We pride ourselves on our content and are looking into possible inaccuracies that have recently been brought to our attention.Perhaps this is a lesson about putting too much time, faith and energy into these rankings of colleges, places to live, etc. If magazines and newspapers insist on researching and reporting such lists or writing about those created by others, they should carefully examine the methods and disclose possible shortcomings to readers.
You can say this about The Drudge Report: It's consistent. Once again, Drudge offers a collection of links to reviews of a big (and boring) event. Once again, he uses last names of the TV critics in the headlines — except for Alessandra Stanley of The New York Times. She's listed by her first name. (More on first names in headlines here.)How can alternative story formats be attributed to an individual designer? I don't know how it works anywhere else, but ANY alternative story format I've ever tried was born from the efforts of editors and reporters, not exclusively me, or even me at all!Indeed, collaboration is essential for an ASF to succeed. This is where the word people and the visual people need to work together. It helps, of course, to be both a word person and a visual person.
Look at the mug shot that goes with this collection of links on Google News. (Click on the image for a better view.) Google seems to be taking a cue from Bill O'Reilly, the Fox News host who likes to refer to Al Franken as Stuart Smalley. The image is Franken in character as Smalley, not as himself. In addition, the top link is an op-ed piece, not a news story.
Many charts and maps have headlines, and sometimes they are misleading. Perhaps this is because sometimes graphics artists are writing them without seeing the stories they accompany.We in the newspaper business, human to a fault, make enough mistakes — typographical, factual and otherwise — in our editorial and advertising content with editing. The mind cringes in contemplation of the horrors that might be unleashed upon an unsuspecting public were no editor tending the gate, figurative blue pencil at the ready, to save us from ourselves.Indeed, the immediacy of online journalism begs for more editing, not less. But our skills seems to be forgotten in the rush to put breaking news on the Web. That's a mistake.
My employer's news aggregator continues to be a weak source of information — and continues to underscore the need for human editors. Imagine a front page with the five same stories, which is essentially what is being presented here.
The editors at Newsweek apparently missed this post in which I argued that "gone wild" has become tired in headlines. And this cover photo seems certain to repel anyone with a serious interest in the news.
Headlines have different "styles," or looks. Up-style headlines capitalize most words. Down-style headlines only capitalize the first word and other words that are proper names, abbreviations, etc.
We're no longer a newspaper with a Web site. We're a newsroom producing print and online publications.
The term 'civil war' accurately describes key elements of the Iraqi conflict, including the hardening of ethno-sectarian identities, a sea change in the character of the violence, ethno-sectarian mobilization, and population displacements.The report also said the situation in Iraq was so complex that "civil war" isn't an ideal fit. Yet, given that U.S. intelligence is giving the term some credence, will the American wire services go along?
