Notable columnist
On this page I will be focusing on a columnists from quartz news, following her stories and analyzing her sense of style, tone, and other elements using Soapstone.
Jenny Anderson
Anderson covers a variety of topics ranging from marriage, to global tax dogging. After working at New York Times editorial for 10 years Anderson became apart of the quartz team as a journalist based out of London.
- Speaker- The author seems to strongly value family life along with well bettering the future of the children around the world. Throughout her articles and the topics of her writing it is evident that Anderson cares deeply about not only her family life, but those of all other people just like her.
- Occasion- Anderson foucuses the majority of her writing on family and teen oriented topics. Being a loving mother and wife her writing is centered around families and how to better help children.
- Audience- Anderson targets parents of young children by creating alluring article titles such as " dinner table questions to inspire meaningful conversation about your kids day". Patents will automatically want to see what they can do to better their child and be more present in their life.
- Purpose- Appeals to pathos is one of andersons strongest stylistic devices. Appealing to parental emotions is a tactical way to get more readers because parents will want to see how to better their child and home lives within the family.
- Subject- Anderson focuses on bettering the lives of children. Wether she is advising on how to get your child to talk more openly or even how to boost their scientifical knowledge
- Tone- Anderson uses an informative tone to educate her audience. Since her goal is to communicate with the public simple easy to improve your home life being informative helps the reader better grasp the information that is being given, especially when advising someone.