human interest

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noun

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.

Nearby words

human genome project, human geography, human growth hormone, human immunodeficiency virus, human insulin, human interest, human leukocyte antigen, human menopausal gonadotropin, human nature, human papilloma virus, human papillomavirus

Related forms

hu·man-in·terest, adjective

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Examples from the Web for human interest

But human-interest stories dominated the pageant this year in an unprecedented way.
Autism, Breast Cancer, and the Changing Miss America Pageant|Kevin Fallon|January 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The photographs entered must be of good workmanship, of human-interest and must preferably tell a story.
Making Your Camera Pay|Frederick C. Davis
For the newspapers it was a rich source of human-interest stories.
Post-Impressions|Simeon Strunsky
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 Correspondence|Grant Milnor Hyde

First, Harte originated a new and incalculably influential type of story: the romantically picturesque "human-interest" story.
Selected Stories|Bret Harte
Graham was a good reporter, and he had a genius for human-interest yarns.
Buff: A Collie and other dog-stories|Albert Payson Terhune

British Dictionary definitions for human interest

human interest

noun

(in a newspaper story, news broadcasting, etc) reference to individuals and their emotions

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