Posted on April 30th, 2008 by Vinny Panico
Shirley Sasor wears a lot of hats. Working at The Hunterdon County Democrat as Kids’ Page Coordinator and Editor of Letters to the Editor as well as Editor and writer for Hunterdon Life, a county magazine, Sasor has experience in a variety of print formats. She spoke with student journalist Anna Kowalczyk on April 30. Highlights from the interview:benni benassi ring tone
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Posted on April 30th, 2008 by tmchale
Shirley Sasor wears a lot of hats. Working at The Hunterdon County Democrat as Kids’ Page Coordinator and Editor of Letters to the Editor as well as Editor and writer for Hunterdon Life, a county magazine, Sasor has experience in a variety of print formats. She spoke with student journalist Anna Kowalczyk on April 30. [...]
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Posted on April 30th, 2008 by tmchale
We all know that creating leads can be very difficult to come up with. Having a worksheet and being able to practice with leads can help you understand all the different types and styles of leads . Here is a worksheet to help you understand and write leads more efficiently…I hope it helps you come up with some [...]
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Posted on April 30th, 2008 by tmchale
Profile Story on Mr. Berger.doc < Here is a link to a profile story I wrote on Mr. David Berger, a teacher here at Hunterdon Central Regional High School. I believed there was something special about him. The main focus of my story is how he struggled through life yet he never let it bring him down. [...]
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Posted on April 30th, 2008 by tmchale
As writers, we all know sometimes it is difficult to come up with a “great” story idea escpecially when there are deadlines and editors/teachers pressuring you to write the “best article of your life”. Often times journalists struggle with writer’s block and the inability to come up with good story ideas. People have found different [...]
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Posted on April 24th, 2008 by tmchale
Recent studies have shown that children who sleep less than 12 hours during the infant/toddler years are at risk of becoming obease later in their childhood. This would be an easy story to localize because it affects nearly every parent in New Jersey. Twitter This Usuario: Password:
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Posted on April 24th, 2008 by tmchale
Annenberg Political Fact Check is a great resource for journalists to use when writing a politically driven piece. This is a great resource because it provides journalists with a source of reference when stating political statistics, standards, etc. Twitter This Usuario: Password:
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Posted on April 24th, 2008 by tmchale
Q : If i’m looking to be a self-sustaining freelance journalist, what are the best opportunities out there for getting published? Internships? Twitter This Usuario: Password:
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Posted on April 24th, 2008 by tmchale
Garbl’s Online Grammar Guide is a website dedicated to answering questions about abbreviations, capitalization, grammar, terminology, punctuation, and any other questions a person may have about sentence structure. When editing in journalism, this site may come in handing when there is no one else around to offer advice. There are also links on the site [...]
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Posted on April 24th, 2008 by tmchale
The GSSPA resource page includes certain useful writing resources. The resource that I explored was a link called “Writing With Numbers,” which provides many links to various resources that use numbers. A few examples are currency conversions, interest and inflation calculators, and information about stocks. This resource page is from the American Press Institute and is [...]
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