Social Media Policy- GRA points to increased use of social media by children as young as nine - Gibraltar Chronicle July 4, 2022
- Instagram bishop: How Archbishop Russell discovered power of social media - Detroit Catholic July 4, 2022
- Anna bought abortion pills via social media. Now, like thousands of other Filipinas, she is dead - The Guardian July 4, 2022
- Social media trend costs cinema over £1,000 | Worcester News - Worcester News July 4, 2022
- British Army’s social media accounts hacked by crypto scammers - Cointelegraph July 4, 2022
- Cops launch probe into fake social media post - Times of India July 4, 2022
- Nupur Sharma hearing judge slams social media opinions, says Parliament should regulate - The Indian Express July 4, 2022
- Stefanos Tsitsipas takes dig at Kyrgios with latest social media post - TennisUpToDate.com July 4, 2022
- Usher Eats Up Latest ‘Tiny Desk Concert,’ Stuns Social Media With Angelic Vocals - Black Enterprise July 4, 2022
- Yankees Social Media: Luis Gil offers update after Tommy John surgery - Pinstripe Alley July 3, 2022
- Kwantlen
- Tsawwassen grad wins major KPU photo award - Delta Optimist July 1, 2022
- Indigenous foundation returns $500K to Catholic nuns involved in Kamloops residential school - CBC.ca June 30, 2022
- 3 students at a Surrey high school win 'triple crown' of scholarships – Surrey Now-Leader - Surrey Now Leader June 29, 2022
- KPU switches from Impark to Concord Parking in July - The Runner June 28, 2022
- Devoted customers say final farewell to long-standing Vancouver DVD rental store - CBC.ca June 27, 2022
- Kwantlen grad angry at absence of retro convocation - Richmond News June 27, 2022
- KPU chancellor receives BC Reconciliation Award – Aldergrove Star - Aldergrove Star June 24, 2022
- Optimist journalist honoured by KPU - Delta Optimist June 23, 2022
- UBC
- The Women Behind Foundational Photography in North America - TheTyee.ca July 4, 2022
- UBC first year residence dining rooms transition to all-access dining plan - Ubyssey Online July 3, 2022
- B.C. women get an up-close encounter with humpback whale off coast of Vancouver Island - CBC.ca July 3, 2022
- Don't get creeped out, but UBC wants your dead body - Vancouver Sun July 3, 2022
- Dairy and Beef research part of the story for B.C. - 100 Mile Free Press July 3, 2022
- UBC Okanagan’s downtown Kelowna tower shimmers in amber - urbanYVR July 3, 2022
- Memorial bike ride held in Vancouver for UBC cyclist student killed by dump truck - Global News July 3, 2022
- Vancouver proposes huge housing development at north end of Granville Bridge - Vancouver Sun July 3, 2022
- Business Education
- 16, Including School Children, Dead as Bus Falls Into Gorge in Himachal's Kullu - News18 July 4, 2022
- Inclusivity Feature: Putting a Strategic Goal into Action - Business News Wales July 4, 2022
- Economist's arrest ends last vestige of liberal influence in Putin's Russia - Financial Times July 4, 2022
- Global inflation: Japan faces a moment of truth - Financial Times July 4, 2022
- 'TEDxRabdanAcademy' takes place under theme of 'Ideas Worth Sharing in Policing and Security' - ZAWYA July 4, 2022
- Things To Consider While Choosing A School For Children - BW Businessworld July 4, 2022
- Academy Of Fashion & Arts Invites Applications For Admission - BW Businessworld July 4, 2022
- Be part of Plastic Free July - The Beagle July 4, 2022
Tag Archives: editing
Prime Yourself
There needs to be two of you: you and “you prime.” The latter is an heuristic entity brought into being by you for the purpose of protecting and orienting you. Your “you prime” makes the hard decisions – saying no to … Continue reading
I wish I had written this.
Back in the day a journalist for the Norfolk Pilot newspaper got his copy back from his editor with this note: “Sorry it’s so short but a certain amount of muck, spleen, libel, hogwash, garbage, neologism, prurience, presumption, assumption, half-assumption, … Continue reading
Editing for a civil society
Friend of No Contest Communications Chet Wisniewsiki, a principal research scientist at Sophos, woke me up with this short thread earlier this week:
Happy to help
Twice in the last week I have helped to prevent a calamity from befalling a colleague. One colleague was irritated and the other was infuriated to receive my editorial help, though they each requested it. Both will come out “smelling … Continue reading
Editors are there for you.
This note appears in Seymour Hersh’s Reporter: A Memoir. The last seven words are utterly splendid. Here is a congenial interview with Hersh by Christian Lorentzen.
Editing
The New York Times obituary of famed film editor Anne V. Coates is very charming. Ms. Coates vowed to find a way to make a career in cinema. She would need to overcome not only her family’s resistance but also … Continue reading
More on editing
In an early NoContest.CA post on editing, I described “the 9 C’s” I use when evaluating another writer’s work: completeness conciseness clarity convincingness currency correctness consistency congruency courtesy I added: Almost all writers need a second set of eyes to assess … Continue reading
Self-revision
It is hard to edit one’s own work into its final version; you always need a second pair of eyes. One can, though, review and recast one’s work using intelligent techniques. My former mentor NYU Journalism professor Jay Rosen mentions two … Continue reading
Tracking Online News
My new favourite website is NewsDiffs.org, which tracks and archives changes made to online news articles over time. Currently it follows nytimes.com, cnn.com, politico.com, washingtonpost.com, and bbc.co.uk; no Canadian publications yet, alas. Click on the image to see how a … 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