Following on my post about Evening Edition, I wanted to drop a quick note here about Dave Pell's excellent Next Draft, a daily mid-day email newsletter that does a fine job of assembling a …
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Editing the news: In 2012 it’s a bold new idea
Mark Twain didn't actually say "I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time." (It was Blaise Pascal.) But the point holds. Writing short and tight takes time. Which might …
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Narrativization
There are more than enough reasons to feel uncomfortable with what Journatic's been up to recently. There were the phony bylines. There's the question of covering a local community from afar. And, …
Newspaper’s woes: What a difference seven years doesn’t make
This was going to be a comment on Alan Mutter's post "What's Next For Newspapers?" but The Newsosaur's commenting system is in a cranky mood this morning. So, here you go, with some clips for …
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And, now, a (welcome) word from our sponsor
Would anyone ever sit still for an ad that goes on for eleven-and-a-half minutes? Not a chance, right? And yet, this just happened on a podcast I listen to -- The Talk Show -- in which John Gruber …
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On July 4th, thinking about committing acts of community journalism
When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary to cover the news ourselves, that's probably a really good idea. And, according to a report from The Edward R. Murrow College of …
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