Can machine learning use the style of New York Times articles to predict reader engagement?

My friend Abram Moats and I just completed a really cool project in which we use style of New York Times articles to predict reader engagement!

Check out the Medium post here: https://medium.com/@kyeleefitts/can-machine-learning-use-the-style-of-new-york-times-articles-to-predict-reader-engagement-5bc8a9ffacca?sk=75de766d9119316a2b132ccd3b54a54a

And our Github repository with our code: https://github.com/ruthlee/NYT_Style_Analysis