Some journalists get very annoyed that a drama can speak to people far more powerfully than their well researched articles (about equally serious injustices). You make a very good point about why this is and it’s something all investigative journalists need to remember if they’re trying to affect change:
“The news reports are factual, intellectual, reasoned. The TV drama works on an emotional level: it introduces you to people, and then shows their lives being ruined in detail, in a way that sparks your empathy.”
Some journalists get very annoyed that a drama can speak to people far more powerfully than their well researched articles (about equally serious injustices). You make a very good point about why this is and it’s something all investigative journalists need to remember if they’re trying to affect change:
“The news reports are factual, intellectual, reasoned. The TV drama works on an emotional level: it introduces you to people, and then shows their lives being ruined in detail, in a way that sparks your empathy.”
Why do you think knowing how big the tribe is matters to us?