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Shed that writing weight – editing tips to trim your text
From the Newsroom Raji Chacko Nowadays, one of the most popular themes on the Net, television or even in print seems to be weight loss. If someone is offering exercise tips, others are providing advice on what to eat while some others offer surgical remedies to deal with flab. One such technique that seems to…
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Simple steps to the writing process
From the newsroom Sangeeta Cavale There is a process and a method to writing, whether it’s for a news publication, a magazine, a web journal or a blog. For many seasoned writers, the route is quite easy –choose a topic, make a rough outline, write, review and send the piece to be published. Flow comes…
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Every word matters: the importance of Word Count
From the newsroom Sahana Charan “The writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.” ― Dr. Seuss , the late American children’s writer, poet and cartoonist. This is an interesting take on journalistic writing and to some extent, does summarize why word count is so important…
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Getting to know The Nut Graph
From the newsroom Sunory Dutt A Nut Graph has nothing to do with going bonkers in a linear fashion, contrary to what the words imply. Though I’m sure many editors in a newsroom have felt the need to do just that on most days! A TOUGH NUT DECODED A nut graph is a shrinkage of…
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It pays to verify before you post! The importance of authenticating information from the Net
From the newsroom Sunory Dutt Some months ago, the Internet was rife with reports of the sudden death of a leading septuagenarian actor, a ‘living legend’, and attracted nearly one million ‘likes’ on its Facebook page over a few hours. It was retweeted, shared and reposted thousands of times on the Net. Many webizens took…
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The Value of Short Sentences
From the newsroom Sunory Dutt The Guinness Book of World Records lists the longest sentence in English from William Faulkner’s novel Absalom, Absalom! (1,288 words). And Molly Bloom’s soliloquy in the last section of James Joyce’s Ulysses stretches across 4,391 words. Both these authors belonged to an enviable group of avant-garde writers from the early…
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Ten things I have learned from the newsroom
From the newsroom Dev Sukumar The intricacies of bringing out a publication are varied and may. And that is why, there is more to making a journalist than expertise in newspaper history, superb writing skills, good contacts and a nose for news. A journalist cannot be seen independent of a newsroom, for that is what…
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Creative ways to overcome bloggers block
From the newsroom Raji Chacko Fighting off a drought of ideas when you are expected to blog regularly can be troublesome, but a few tips could help, When all of us are home, a popular refrain heard from my mum is ‘I don’t know what to cook today’. Apparently, feeding a family can be a…
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Things i learnt in the Newsroom
From the newsroom Raji Chacko Midst the cacophony that is a newsroom on any given day, one manages to absorb a few editing tenets Although I have been editing for over a decade now, only about 25 percent of my professional life was spent in newsrooms. However, a newsroom is where I embarked on my career…
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How to do a good interview
From the newsroom Dev Sukumar Interviewing an interesting subject might seem the easiest task in the world, but the apparent simplicity of the task can be a nasty trap. A reporter who walks into an interview complacent about his task can quickly be exposed by a prickly subject, and it might then take weeks to…
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