In speaking with one man, who only wanted to be identified by his first name, the reporter decided to give a little more detailed description—he gave the guy’s apartment number.
From a journalistic standpoint, the question that needs to be asked is: Was it necessary to give the apt. number of this guy, who by all accounts from the story is a hard worker? What value did it add for the reader? Was it information that was vital for the telling of this particular story?
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