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When to Capitalize Animal and Plant Names

On March 9, 2011, in Writing Tips, by RSS Feed

Few technical writing errors drive editors to distraction like superfluous capitalization does. This eruption of capitalitis (a pathogen otherwise known as Uppercasis ludicrosii) is most often seen in references to plants and animals. Words that comprise the names of plant species are generally lowercase: “Lumber from the live oak is rarely used for furniture.” Exceptions [...]

The Next Big Story: My Journey Through the Land of Possibilities by Soledad O'Brien

On January 29, 2011, in Book Reviews, by Editor

O’Brien is the child of a black Cuban mother and white Australian father, and her mixed-race heritage informed every step of her personal and professional voyage, one that took her from an isolated suburban Long Island childhood to the catbird’s seat at CNN’s anchor desk. Acknowledging the distinctive sensibility she brings to her coverage of the day’s most divisive and dramatic events, O’Brien chronicles her early years in broadcast journalism as well as her present position as one of cable news’ most respected correspondents.

What Is Happening to News: The Information Explosion and the Crisis in Journalism

On January 11, 2011, in Book Reviews, by Editor

For every reader troubled by what has become of news—and worried about what the future may hold—What Is Happening to News not only offers unprecedented insight into the causes of change but also clear guidance, strongly rooted in the precepts of ethical journalism, on how journalists can adapt to this new environment while still providing the information necessary to a functioning democracy.

A Special Relationship: A Novel by Douglas Kennedy

On January 6, 2011, in Book Reviews, by Editor

Thirty-seven-year-old American journalist Sally Goodchild quite literally married her hero. Both foreign correspondents, both on assignment in Cairo, they quickly fell in love and settled into domestic life in London. From the outset, Sally’s relationship with both Tony and his hometown was an uneasy one—as she found both to be far more unfamiliar than imagined.

The Deeds of My Fathers: How My Grandfather and Father Built New York and Created the Tabloid World of Today

On January 2, 2011, in Book Reviews, by Editor

Inside story of the controversial Italian-American family that gave us the Italian-language daily Il Progresso and the National Enquirer. In writing this admiring account of his grandfather Generoso (1891-1950) and father Gene (1927-1988)–`two titans’ who `changed America’–Pope relied on more than 500 interviews as well as extensive research done for several unpublished books on the family and its enterprises, including two projects commissioned and later aborted by his father.

Outside Looking In: Adventures of an Observer by Garry Wills

On November 3, 2010, in Book Reviews, by Editor

For partisans of the Left and the Right, Garry Wills, a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and journalist (and currently professor emeritus of history at Northwestern University), has always been an elusive, even frustrating, figure, and this thoroughly enjoyable and informative memoir shows why.

Poisoning the Press: Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, and the Rise of Washington's Scandal Culture

On September 29, 2010, in Book Reviews, by Editor

Poisoning the Press: Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, and the Rise of Washington’s Scandal Culture recounts not only the disturbing story of an unprecedented White House conspiracy to assassinate a journalist, but also the larger tale of the bitter quarter-century battle between the postwar era’s most embattled politician and its most reviled newsman. The struggle between Nixon and Anderson included bribery, blackmail, forgery, spying, and burglary as well as the White House murder plot. Their vendetta symbolized and accelerated the growing conflict between the government and the press, a clash that would long outlive both men.

Gone to Green by Judy Pace Christie

On August 11, 2010, in Book Reviews, by Editor

In Gone to Green, Lois goes from being a corporate journalist at a large paper in the Midwest to the owner of The Green News-Item, a small twice-weekly newspaper in rural North Louisiana. The paper was an unexpected inheritance from a close colleague, and Lois must keep it for at least a year, bringing a host of challenges, lessons, and blessings into her life.

Tossed Salad And The Indoor Gun Range

On May 21, 2010, in Blogging, Making Money from Home, Writing & Publishing, by Editor

Let’s get an indoor gun range to make our children happy? Ergo, if they’re not happy, but rather frustrated, they still know how to handle guns, and one morning, when the frustration overflows, they go to college (or high school) to shoot fellow students and teachers?

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