In this article, Hess skilfully paints a picture of who Hadassah Tirosh, the interviewee, is. Hess begins by describing Tirosh’s style, “sleek silhouettes and bold pops of colour”, to help the reader visualise Tirosh. He also describes her “infectious laugh”, again giving insight into her personality and giving her relatability. The structure of the interview is a narrative style, with a balance between quotes and explanations about Tirosh and her ambitions with TikTok and her modelling career. Hess also gives insight into Tirosh and her fans’ “struggles before settling into their own identities”, again displaying relatability, which is important in a profile piece.
One thing I think Hess could do better is not using so many big words. In Orwell’s Rules, he says “never use a long word where a short one will do”, which Hess breaks with words such as “treatise” and “nascent”. These are not words the public would hear often, making some parts of the article inaccessible and possibly difficult to read. Hess also breaks the rule of “never use a figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print” with “whopping audience” and “primed and ready”. I believe Hess needs to find a balance between complicated and stereotypical wording.
Overall, I enjoyed Hess’ interview, the interviewee was very fascinating and had many interesting things to say and the article was well structured with a clear beginning, middle and end. The subject was the strongest part of the article and small wording issues could be rectified by more precise sub editing.