Girl Who Conned the Ivy League

I enjoyed this article, not only because of it's interesting content, but also with the way it was written. I feel like Sabrina Erdely did a great job of storytelling throughout this article. In fact, this felt a lot less like an article and a lot more like a short story. Although the writer surely had to do plenty of background investigation as well as interviews, she never actually places herself in the story. This can be seen when she quotes individuals such as, "'For the first time ever, I was functioning!' she recalls." It would appear that Erdely got this information from an interview with Esther, but we never really know for sure. Erdely just as easily could have said, "she recalls as I spoke to her months later," however she refrains from doing so. In this way, the article seems much less journalistic and more actual story telling.