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Andrew Stiles of the Washington Free Beacon offers one “weird trick” for journalists who would like to develop a better understanding of the world around them. Journalists love Twitter, the…
David Harsanyi documents at National Review Online a disturbing trend among members of the so-called fourth estate. In an interview with MSNBC’s Kasie Hunt, The New Yorker’s Steve Coll contends…
So, I used to cover city council meetings for a local newspaper. That was until the boss started coming up with little things to do ten minutes before I had…
I was informed today that I am a reporter. It is my job to write the news, not make it. The conversation occurred because somebody, who has nothing to do…
I’m waking up, I’m reaching up I’m getting up from this game . . . Before proceeding, I want to be perfectly clear that, dim as I am, I know…
Us drive-by media types are faulted for writing about “he-said-she-said.” That may not be a problem for long. The mere existence of this article indicates there is significant support for…
Mom and Dad, please encourage Junior to sign up. Asheville needs conservative journalists.
I’ve laid off N&R copy editors, who haven’t had a good week, because readers of this blog have probably noticed the uh, occasional typo. I’ve also been around journalism long…
As a former city editor, copy editor and managing editor, I know from experience that reporters are notoriously bad at math. Percentage increases an decreases seem to be particularly hard…
Steve Boriss offers a journalism school curriculum for a new age. My favorite courses are: The Role of the Press in America, which will “analyze Thomas Jefferson’s wishes that newspapers…
Newspaper education reporters are banding together to share their expertise in this time of cutbacks.
It always bothers me when news people, especially editors, say “No comment.” They’re the first to criticize politicians, bureaucrats or business leaders for doing so. If you’re laying off a…