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 How to tell one networking site from the others
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By Newsthinking
In The Kitchen Sink
Posted December 17, 2009

How to tell one networking site from the others

Blogger Mary Ward offers a breakdown of seven  networking sites for journalists. Mary: Without the abundance of social networking sites available, many sites are staking their claim by catering [...]

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 The Beauty of Detail
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By Newsthinking
In How I Wrote the Story
Posted December 8, 2009

The Beauty of Detail

I started reading Scott Gold’s Los Angeles Times story on Nov. 26 and was ready to find a reason to go somewhere else. I’d read stories like this; I’d reported this: The rebirth of a [...]

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 Writing for print vs. blogging
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By Newsthinking
In How I Wrote the Story, Nuts & Bolts
Posted March 18, 2009

Writing for print vs. blogging

Julia Scott is a reporter turned blogger who adapted her print skills> for the web. She currently writes a savvy-spending blog called BargainBabe.com. I asked her to describe the transition. Read [...]

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 Recommended Reading 4
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By Newsthinking
In Writing with Style
Posted January 18, 2009

Recommended Reading 4

L.A. Times media writer James Rainey did a simple but heartbreaking story: He wandered over to the Los Angeles County Hall of Administration and ticked off how the number of reporters covering [...]

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 Recommended reading 3
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By Newsthinking
In Writing with Style
Posted December 22, 2008

Recommended reading 3

As you develop your writing talent you develop a technical appreciation of quotes--when they help and when they hinder. Here, from two stories published today, are a couple lessons. The [...]

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 Recommended reading 2
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By Newsthinking
In Writing with Style
Posted December 17, 2008

Recommended reading 2

portrait of a struggling newspaper—are there any other kind?—by New York Times’ Dan Barry. Go to:

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 Recommended reading inside!
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By Newsthinking
In Writing with Style
Posted December 10, 2008

Recommended reading inside!

Dear readers of Newsthinking, I thought I'd use the site to recommend good stuff, stuff that print journalism has to do more of if it expects people to continue subscribing. We've got to [...]

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 ‘Don’t Give Up. Don’t Ever Give Up.’
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By Newsthinking
In The Kitchen Sink
Posted July 16, 2008

‘Don’t Give Up. Don’t Ever Give Up.’

I woke up this morning needing a battery charge, something to remind me that there is still a kind and knowing heart beating in a world controlled by Sam Zell and his simple-minded idiots. I read [...]

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 What kinda career switch is this?
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By Newsthinking
In The Kitchen Sink
Posted March 11, 2008

What kinda career switch is this?

If you're intrigued with the blurb on the right side of Newsthinking's March 11 home page devoted to promoting my CD, here's the explanation. It grew out of some demo songs I recorded at home and [...]

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 Once you begin killing quotes. . .
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By Newsthinking
In Writing with Style
Posted January 16, 2008

Once you begin killing quotes. . .

Nobody says a word in the following story, published in today's Los Angeles Times. Nobody has to. The writer sensed that the absence of public comment when the body of another dead soldier [...]

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