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I was like 15 when this story broke, and I remember that the idea of meeting people online was a pretty widespread thing among younger people, but that type of concept didn't really become normal or socially accepted until a few years later. The show Catfish came about because that was a more...

Absolutely. While watching it I had been wondering what happened with the national media? How did they just run with it and not look for an obit of Lennay or something like that. Hindsight is 20/20, but I am a little surprised no one tried to look for even a little more info on Lennay just for...

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I am surprised no one pointed out in here how flimsy K's hypothetical was. Coach K seriously said it would be like this student just bombed an econ test and someone came up to him after the test and asked where he goes from there. Yeah, and...? Like, that's kinda the exact point of a postgame...

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I thought it was very poignant, very well done, etc. But just can't help but think about how all of this reporting was really done by the overworked, underpaid reporters at major metro or small-town newspapers. I guess I can't blame the NYT for citing that work, it's not like they owe anyone...

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When I heard KenPom was headed there I wanted to subscribe even more because I figured he would have some good insight for stuff like that. I read a few things I liked, but overall I'm underwhelmed. I don't subscribe to his website, but it feels like the columns he writes for The Athletic are a...

I only read a couple pages of the comments here, but here's what I think... I subscribed to The Athletic. Well worth the price, but seeing these comments in the NYT just kinda sucks. Why does The Athletic have to position themselves this way? Yeah, I'm sure they will pillage the newspaper...

This is a good way to put it for sure. I think I see some problems with it sometimes. But in this day and age everyone has a platform for their own narrative/message/whatever, so it's just the way it is.

I thought the Tucker Carlson thing worked well and I enjoyed reading that story. It was a different perspective on the guy. GQ always has first-person in its features, and all the stories are great. I guess I can't complain about first-person in features if I can't write as well as them. LOL...

Most people can't do all these jobs in one, but they say they can on their resume. And some fool everyone into believing they actually can by making everything about themselves

I actually don't think first-person does this story any good at all. At least it's only used in a few places. It's awkward and could be phrased differently. Instead of "I found it hard to imagine anyone trusting his expertise..." what's so wrong with "It was hard to trust his expertise?" It's...

Hey thanks for so many responses. I really didn't think a discussion like this was possible from my question. Every story is different, obviously. Some do the first person better than others. Reading all these examples in this thread, I think some GQ pieces could be a lot better if they didn't...

Hey, there is a good example. I thought the first-person in it was for the most part useful and needed. I did think there were times when it interefered a little bit.

I'll post one here soon, i kinda made this post just based off a lot of different ones I read over time. But I'll find one

I totally understand why on those ones. They were more written as essays than features. Those were just the two most recent ones that came to my mind. I have read plenty that I thought could have been much better if they were written without first-person.

That's my takeaway, kind of. I've read a few that I think could be way better if the writer didn't write about themself. And it seems easier to write, but tells the story poorly. Or at least more poorly than you could if you did it the normal way.

It just seems like every feature/longform type thing I read now is written in first-person and it's kind of like "I did this," "I saw this," instead of "This is what something looked/sounded like." I don't necessarily have a problem with this or think it's bad but I'm wondering if there's some...