Communications Strategy- Ukraine seeks new communications strategy to counter Russian influence - MSN May 21, 2026
- Deep Dive: The 2026 State of Internal Communications - Ragan Communications May 19, 2026
- Astonish Media Group Named Agency of Record for Legacy Brand Sioux Honey, America’s Only Beekeeper-Owned Honey Cooperative in the United States; John Conway and Aimee Sandman Comment - Deli Market News May 18, 2026
- Why Your Communications Strategy is Undermining Your Decisions - pan african visions May 14, 2026
- Newnan council reviews communications strategy, approves sidewalk contract - The Newnan Times-Herald May 12, 2026
- Flight Centre’s 2025 Workplace Benefits Awards wins supporting benefits communications strategy - Benefits Canada.com May 12, 2026
- Justice Minister defends his communications strategy during fuel protests. - Ocean FM May 7, 2026
- Justice Minister defends communications strategy during fuel protests - Irish Independent May 6, 2026
- University Governance
- Universities lost their social licence. Now they’re losing control - AFR May 21, 2026
- UNESCO report finds weak university AI governance - Let's Data Science May 20, 2026
- ANU saga a ‘threshold moment’ for unis fearing government crackdown - AFR May 20, 2026
- Media Statement: Inquiry into Enhancing University Governance - The University of Melbourne May 20, 2026
- Graduating student leaders reflect on four years of self-governance - The Cavalier Daily May 19, 2026
- UEH Strengthens Its Board of Management, Completing the Governance Structure of a Multidisciplinary University Under New Regulations - University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City May 19, 2026
- Universities fail on workplace realities - The Saturday Paper May 15, 2026
- Rethinking Shared Governance (opinion) - Inside Higher Ed May 14, 2026
Monthly Archives: November 2015
More on Clichés …
From professor Jonathan Mayhew: One of Orwell’s sillier pieces of writing advice is “Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.” Orwell advises “scrapping of every word or idiom which … Continue reading
Clichés Used in Journalism
The Washington Post compiles a helpful list; it’s up to 200. I am guilty of using the following in speaking (and the first one listed here in writing, too – alas): Any “not-un” formulation (as in “not unsurprising that you’d … Continue reading
Writing and editing for the computer screen
Lawyer and language genius Bryan Garner over at LawProse.org spells out, in typically lucid fashion, how to compose documents when you know they will be read on a computer screen rather than on paper. 1.Summarize. It’s important to learn the … Continue reading
No Word
A friend in the media emailed me this morning: “Everyone keeps talking about hostages having been taken in Paris. Doesn’t the word ‘hostage’ imply a demand on the part of the terrorists? They made no demands; they intended all along … Continue reading
Ricotta / Ree-goat
In Fairport, New York, where I grew up, there were lots of Italian American families, and I had many Italian American friends (still do). I married an Italian American from Liverpool, New York, and have a son from this marriage … Continue reading
“Sedulous aping”
“Memory” – or memoria – is one of the five canons of classical rhetoric. Write Brett and Kate McKay in their excellent blog “The Art of Manliness”: Anciently, almost all rhetorical communication was done orally in the public forum. Ancient … Continue reading
“Epic translation success”
Read more at the always alert, amusing, and erudite Language Log.
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