Journalism
Poor story construction can spread COVID-19 misinformation
Why poor story structure is going to make some people scared of bank notes.
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Five Morning Links
Five worthwhile reads to start your day.
Journalism
The problem with long-drop intros
Suspended ledes suck [http://inessential.com/2015/12/14/suspended_ledes_suck]: > Respect your readers: tell them the subject right up front. Write well enough to keep their attention. Don’t draw attention to your own cleverness.
realmac
Demotivational quote
Dear Typed [http://realmacsoftware.com/typed], I’m not sure this is the motivational quote I really need to see when opening a writing app. Yours sincerely, Adam
Blogging
Let's try this again
Well, hello, blog. I’m sorry I’ve been neglecting you. I’ve been terribly busy, you see. We’re right in term time at City University, which always keeps me busy – but added to that, I’ve recently landed the biggest contract I’ve had since I went into
Blogging
This is why I blog
Nick Crocker: > To know what you think, write it down. Forcing myself to write something down, to structure it, to let it see light is the best way for me to clarify what I actually think about something. It’s from a list of 30 things he’s learned
online publishing
Rethinking writing for the phone age
Craig Mod, interviewed at Nieman Journalism Lab [http://www.niemanlab.org/2014/04/qa-craig-mod-on-making-writing-more-mobile-friendly-and-where-digital-publishing-is-headed/] : > But the iterative component of the writing process, and also the flow of using the smartphone, that was really just coming from “how do we treat this, and what part of writing feels indigenous to
31-3-14
31-3.2 A daily thrashing with the 500 word stick
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2014/03/sunrise-over-the-waterside-3567.html] So, here’s a question. Why am I putting myself through the horror of trying to write something substantive for this blog every single day in March? Leaving aside the possibility of an unexplored masochistic streak, the fundamental reason
Journalism
Journalism needs a new tone of voice
This, I think, highlights one of the big challenge to journalists of the 21st Century. People are starting to associate the writing style we’ve been taught – CSWE, for Clinical Standard Written English, as the author defines it – with lack of openness. The legacy of social media is a different
Blogging
A Markdown link selection
This is really handy to know [http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/2903/markdown-anywhere-with-marsedit]: > If you are publishing to a blog system that does not recognize Markdown, and you can’t for example install a custom WordPress plugin to facilitate such recognition, you will need to see that your Markdown
editing
Torque on corners (or editing for beginners)
From the editor’s letter on Torque [http://torquemag.io/introducing-torque-letter-from-the-editor/], a new WordPress news site: > Our goal with Torque is to create a hub for community building and offer a forum for WordPress news. Dedicated entirely to the advancement of the WordPress ecosystem, Torque operates on the open-source
Blogging
Structure and the art of writing
Dave Mascord [http://feedly.com/k/11NKXgK] > When you sit down to write it’s all too easy to just start typing immediately, which means you’ll be doing you’re thinking on-screen. Instead, take a few moments to plan your piece. It should make the editing process easier