What is the agony column?
Agony column is a type of newspaper column that offers advice for personal problems. The author of such a column is often called Aunt Agone or Uncle Agon and conjures up a comprehensive, friendly figure that offers sound and useful advice, and in some cases the author may be an authorized expert in the field such as medicine or psychology. Many newspapers have columns that can be generated in the house or buy from the National Synicates. Agony columns can also be found on the website; In some cases, general visitors to the site are invited to submit proposals. People have been looking for answers and advice on problems for thousands of years, and the anonymous columns offer a clear advantage of providing the Council without judgment. The author can also hide his identity so that people in the author's life do not know that there are agones columns. Others look at the questions of the dynamics of the family, ethics and behavior. Some columns of agony even focus on investment, financial problems, real estate and similar problems, with nImij people can meet. Agone column can also sometimes include personal ads and the columns of love council are often found in the Personals section in the newspaper.
Some people are surprised to find that the author of the column of agony is often composite. Many newspapers maintain a few people on the staff to answer questions, using the only fictional agónic aunt or uncle used for the side line. Several high -profile journalists write all their own material, although they can maintain employees to respond to letters that are not published. In some cases, the original journalist left or died, and another author raises torches, but keeps the name of the journalists in the columns because people fell in love and trust the older author.
Many people enjoy reading the agony column in their local newspapers because it provides an interesting window into other people's lives. Such columns can also be offeredUT generally useful advice that could relate to the reader's own life. All kinds of people write to the agony columns, and in some cases a column of agony also comes with a hot line message to call the readers if they want to record their questions for columns of radio or podcast.