Recycling facts
Adding on to previously reported information
Radio stories crafted for newsmagazine shows such as Morning Edition and All Things Considered are designed to succinctly deliver new information to a wide audience. That means each story needs to serve people who know very little about the topic, as well as those who know a lot.
As reporters select which facts to include, occasionally their choices leave more knowledgeable news consumers wanting more, sometimes for themselves, sometimes so that others will know what they know.
This was the case with a recent story about a Greenpeace report on the abysmal rate of plastic recycling in the U.S. A
