Monday, August 23, 2021

The News-Alert Writers at the Wall Street Journal Know How to Create Suspense

Here are some of the top mobile-push alerts, both on W.S.J.’s native app and via Apple News:

1. She left a negative review on Amazon. Then the seller tracked her down.

2. The high-paying job that’s in high demand — but not many people want to do.

3. It took just months for a 36-year-old to take over America’s most talked-about company — and make $1 billion for himself.

4. Welcome to the land that Covid forgot.

5. 40% unemployment, brawls over milk, murder over gasoline. What a once-in-a-century economic meltdown looks like.

6. No hybrid, no partial week — these C.E.O.s are done with Covid and they’re calling everyone back. “I don’t need to be wishy-washy.”

7. One of the coldest places on Earth is on fire.