bai-xue:

serpentease:

e-wifey:

nevaehtyler:

His name is Steven Udotong.

y’all keep doing this and idk why, journalists not allowed to put names in headlines unless it’s a well-known person hence why they use the age cuz it draws ppl in but y’all would know that if y’all googled anything

thank you. it’s literally a rule they have to follow.

Journalists are literally required to do this unless the person is already a celeb or widely known politician. This is because if they just said “Steven Udotong,” 99.999% of people would have zero context for who that is or why he’s remarkable. By describing him instead of naming him in the headline, they’re making sure everyone knows why he’s remarkable (because he’s a genius at sixteen!!!!). In reality this does far more for making his accomplishment famous, because it both proclaims why he’s amazing AND it makes the reader want to learn more.

Please at least learn the rules of a profession before you start critiquing it. I knew this shit at 15, it’s not fucking hard.