However, by bringing up that extreme example, I approach the question of whether it makes sense to move on from news stories just because they are no longer novel
I see no reason why you wouldn’t add new information if you want to do another story on the same topic the way it’s done currently.
At the New York Times you have a bunch of editors sitting together and deciding about what the narrative should be. Then they send out reporters over months to search for stories to fit into the narrative. If the New York Times editors want something to stay the narrative they send out reporters to seek more stories that fit into the narrative.
There’s no need to repeat the same story twice.
I just chose Flint because it was the only event I could think of where I remembered seeing headlines like that.
And they are one of the worst pieces of journalism because they treat clean/nonclean as a binary when it isn’t.
Pretending that it’s a binary instead of reporting on the changes in grey does a massive disservice to the readers.
I see no reason why you wouldn’t add new information if you want to do another story on the same topic the way it’s done currently.
At the New York Times you have a bunch of editors sitting together and deciding about what the narrative should be. Then they send out reporters over months to search for stories to fit into the narrative. If the New York Times editors want something to stay the narrative they send out reporters to seek more stories that fit into the narrative.
There’s no need to repeat the same story twice.
And they are one of the worst pieces of journalism because they treat clean/nonclean as a binary when it isn’t.
Pretending that it’s a binary instead of reporting on the changes in grey does a massive disservice to the readers.