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Monthly Archive for: "April, 2001"
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 Lessons from covering the extraordinary
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By Newsthinking
In Leads
Posted April 30, 2001

Lessons from covering the extraordinary

Here’s a nightmare: You’re assigned to write about a phenomenon so arcane that only a small group of policy nerds and engineers understand it—and yet so potentially devastating that it threatens [...]

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 Building stronger middle sections of your stories
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By Newsthinking
In Organizing
Posted April 30, 2001

Building stronger middle sections of your stories

Admit it, you're lead-obsessed. We all are. (This newsletter is.) There's good reason: The lead not only determines whether a reader joins you for the ride, but it foreshadows many aspects of the [...]

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 Your ‘givens’ ain’t like mine
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By Newsthinking
In Organizing
Posted April 30, 2001

Your ‘givens’ ain’t like mine

Slow down and ask yourself: Just what does the reader bring to my story? What’s wrong with this story? SAN DIEGO–The man who became the first person to legally receive Laetrile [...]

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 The 15-minute workout
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By Newsthinking
In Sweat the Small Stuff
Posted April 30, 2001

The 15-minute workout

While you were making your New Year’s resolutions, did you pledge to improve at your job? Was it a big, fuzzy promise? (“I will be in the paper more often with more dailies…” “I will be in the [...]

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