Copyediting for reporters: How to get the basics right
…leave you asking questions that could have been answered? Do you use technical terms that aren’t explained or jargon that’s unclear? Are there any run-on sentences or words you use…
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Greater transparency in death penalty decisions
…sentences with 340; Florida was second with 188. The other states with the highest number of such sentences were: North Carolina, 132; Alabama, 97; Louisiana, 72; South Carolina, 59. A…
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How to write better business stories
…in the second paragraph to back up what you wrote. Use short sentences. No more than 35 words should be used in the lead of a business story. When I…
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What’s new in digital scholarship? February 2013
…memorable Facebook posts and reader comments, generated by ordinary people,” the researchers write, “may be far closer than professionally crafted sentences to tapping into the basic language capacities of our…
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Digital media scholarship: A dozen highlights from 2013
…closer than professionally crafted sentences to tapping into the basic language capacities of our minds…Some sentences — and, most likely, those without careful editing, polishing, and perfecting — are naturally…
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Private prisons: Research, data and controversies
…populations that are disproportionately non-white, under federal jurisdiction, and serving short sentences; and they employ officers that are disproportionately female and black or Hispanic. These results depict the private prison…
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Covering criminal courts amid COVID-19: 6 tips for journalists
…state executives exercising their clemency authorities to reduce the sentences of deserving individuals serving excessive sentences who are at significant risk of contracting COVID-19 in prison systems across the nation?“…
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Breaking-news leads
…the lead. If fact, they shouldn’t be: every piece of related but unessential information in the lead slows it down and risks pushing readers away. Writing Use short declarative sentences…
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Chicago Manual of Style basics
…in doubt, use sentence-style capitalization and roman type. This applies to Web site buttons, press releases, and most PowerPoint decks. Lists Capitalize the first word after each bullet or number….
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Interviewing a source: Tips
…to your audience if it has been edited for brevity and clarity.) In editing the interview, remember that people rarely speak in perfect, well-formed sentences. There will be many an…
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