human interest
- a quality of a story or report, as in a newspaper or on a newscast, that engages attention and sympathy by enabling one to identify readily with the people, problems, and situations described.
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Contemporary Examples
But human-interest stories dominated the pageant this year in an unprecedented way.
Historical Examples
For the newspapers it was a rich source of human-interest stories.
Post-ImpressionsSimeon Strunsky
He knew a human-interest story when he met it walking in the road.
Local ColorIrvin S. Cobb
There, suddenly, Graham saw one of the “human-interest bits” for which he was always hunting.
Buff: A Collie and other dog-storiesAlbert Payson Terhune
In this field of reporting there are many opportunities for the human-interest story which will be taken up in a later chapter.
Newspaper Reporting and CorrespondenceGrant Milnor Hyde
Graham was a good reporter, and he had a genius for human-interest yarns.
Buff: A Collie and other dog-storiesAlbert Payson Terhune
human interest
- (in a newspaper story, news broadcasting, etc) reference to individuals and their emotions
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