An extension of the Common Sense Journalism monthly column by Doug Fisher, former broadcaster, newspaper reporter and wire service editor. From new media to old, much of journalism is just plain common sense.
"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Unknown (often improperly attributed to Thomas Jefferson)
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair
"Common sense is not so common" - Voltaire
"Common sense is instinct; enough of it is genius" - George Bernard Shaw
OK, in the past hour in trolling some sites previously mentioned here I have found:
posted by Doug @ 7:32 PM
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Right click on the chicklet and copy the address to your newsreader. (Or click directly on the chicklet for some quick links to some of the most common newsreaders.)
Some other fun sites:
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The last time I got downsized, from my job as copy chief of a once-proud trade mag, the Vichy editor sent by HQ to preside over the general massacre told staffers trying to argue they should keep me on the following: "Well, I guess we'll all just have to make sure to run the spellcheck, won't we?" #*@&@!! I saw a Web site for a prominent corporation the other day inviting me to "regester" for news updates. Sad.
Well, of course. The gods of technology will save all of us, at least all of us except those who can't spell, don't know correct usage, etc. But to too many technocrats, words are like people or widgets -- identical things just to be moved around on the chess board without any clue as to what it's all about. However, I do keep in mind that those examples I cited come from blogs without editors. So it's just a plea to be a bit more careful.
Thanks, Tom. Not tryin' to pick on you. I'm doing a presentation for the ACES conference with Nicole Stockdale on editors and blogging, so I'm probably more attuned to such issues right now.
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