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‘Dutch’ Van Kirk
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Terrific phrasing
“What took only 45 seconds to fall out of a B-29 air plane [sic], would change the world forever...”
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Terrific phrasing
“What took only 45 seconds to fall out of a B-29 air plane [sic], would change the world forever...”
[sic] Use to indicate that the error is the original writer’s, not the current author who is merely quoting it exactly
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Terrific phrasing
“What took only 45 seconds to fall out of a B-29 air plane [sic], would change the world forever...”
“He is now a frail old man who spend his days battling health problems and playing the game Scrabble.”
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Terrific phrasing
“What took only 45 seconds to fall out of a B-29 air plane [sic], would change the world forever.”
“He is now a frail old man who spend his days battling health problems and playing the game Scrabble.”
“Happiness overcame Van Kirk at that moment when he realized that the bomb had completed its job.”
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More terrific wordsmithing “The air has just rippled like a pebble
being dropped into a pool of water.”
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More terrific wordsmithing “The air has just rippled like a pebble
being dropped into a pool of water.” “Years later as Van Kirk sits in a big
arm chair in his small, bright inviting house, retelling and reliving that fateful day...”
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Giving readers what they want...Or is it pandering?
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Giving readers what they want...Or is it pandering?
Some news hacks insist that only they know what’s best for readers:
“This business of giving people what they want is a dope pusher’s argument. News is something people don’t know they interested in until they hear about it...” Reuven Frank, former prez of NBC news
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How’s that attitude working out? “By the most tangible and financially
significant measure — total viewership – the story of 2010 was familiar: the audience for network news programs overall continued its quarter-century decline.”
Network news has lost roughly one million viewers/year for 20 years: Pew Research Center for Excellence in Journalism
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So what do readers want?
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So what do readers want? They’re in a big hurry
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So what do readers want? They’re in a big hurry They have short attention spans
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So what do readers want? They’re in a big hurry They have short attention spans They want stories that personally
connect... craft stories that focus on the reader rather than on the newsmakers: what does it mean to ME?
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So what do readers want? They’re in a big hurry They have short attention spans They want stories that personally
connect... craft stories that focus on the reader rather than on the newsmakers: what does it mean to ME?
But they also want stories: real narrative dramas starring real people
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So what do readers want? They’re in a big hurry They have short attention spans They want stories that personally
connect... craft stories that focus on the reader rather than on the newsmakers: what does it mean to ME?
But they also want stories: real narrative dramas starring real people
“Innovate or die.” Richard Curtis, ex- USA Today
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The hierarchy: Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Owner: New York Times Company, a New York Stock Exchange listed public company. Bought the Sarasota paper in 1982
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The hierarchy: Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Owner: New York Times Company, a New York Stock Exchange listed public company. Bought the Sarasota paper in 1982
Publisher: Diane McFarlin, el queso grande
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The hierarchy: Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Owner: New York Times Company, a New York Stock Exchange listed public company. Bought the Sarasota paper in 1982
Publisher: Diane McFarlin, el queso grande
Executive editor: Mike Connelly, chief news executive
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The hierarchy: Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Owner: New York Times Company, a New York Stock Exchange listed public company. Bought the Sarasota paper in 1982
Publisher: Diane McFarlin, el queso grande
Executive editor: Mike Connelly, chief news executive
Assistant Managing Editor, Kyle Booth
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The hierarchy: Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Owner: New York Times Company, a New York Stock Exchange listed public company. Bought the Sarasota paper in 1982
Publisher: Diane McFarlin, el queso grande
Executive editor: Mike Connelly, chief news executive
Assistant Managing Editor: Kyle Booth
City Editor: Bart Pfankuch, assigns and edits most of the local hard news
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The hierarchy: Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Also has sports editor, national/foreign editor, community news editor, state/regional editor, real estate editor, editorial page editor
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The hierarchy: Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Also has sports editor, national/foreign editor, community news editor, state/regional editor, real estate editor, editorial page editor
In addition to news side, also has executives running circulation
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The hierarchy: Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Also has sports editor, national/foreign editor, community news editor, state/regional editor, real estate editor, editorial page editor
In addition to news side, also has executives running circulation, advertising
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The hierarchy: Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Also has sports editor, national/foreign editor, community news editor, state/regional editor, real estate editor, editorial page editor
In addition to news side, also has executives running circulation, advertising, and production
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Jargon: news slang you gotta know Broadsheet: Sarasota Herald-Tribune
size newspaper
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Jargon: news slang you gotta know Broadsheet: Sarasota Herald-Tribune
size newspaper Tabloid: smaller newspaper, e.g., The
Sarasota Observer and Pelican Press.
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Jargon: news slang you gotta know Broadsheet: Sarasota Herald-Tribune
size newspaper Tabloid: smaller newspaper, e.g., The
Sarasota Observer and Pelican Press. Also a pejorative for sleazy/yellow journalism
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Terms, terms, terms
By-line: Reporter’s name and title
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Terms, terms, terms
By-line: Reporter’s name and title Headline: Big type, almost always
written by copy editors
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Terms, terms, terms
By-line: Reporter’s name and title Headline: Big type, almost always
written by copy editors Dateline
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Terms, terms, terms
By-line: Reporter’s name and title Headline: Big type, almost always
written by copy editors Dateline Pull quote/lift-out quote: a juicy
quote from story that’s given special graphic emphasis
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Terms, terms, terms
By-line: Reporter’s name and title Headline: Big type, almost always
written by copy editors Dateline Pull quote/lift-out quote: a juicy
quote from story that’s given special graphic emphasis
Cutline: the copy underneath a photo that explains what’s going on
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Newser aptitude test:Can you be an ink-stained wretch?
Take test on page 29:
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Assignment for Nov. 29
Remember: no class next week 11/22
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Assignment for Nov. 29
Remember: no class next week 11/22
Research the Sarasota-Herald Tribune via its website and Wikipedia, etc.
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Assignment for Nov. 29
Remember: no class next week 11/22
Research the Sarasota-Herald Tribune via its website and Wikipedia, etc.
Research Bart Pfankuch, City Editor
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Assignment for Nov. 29
Remember: no class next week 11/22
Research the Sarasota-Herald Tribune via its website and Wikipedia, etc.
Research Bart Pfankuch, City Editor On 11/29, we’re visiting the H-T for a
tour and session with Pfankuch
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Assignment for Nov. 29
Remember: no class next week 11/22
Research the Sarasota-Herald Tribune via its website and Wikipedia, etc.
Research Bart Pfankuch, City Editor On 11/29, we’re visiting the H-T for a
tour and session with Pfankuch Develop list of questions we can ask
Pfankuch when we meet with him
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Assignment for Nov. 29
Remember: no class next week 11/22
Research the Sarasota-Herald Tribune via its website and Wikipedia, etc.
Research Bart Pfankuch, City Editor On 11/29, we’re visiting the H-T for a
tour and session with Pfankuch Develop list of questions we can ask
Pfankuch when we meet with him Meet here on Tuesday 11/29 @10:30
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Road trip
We’ll carpool to H-T and return to LAF at about 12:45 p.m.