from the Star Tribune.
While The New York Times usually writes famous people, local publications can report anybody as long as it is newsworthy.
In the lede, it has the person's name and who she was with some notable information.
Instead of a circumstance of death, the second paragraph is a quote from someone who knew her well and the writer uses some other quotes for the following paragraphs to describe what kind of person she was.
In the fifth paragraph, the writer reports when, where she died and how old she was.
After that, the article begins the chronology which tells her birth and how her life was like.
The writer ends the story about survived family members and funeral details.
While The New York Times usually writes famous people, local publications can report anybody as long as it is newsworthy.
In the lede, it has the person's name and who she was with some notable information.
Instead of a circumstance of death, the second paragraph is a quote from someone who knew her well and the writer uses some other quotes for the following paragraphs to describe what kind of person she was.
In the fifth paragraph, the writer reports when, where she died and how old she was.
After that, the article begins the chronology which tells her birth and how her life was like.
The writer ends the story about survived family members and funeral details.
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