Why is the age always listed in a news story?

Question

Why is it necessary to always list a person's age after their name when they are in a news story? it's good to know their age, but I wonder the relevance.

Answer 1

It can be relevent if it's unusual like a person found dead under 60 years-old. Also many people have the same name.  There is like 7 people in the U.S. with my first and last name, but they don't share my age or where I live.

Answer 2

because some people have the same name or very similar names and by listing their age it can differentiate one person from another. lets say you know a john doe, age 16,and the person in the story is john doe, age 65, you know it's not the person you know.

Answer 3

Most of the time there is no relevance.  The media probably list a person's age to place judge on a person to bring high ratings.  Believe it or not people judge A LOT, and age is one thing that people judge often.  I know it sounds dumb but think about it and it makes sense.