Writing
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Four out of Three Editors Should Proofread Numbers Better
There are three kinds of people in the world – those who are good with numbers and those who aren’t.…
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AP Style Rules at a Glance
Periods: They’re often omitted when abbreviating the name of an organization or iconic figure: CIA, FBI, VCU, JFK. Use periods to…
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Five Common Weaknesses Seen in Higher Goals Contest Entries
What with fake news, partisan press, and click-bait, there may well never have been a time when we have more…
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The Editing Partnership
How did you know I needed to read that devotion on that day?” one of our readers, who knew I…
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How Much Can I Quote? A Guideline for Writers and Editors
How much of a source can a writer quote in an article without getting permission from the publisher? The Fair…
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Junk food, foie gras or real meat?
Having started out in journalism in the days of big old desktop typewriters with sticky keys and triple carbon copies,…
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Writing for the Love of It
For most of my working life I have carefully avoided writers groups. All too often, I felt, they were the…
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AP Style Rules at a Glance
Periods: They’re often omitted when abbreviating the name of an organization or iconic figure: CIA, FBI, VCU, JFK. Use periods to…
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The Compleat Editor
In graduate school, I rarely had an exam. My work was in journalism, and we were required to write extensively,…
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WWJD as an Editor?
What would Jesus do as a journalist? A number of specialty newspapers such as the Christian Citizen USA, with headquarters in…
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