tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-328880172012-02-16T21:07:06.606-05:00The ScriptoriumDr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.comBlogger1741100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-34698534463707585892012-08-01T12:05:00.000-04:002010-08-01T12:07:12.314-04:00First American NewspaperDr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag: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]>Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag: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 vagari, to Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag: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]>Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag: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
Dr. Rhttp://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 SensitivityDr. Rhttp://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 hours atDr. Rhttp://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:0inDr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag: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.Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag: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]>Dr. Rhttp://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 isDr. Rhttp://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 PostDr. Rhttp://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 Dr. Rhttp://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
Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com49tag: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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Parallel Problemshttp://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/19/parallel-problems/ By PHILIP B. CORBETTNotes from the newsroom on grammar, usage and style. (Some frequently asked questions are here.)
Bryan A. Garner, in his Modern American Usage, describes parallelism as “the matching of sentence parts for logical balance,” and says it helps satisfy readers’ “innate cravingDr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-22192645525676658862010-10-18T18:32:00.001-04:002010-10-18T18:32:30.262-04:00Wire Budget
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margin:0inDr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-49016918928687511612010-10-14T09:14:00.001-04:002010-10-14T09:15:31.056-04:00Notes on PunctuationNotes on Punctuationby Lewis Thomas* There are no precise rules about punctuation (Fowler lays out some general advice (as best he can under the complex circumstances of English prose (he points out, for example, that we possess only four stops (the comma, the semicolon, the colon and the period (the question mark and exclamation point are not, strictly speaking, stops; they are indicators of Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-21704073872187489652010-10-13T20:44:00.004-04:002010-12-20T16:29:30.107-05:00Game Film Week 9
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Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-66321682412555816832010-10-03T12:36:00.000-04:002010-10-03T12:36:56.057-04:0050 places to shop for story ideasEvery newsroom has ’em: Reporters who come up with their own stories, and reporters who don’t come up with their own stories. The job is much easier – and enjoyable – if you’re a story hunter rather than a perennial assignment receiver.
Funny, it’s usually the reporters who don’t come up with their own stories who grumble about the assignments they receive and the ‘news’ value of such Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-70547774561658461192010-10-02T18:09:00.001-04:002011-01-05T04:48:16.651-05:00Case Study: Eagle Snatches Dog
Eagle Snatches Dog While Owner Watches Valdez, Alaska -- A bald eagle satisfied its hunger at a Valdez gas station when it snatched up a small dog and flew away, leaving the dog's owner screaming in horror.
The chihuahua-like dog had been let out of a motor home to run around in the station's parking lot while the owners, an unidentified couple from Georgia, cleaned the vehicle's windshield. Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-19897785639976169362010-10-02T17:45:00.001-04:002010-10-02T17:47:53.067-04:00Suicidal Blond
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The country's top writing coaches have harped on the subject long enough to make it conventional wisdom. Newsrooms lack an adequate writing lexicon. That shortcoming cripples conversation between writers and editors, limits creativity and restricts us all to a few tired story forms.
A lexicon is simply a collection of terms that apply to a particular skill or field of study.Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-23718025303953501952010-10-01T20:47:00.000-04:002010-10-01T20:47:19.039-04:00Jimmy's World
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SUPER BOWL – Detroit (AP) – Seahawks arrive in Detroit day before the Steelers to find overwhelming support for their opposition. Despite a small show of Seahawk supporters, a majority of the city is swamped in Steelers black and yellow. 20 inches. w/ fotos.
Reason: The Super Bowl is only a week away, and for the first time in the Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-61791182743719534582010-09-23T14:55:00.000-04:002010-09-23T14:55:11.426-04:00Journalists as Entrepreneurs<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-14107943128325955542010-09-23T14:38:00.000-04:002010-09-23T14:38:51.294-04:00Bogus Trend StoriesScan through these to get a sense of Mr. Schafer is talking about: Where Did The "Sext" Panic Come From? http://ralphehanson.com/blog/archive_09_02.html#022709_questions
(Another) Bogus Trend of the Week: a Plague of Shoplifters! – http://www.slate.com/id/2207504
Bogus Trend of the Week: Booming Evangelical Attendance – http://www.slate.com/id/2207294/
Bogus Trend of the Week: Teens and Bombs Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-10096244354486251092010-09-21T14:19:00.005-04:002011-02-08T17:36:36.976-05:00Game Film Week 6Re: The lead is precious territory and you don’t want to clog it up with extraneous material:
I talked with many of you about long titles in leads. Note that in Driver story this appears again. The reporter did it correctly. Short description “Florida’s highway department” in lead and then the full name in lower graph – “the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles”Perfect Tense and Time Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-57902438825507020412010-09-14T13:12:00.010-04:002011-02-01T14:27:00.014-05:00Game Film Week 5What is a hung jury? Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's trial ended in a hung jury on most charges. The prosecutor plans to try him again. Is that double jeopardy?
What does CQ mean?
Questions in Text Reveal Your ThinkingI noticed a few times when editors removed a big chunk of text. For purposes of this class if you want to do that, I would instead like you to ask the question – and make a Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-67016054361336244082010-09-12T17:56:00.002-04:002010-09-12T17:56:49.189-04:00Court Vocab 21. Manslaughter : Homicides not considered murder or justifiable
2. Panel : A list of jurors
3. Accessory : Person involved in but not present at a crime
4. Accomplice : Person involved in a crime with another
5. Affidavit : Written statement made under oath
6. Appeal : Higher court reviews lower court's decision in a case
7. Arraignment : Court hearing in which accused informed of charges, bail,Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-61113160383804601442010-09-07T14:16:00.002-04:002010-09-07T14:16:54.314-04:00Court Vocabulary 1Court Vocab 1
1. Brief : Document listing facts, law pertinent to court case
2. Certiorari : Writ from higher court requesting lower court case records
3. Common Law : Based on court decisions, tradition rather than statutes
4. Contempt : Act harmful to authority, dignity, operations of a court
5. Continuance : Postponement or adjournment of trial until a later date
6. Cross-examine : To Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-88368207332170330322010-09-07T13:39:00.001-04:002010-10-20T15:48:59.492-04:00Sequence of Tenses
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Use an ellipsis to indicate the deletion of one or more words in condensing quotes, texts and documents. Be especially careful to avoid deletions that would distort the meaning.
An ellipsis also may be used to indicate a thought that the speaker or writer does not Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-70591951999817949802010-08-28T16:23:00.002-04:002010-12-20T16:25:19.071-05:00Game Film Week 2
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Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-21751244804444548662010-08-24T04:36:00.000-04:002010-08-24T04:38:10.140-04:00Class Info
Ronald R. Rodgers, Ph.D.
3058 Weimer Hall 352/392-8847rrodgers@jou.ufl.edu
http://editingmonks.blogspot.com/Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-1958341835034787782010-08-22T07:39:00.001-04:002010-08-22T07:39:07.526-04:00L-Drive Log-On How Do
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Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-76551982070231501782010-08-21T18:50:00.000-04:002010-08-21T18:50:00.292-04:00Interpretation and Other Non-Objective StuffQuestion from a journalist in training:
He asks if the following is editorializing and does it have a place in a news story:
The quip from the NY Times today, which is conveniently not featured online, was in the article about Gov. Schwarzenegger's plan to extend insurance to everyone in California. It started with a quote from him and ended with something along the lines of "'Everyone in Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-31286853120976513242010-07-07T16:10:00.000-04:002010-07-07T16:10:12.288-04:00No-S**T Headlines‘Bong bill’ affects head shopshttp://www.alligator.org/news/local/article_e844548e-a7c9-5fbb-a3d4-9fc9e6650643.html
Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-67877586826177912032010-06-29T16:09:00.001-04:002010-06-29T16:39:55.971-04:00Skeptical EditingBy Reid MaCluggage
THE ISSUE: Our biggest weakness is not the occasional dishonest reporter. Our biggest weakness is unchallenged information.
A reporter in Owensboro, Ky., says she fabricated five columns about her struggle with cancer to hide the fact she really has AIDS. And now she says she doesn't have AIDS, either.
Two newspapers in Colorado get a press release claiming a sexual Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-91052068403265009822010-06-28T15:11:00.000-04:002010-06-28T15:11:58.228-04:00Editing Mantras & RulesAlways do the Math
The Alphabet Soup Rule
The French poodle Rule
No One Does Anything Without a Reason
Redact the That Rule
Concision = Precision
The DWI Rule
The Hyphen & Striped Socks Rule
Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-32620880248346902062010-06-26T09:29:00.001-04:002010-06-26T09:29:39.725-04:00The Oil-Spill Counting Problem from WSJ's Numbers GuyDr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-58291814255857523772010-06-20T17:13:00.002-04:002010-10-10T19:32:02.354-04:00DWI = Dense With Information
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margin:Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-440965722708267452010-06-20T08:00:00.001-04:002010-10-24T18:19:38.174-04:00French poodle rule
The French poodle rule is fairly straightforward.
French is a proper noun and therefore is capitalized. But poodle is a common noun. There is no province called Poodle.
Here are violations of rule:Toxic Cane toads are killing alarming numbers of Australia's freshwater crocodiles as the alien pests hop inexorably across the continent, research showed Tuesday.
The scouts had planned Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-80225104746576104572010-06-20T07:50:00.001-04:002010-06-20T07:50:58.855-04:00Metrics in Stories - AP's Guidelinemetric system For U.S. members, use metric terms only in situations where they are universally accepted forms of measurement (16 mm film) or where the metric distance is an important number in itself: He vowed to walk 100 kilometers (62 miles) in a week. Normally, the equivalent should be in parentheses after the metric figure. A general statement, however, such as A kilometer equals about Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-72292285940623156102010-06-17T17:39:00.001-04:002010-06-17T17:40:02.280-04:00Keyword Slug LineAP Stylebook entryKeyword Slug Line Filing the Wire: Keyword SluglineEvery news item in the AP report has a keyword section that consists of a cycle designator, a hyphen and a keyword or keywords. A comma marks the end of the section.Because the keyword section provides the basic identification of a story for automatic linkup routines, it must be repeated in exactly the same form on all Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-52215297283091731292010-06-17T16:07:00.000-04:002010-06-17T16:09:06.734-04:00AP Stylebook Entry: Photo CaptionsPHOTO CAPTIONSNearly all AP captions follow a simple formula:* The first sentence of the caption should follow this structure; the first clause should describe who is in the photograph and what is going on within the photo in the present tense followed by the city and state where the image was made, following AP style for the city and state as appropriate. Captions must give attribution for Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-15186696462240363812010-06-17T11:48:00.000-04:002010-06-17T14:29:06.180-04:00A List of Job SitesJob Hunt Sites for Journalists: http://www.kokedit.com/library_CE6.shtmlBerkeley Job Listings: http://journalism.berkeley.edu/jobs/list/jobs/SPJ Job Links: http://www.journaliststoolbox.org/archive/journalism-job-links/Newspaper Job Sites: http://www.journaliststoolbox.org/archive/2009/07/newspaper-jobs.htmlJournalismJobs.com: http://www.journalismjobs.com/Search_Jobs_all.cfmJournalism Jobs UK Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-26223926343098381682010-06-02T14:11:00.000-04:002010-06-02T14:13:26.460-04:00Book Editing Resources
Here are some Book Editing Resources
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Violations:
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Please paste this brief survey as your first blog post for this class with answers to the questions below - and feel free to add anything else you think might be relevant.
Who Are You?
Name: What year?
E-Mail:
Where are you from?
Why did you come to the University of Florida?
Major?
Why are you takingDr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-38688375815835401632009-12-13T11:29:00.000-05:002009-12-13T12:09:47.545-05:00Editing PR Speak From: http://theregoeseasyrider.com/post/65584666/tis-the-season-for-horribly-written-press-releases 'Tis the season for horribly written press releases Twice a year I help one of the trade magazines I freelance for gear up for the NAMM Show, which means I spend a few hours a day for about a month editing PR Speak out ofDr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-24996791042895961542009-12-13T11:09:00.000-05:002009-12-13T11:21:30.151-05:00The French poodle ruleThe French poodle rule is fairly straightforward. French is a proper noun and therefore is capitalized.But poodle is a common noun. There is no province called Poodle. Thus, poodle is lowercase in news style, no matter if the American Kennel Club insists it is up in their press releases and on their Web site.Thus, as with so many things in writing and editing to style, we need to extrapolate to Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-71948442547937082362009-12-13T09:49:00.000-05:002009-12-13T10:00:23.274-05:00No or AnyThe New York Times reported the NCAA is looking into Tennessee's use of hostesses to attract top football players. The NCAA has met with four prospects and is expected to talk to two more this week.This is passage from NYT story:Marcus Lattimore, a running back who made an unofficial visit to Tennessee but said he would not enroll there, said multiple Tennessee hostesses attended a game at JamesDr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-29183496255935735242009-12-07T14:03:00.000-05:002009-12-07T14:04:29.359-05:00Questions for Midterm ReviewLoad as comment any questions you have for next week's Midterm.Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-77779999325721025322009-11-11T11:47:00.000-05:002009-11-11T11:51:55.446-05:00Concurrent vs. Consecutive SentencesSee:Concurrent vs. Consecutive Concurrent Sentence News ExamplesDr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-36997743475201160662009-11-01T16:37:00.003-05:002009-11-01T16:37:55.594-05:00Chapter 15XXXXXOn Read Mastering Grammar for Journalists - XX - See e-Learning for PowerPoint on XXXDr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-46331797610973401842009-11-01T16:37:00.001-05:002009-11-01T16:37:27.629-05:00Chapter 14XXXXXOn Read Mastering Grammar for Journalists - XX - See e-Learning for PowerPoint on XXXDr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-7637610475813618692009-11-01T16:36:00.002-05:002009-11-01T16:37:03.740-05:00Chapter 13XXXXXOn Read Mastering Grammar for Journalists - XX - See e-Learning for PowerPoint on XXXDr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-84509276304060925162009-11-01T16:36:00.001-05:002009-11-01T16:36:36.890-05:00Chapter 12XXXXXOn Read Mastering Grammar for Journalists - XX - See e-Learning for PowerPoint on XXXDr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-78304591850868752922009-11-01T16:35:00.002-05:002009-11-01T16:36:10.828-05:00Chapter 11XXXXXOn Read Mastering Grammar for Journalists - XX - See e-Learning for PowerPoint on XXXDr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-89846960013277441822009-11-01T16:35:00.001-05:002009-11-01T16:35:49.001-05:00Chapter 10XXXXXOn Read Mastering Grammar for Journalists - XX - See e-Learning for PowerPoint on XXXDr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-20589636726258487312009-11-01T16:34:00.002-05:002009-11-01T16:35:01.386-05:00Chapter 9XXXXXOn Read Mastering Grammar for Journalists - XX - See e-Learning for PowerPoint on XXXDr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-84301294405151175812009-11-01T16:34:00.001-05:002009-11-01T16:34:36.804-05:00Chapter 8XXXXXOn Read Mastering Grammar for Journalists - XX - See e-Learning for PowerPoint on XXXDr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-18003492667230485442009-11-01T16:33:00.002-05:002009-11-01T16:34:00.714-05:00Chapter 7XXXXXOn Read Mastering Grammar for Journalists - XX - See e-Learning for PowerPoint on XXXDr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-46633924193235865252009-11-01T16:33:00.001-05:002009-11-01T16:33:34.929-05:00Chapter 6XXXXXOn Read Mastering Grammar for Journalists - XX - See e-Learning for PowerPoint on XXXDr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-78065931063728059112009-11-01T16:32:00.001-05:002009-11-01T16:32:50.963-05:00Chapter 5XXXXXOn Read Mastering Grammar for Journalists - XX - See e-Learning for PowerPoint on XXXDr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-30075455216538036962009-11-01T16:31:00.002-05:002009-11-01T16:32:08.574-05:00Chapter 4XXXXXOn Read Mastering Grammar for Journalists - XX - See e-Learning for PowerPoint on XXXDr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-38769166942100240302009-11-01T16:31:00.001-05:002009-11-01T16:31:24.734-05:00Chapter 3XXXXXOn Read Mastering Grammar for Journalists - XX - See e-Learning for PowerPoint on XXXDr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-64202356120784143782009-11-01T16:28:00.000-05:002009-11-01T16:30:14.321-05:00Chapter 2:XXXXXOn Read Mastering Grammar for Journalists -XX - See e-Learning for PowerPoint on XXXDr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-59750683741973576012009-11-01T10:32:00.000-05:002009-11-01T11:10:04.721-05:00Chapter 1: Introduction to Focused EditingINTRODUCTIONRead: How to be a Journalism StudentOn Close/Critical/Focused Editing Read introduction to "Line by Line Editing" : The line-by-line editor looks at each sentence analytically, seeing its components and inner workings, using grammatical concepts as a set of tools for detecting and eliminating flaws. If you simply recognize that a sentence sounds bad, you can't necessarily pinpoint andDr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-40377327286902815992009-11-01T07:36:00.000-05:002009-11-01T07:42:17.851-05:00Chapter X - Reporting/Checking/Researching the FactsIs fact-checking a journalistic function? Jon Stewart VideoDr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-82998385461680790412009-10-20T11:17:00.000-04:002009-10-20T11:21:40.567-04:00Cops/Courts By the Book<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-41332753247316565732009-08-23T08:10:00.000-04:002009-12-07T14:36:35.813-05:00On Line-By-Line EditingThe line-by-line editor looks at each sentence analytically, seeing its components and inner workings, using grammatical concepts as a set of tools for detecting and eliminating flaws. If you simply recognize that a sentence sounds bad, you can't necessarily pinpoint and correct what's wrong. Like the driver who knows that the car won't start but has no idea what to look for under the dutifully Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888017.post-60679719130189658572009-08-07T09:03:00.001-04:002010-10-01T17:57:38.438-04:00On Close EditingClose editing, as distinguished from scanning-for-typos, is an intensely intimate enterprise. (Just to head off any misunderstandings. Really close editing requires not only seeing what's there, but seeing what isn't there and should be, or what is but is in the wrong place. It requires putting aside "how I would have said it" to be able to come up with something like "how you, at your best, Dr. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18431177406887286428noreply@blogger.com0