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I appreciate the way you know how to structure a column, e.g., mentioning some topic but deferring discussion to a later, more relevant part of the post.

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Thanks. Early in my career, my employer (published financial/economic newsletters) brought in a journalism prof to go through article structuring. This article perhaps had a bit much “foreshadowing,” but the general idea is that an article needs to be structured around the reality that readers skim, so you need to let them know what the main parts are, and they can dig into further details only if they are interested. Definitely not how to write fiction…

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