Well, in features, and in writing especially, it's often the style of the writer comes in.

I spent time in, like, criminal courts, and covering murder trials for papers.

Some of the most important stories don't lend themselves to television treatment.

So you shouldn't really flatter yourself that they want to be your buddy. They don't. Generally. They want you for some reason or other, and you just have to fend that off all the time.

It's gonna be short if it's news; put it at the top. Style's not an issue, just make it news.

So, yeah, I think it had a major effect. I think in franchising younger people, it was just an idea that's never been trotted out before, but it makes perfectly good sense.

You find the most important thing that really grabs you, and put it right up top. Don't bury the lead. Put it at the top. Best thing to do. Never go wrong that way. It's an immutable law of journalism. It just always works.