Above the Fold generates reporters with random stats and names, that you can hire and assign stories to.
Reporter Stats
- Skill = A reporter's raw talent, applied to any story they work on. This number never changes.
- Level = Works the same as Talent, but increases once per in-game year, as the reporter gets more experience or when they are the top story reporter in an Award Winning issue.
- Happiness = Percentage based, also determines how much of their skill and level is applied towards their work.
- Political bias = Reporters have their own beliefs, which will influence the stories they write.
- Likes = Reporters have 0-3 genres they prefer to write about. The produce better work and gain happiness when working on such stories.
- Dislikes = Reporters have 0-2 genres they dislike. They produce sub par work and lose happiness when working on these.