tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-328880172024-03-17T23:03:37.103-04:00The ScriptoriumR.Cubedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.comBlogger174125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-34698534463707585892012-08-01T12:05:00.000-04:002010-08-01T12:07:12.314-04:00First American NewspaperR.Cubedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com92tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-73153393066082377612011-04-11T12:35:00.002-04:002011-04-11T12:35:48.376-04:00A Jumble of Journalism Links - 4.11.11<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>R.Cubedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-8434713330052897222011-04-04T10:52:00.004-04:002011-04-11T12:54:45.672-04:00Vocab4.11.11 nascentnascent(adj) – beginning to exist or develop. word origin: 1615-25 Latin present participle of nasci, to be born or arise. 1620s from L nascentum prp of nasci to be born
vagary odd, eccentric, or unexpected action or bit of conduct odd, whimsical, or freakish idea or notion; oddity; capricefrom http://yourdictionary.com: Origin: earlier used as a v., to wander < L R.Cubedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-87791359049528560202011-04-04T08:23:00.000-04:002011-04-04T08:23:16.564-04:00A Jumble of Journalism Links 4.4.11<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>R.Cubedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-71689479430782692472011-03-26T10:18:00.005-04:002011-03-26T10:24:06.947-04:00A Jumble of Journalism Links 3-26-11
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Subject: A story about high school boys caught looking through a hole in a shower wall at girls in the locker room next door.
Boys get in trouble.
Story reports that the girls were very angry with their fellow students.
Warning: No Porky’s headlines
R.Cubedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-15969496967874950522011-03-07T08:02:00.006-05:002011-03-07T08:05:08.199-05:00Dog Treats: A Matter of Taste and SensitivityR.Cubedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-12266219575701000662011-02-08T18:17:00.002-05:002011-02-08T18:22:53.985-05:00Twitter ConcisionTwitter ConcisionCall up your Twitter account. Copy the first sentence into Twitter and see how few characters you can boil sentence down to.Mellon said his staff accomplished a reduction of long waits in driver’s license offices in the past three months.
Mellon said his staff has experienced progress in the past three months toward accomplishing a reduction of waits of four and five R.Cubedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-632610785921385922010-12-21T10:33:00.000-05:002010-12-21T10:33:43.740-05:00Sports News Budget
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margin:0inR.Cubedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-26039982834383480192010-12-03T09:54:00.000-05:002010-12-03T09:54:21.052-05:00AP On Arrested Forarrest To avoid any suggestion that someone is being judged before a trial, do not use a phrase such as arrested for killing. Instead, use arrested on a charge of killing. If a charge hasn't been filed, arrested on suspicion of, or a similar phrase, should be used.For guidelines on related words, see accused; allege; and indict.R.Cubedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-7300227864256770312010-11-18T16:38:00.001-05:002010-11-18T16:39:55.592-05:00Game Film Week14<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>R.Cubedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-60506453065297405512010-11-13T13:46:00.001-05:002010-11-13T13:48:39.786-05:00Game Film Wk. 13
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Game Film Week 12
So, one of the points I want to make is that because so much of what we read begins life as a press release, journalists are daily confronted with what sometimes borders on near illiteracy. So, to sum up, here are some of the issues that you need to deal with (and if you can think of any more, please contribute.):Editors and reporters have to figure out if what isR.Cubedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-951975031085608992010-10-29T20:45:00.001-04:002010-10-29T20:46:39.439-04:00Diana GoofPublish PostR.Cubedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-19483594527549639562010-10-29T15:35:00.002-04:002010-12-20T16:30:45.001-05:00Game Film Week 11
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(i) Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are
used to seeing in print.
(ii) Never use a long word where a short one will do.
(iii) If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
(iv) Never use the passive where you can use R.Cubedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-83562716344781177712010-10-21T09:20:00.000-04:002010-10-21T09:20:08.391-04:00Peeping Headline
Write your headline as comment to this post:
Subject: A story about high school boys caught looking through a hole in a shower wall at girls in the locker room next door.
Boys get in trouble.
Story reports that the girls were very angry with their fellow students.
Warning: No Porky’s headlines
R.Cubedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com48tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-53714033755623889992010-10-20T19:39:00.004-04:002010-12-20T16:30:08.591-05:00Game Film Week 10
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