Monthly Archives: August 2020

Business Communications course ‘in a box’ – terrific resource

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Robert Basil

My colleagues at Kwantlen Polytechnic University have been really rising to the occasion during the pandemic, in all ways. I’m especially impressed, as an editor, by how prolific and intelligent their publishing ventures have been. Here’s another super-helpful one. My … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 18, 2020 by Robert Basil
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Flagging the #tags

Posted on August 16, 2020 by Robert Basil

It’s not just the photos available for viewing and sale by the Magnum Agency but how they are tagged: Magnum Photos, one of the world’s most celebrated photographic agencies, is to re-examine the content of its archive of more than … Continue reading →

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RIP Geoff Nunberg

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Robert Basil

I aspired to rise to the level of acumen, clarity, and courtesy of this marvelous linguist, knowing of course that I could never get close. Listen to some of Nunberg’s commentaries for NPR’s “Fresh Air” program. — 22 August: The … Continue reading →

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Editing for a civil society

Posted on August 6, 2020 by Robert Basil

Friend of No Contest Communications Chet Wisniewsiki, a principal research scientist at Sophos, woke me up with this short thread earlier this week:

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