Common Sense Journalism

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

Thursday, March 01, 2007

Redundicide

Gerald Grow, one of my heros in this here J-teaching biz and co-proprietor of the Newsroom 101 site -- one of the best for reviewing style and grammar -- has a new gift for all of us: Redundicide.

Just download the PDF label from the Newsroom 101 site, slap it on a can of compressed air and voila!

Grow is accepting ideas for other -cides we all need. My first nomination: Arrogantocide, something to hasten the demise of the arrogance that still infects some quarters of the industry.

Labels: copy editing, editing, fun stuff

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Thursday, March 01, 2007

Redundicide

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