I found this article much more interesting than "Pearl Before Breakfast." It is not only because of the content, sex, murder and suicide which usually brings in a crowd, but also because of how it was written. Given that this article is an example of a magazine feature, I can already see the creative liberties this type of genre allows the writer to take, compared to the newspaper. Even though it was written when this was a current event, it does not read like its only purpose is to give facts to the people. We get the personalities of most of the subjects, backed up by lots of quotes. The author interjects how people might have been feeling or thinking, something that can't be done in a newspaper article. It follows the idea of appealing to the human interest but it doesn't have to be a current event to be reported on. This story will forever be interesting, much like a timeless piece for a newspaper.
This gave me more of an understanding for the criteria of a magazine article and I think that this will be the piece that I will be most excited about writing because I can be more creative with it.
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