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Jarring hed

1257 — 2013-05-20T16:26:43-04:00

Big rig carrying fruit crashes on 210 Freeway, creates jam

LAT

Statistics : Posted by Editer • on Mon May 20, 2013 3:26 pm • Replies 0 • Views 23

Clliche corner

1201 — 2013-05-20T11:50:44-04:00

When it's too hard to think about what to put into a lede, draw instead upon the infinite universe of things you never had to think hard about [until it became time to think about them]:

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Growing up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan as a middle-class, private-schooled girl in the 1960s, I didn’t think much about guns. Nor did I become interested in gun violence even during the city’s turbulent 1970s. My only experience handling a gun came in my senior year in high school when a boyfriend took me out to rural Long Island to shoot a .22 at targets, which I have to admit was fun.

[Harper's]

Statistics : Posted by J Kaufman • on Mon May 20, 2013 10:50 am • Replies 0 • Views 39

13th Amendment latest

1201 — 2013-05-20T09:46:09-04:00

Unpaid Summer Interns Denied Class Status By Judge

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By ALAN FARNHAM
May 16, 2013

A group of unpaid interns, suing for back pay they claim is owed them, have hit a legal wall: A New York judge has dismissed their class-action suit against Hearst Corp., saying they don't meet the definition of a class. If they want to sue, they will have to do so as individuals.

The setback comes at a time when tens of thousands of college students are seeking summer internships--many of them unpaid.

New York attorney Maurice Pianko, whose website Intern Justice, acts as an aggregator of intern lawsuits and a disseminator of legal information, says the ruling by District Judge Harold Baer Jr. will make it much harder for this particular group of unpaid interns to pursue its claim.

[[url=http://abcnews.go.com/Business/unpaid-interns-class-judge-rules/story?id=19172001#.UZooW5yjKDl] ABC...

Statistics : Posted by J Kaufman • on Mon May 20, 2013 8:46 am • Replies 0 • Views 38

Many steps taken in "Pr." Georges.

2013-05-20T08:35:47-04:00

Why, how could this happen?

Statistics : Posted by Phillip Blanchard • on Mon May 20, 2013 7:35 am • Replies 0 • Views 47

This and that

1201 — 2013-05-18T18:17:24-04:00

The standard couldn't be clearer: We won't manipulate a photograph, except when ad money'sinvolved.

Tattoo Removal on the Photo Desk

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The challenge to the photo, called “Gaza Burial,” illustrates a point: In news photography, manipulation of images is strictly forbidden. At The Times, such rules have been stated and vigorously enforced for many years. Whether from the South Bronx or Syria, news photos must represent unaltered reality.

That hasn’t changed, but in one corner of The Times, different rules prevail.

I stumbled across this last week when I wrote a blog post about readers’ objections to a fashion photo spread in T, the monthly style magazine. I asked its editor, Deborah Needleman, about one objection: that the cover model was too skinny. She responded that she, too, felt that many models were too thin, and with this one she had considered “adding some fat to her with Photoshop.”

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Statistics : Posted by J Kaufman • on Sat May 18, 2013 5:17 pm • Replies 0 • Views 108

Non seq o' the day

1201 — 2013-05-18T10:35:35-04:00

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UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Last Sunday Andrea Rebello, a 21-year-old Hofstra University junior studying public relations, posted a recipe for how to prepare July 4-themed strawberries covered in sparkling sugars on her blog.

Less than a week later, Nassau County police announced that Rebello, who was with her twin sister Jessica and several other college students inside an off-campus house, had been shot and killed during an early morning break-in Friday that also left the armed intruder dead.

[AP via Yahoo!]

Statistics : Posted by J Kaufman • on Sat May 18, 2013 9:35 am • Replies 0 • Views 121

12-Year-Old Boys, Rejoice!

2013-05-17T14:31:52-04:00

Scientists study violent winds of Uranus

(Fox Newsas translated by Google News.)

Statistics : Posted by jjmoney62 • on Fri May 17, 2013 1:31 pm • Replies 0 • Views 163

And the distinction is...?

1201 — 2013-05-16T09:34:14-04:00

Was the 2013 World Press Photo of the Year faked with Photoshop, or merely manipulated? [ExtremeTech]

Statistics : Posted by J Kaufman • on Thu May 16, 2013 8:34 am • Replies 0 • Views 216

Stylebook latest

1201 — 2013-05-15T11:33:41-04:00

Well, finally. A stylebook that says, "We spell it that way because the publisher tells us to spell it that way."

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[AP's Ask the Editor]

Statistics : Posted by J Kaufman • on Wed May 15, 2013 10:33 am • Replies 0 • Views 257

From the self-love beat

1201 — 2013-05-15T10:56:53-04:00

Oh, boo-hoo. Then stop inviting him to your correspondents'dinners.

Justice Department subpoena increases tension between White House and news media

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By Paul Farhi, Published: May 14

It was an article of faith among conservatives before Senator Obama became President Obama, and it has persisted through his reelection: When it comes to the supposedly liberal mainstream media and the first African American Democratic president, it’s a veritable love fest.

The reality, at least among those who cover the president, has been quite a bit different. Reporters have grumbled for several years about being ignored, dismissed and even insulted by White House press officials. More than usual, the White House’s relationship with the press corps has been marked by simmering tension and even mutual contempt.

And now the temperature has been raised to a boil.

[[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/justice-department-subpoena-increases-tension-between-white-house-news-media/2013/05/14/ 5b5e71d2-bcd4-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html][/[url]...

Statistics : Posted by J Kaufman • on Wed May 15, 2013 9:56 am • Replies 0 • Views 249

This and that

1201 — 2013-05-15T10:27:07-04:00

10 questions on grammar

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[BBC]

Statistics : Posted by J Kaufman • on Wed May 15, 2013 9:27 am • Replies 0 • Views 250

McLanguage

1346 — 2013-05-13T18:28:38-04:00

Vote now for your favourite:
"Escalating value wars"
"Burger portfolio"
"Traditional fast-food"

Statistics : Posted by hwoodnorth • on Mon May 13, 2013 5:28 pm • Replies 0 • Views 370

Onward and levelward

1201 — 2013-05-13T12:39:09-04:00

Do I have to link to that passage of "1984" about "increasing" the chocolateration?

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A year after announcing a plan to reorganize The Times-Picayune of New Orleans into a more digitally focused enterprise that produced a newspaper just three days a week — enraging local residents — its owners have added a new innovation: they will go back to producing a printed product every day.

“We are excited about this opportunity to extend our daily reach in print,” an advertising executive at the newspaper said in the announcement.

You don’t say.

This daily newspaper thing may be catching on. Last week, The Philadelphia Inquirer announced that it would begin selling a Saturday edition on newsstands after a nearly two-year hiatus.

[ David Carr in the Times[//url]...

Statistics : Posted by J Kaufman • on Mon May 13, 2013 11:39 am • Replies 0 • Views 359

Now smile for the camera

1201 — 2013-05-12T21:19:40-04:00

Two Southern California Papers Open Public News Lounges

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[E&P]

Statistics : Posted by J Kaufman • on Sun May 12, 2013 8:19 pm • Replies 0 • Views 379

Fun with numbers

1201 — 2013-05-10T10:04:42-04:00

Yeah, if everyone who applies goes. Otherwise not.

78,000 to live on Mars, courtesy of the Dutch in 2022 [Fox News]

Statistics : Posted by J Kaufman • on Fri May 10, 2013 9:04 am • Replies 0 • Views 497

Today's Google triumph

1201 — 2013-05-10T09:38:35-04:00

Somehow, this [unexceptionable]:

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was translated by Google's blurb-o-matic into this [idiotic]:

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Statistics : Posted by J Kaufman • on Fri May 10, 2013 8:38 am • Replies 0 • Views 502

Zombie paradise

1201 — 2013-05-09T17:01:35-04:00

Dead men never saw train that hit them [SCNow]

Statistics : Posted by J Kaufman • on Thu May 09, 2013 4:01 pm • Replies 0 • Views 529

This is news?

1201 — 2013-05-08T14:29:04-04:00

Newspaper rivalry good for readers [Business Report]

Statistics : Posted by J Kaufman • on Wed May 08, 2013 1:29 pm • Replies 0 • Views 584

Re: Sitdown strike

2013-05-07T07:49:37-04:00

Don't write "family-owned newspaper" without naming the family. (It's Hume).

Statistics : Posted by Phillip Blanchard • on Sat May 04, 2013 7:55 am • Replies 1 • Views 830

Fun with numbers

1201 — 2013-05-06T18:05:10-04:00

Instead of using your three times in a sentence, you can use your thrice!

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[AP's Ask the Editor]

Statistics : Posted by J Kaufman • on Mon May 06, 2013 5:05 pm • Replies 0 • Views 645

Today's headline puzzle

1201 — 2013-05-06T16:35:41-04:00

How many people are you allowed to burn in a limo?

Official: Burning limo had one rider more than allowed [USA Today]

Statistics : Posted by J Kaufman • on Mon May 06, 2013 3:35 pm • Replies 0 • Views 647

Re: Never the Twain Shall Meet

2013-05-05T21:05:59-04:00

"will.i.am."

Statistics : Posted by Phillip Blanchard • on Sun May 05, 2013 8:54 am • Replies 1 • Views 752

This and that

1201 — 2013-05-05T20:54:41-04:00

TheTimes ombud on Jayson Blair, 10 years on. Bonuses include: 1. The irrelevant comparison[whether you're making money or not, fraud is fraud, and the paper never threw up the now-common "we have fewer editors" defense] ; 2. You'll be glad to hear that readers are getting better at pointing out your missteps, but that shouldn't be the standard, either; 3. Clyde Haberman's superlative, which is accurate, because the Times fired Haberman for his fakery more than 36 years ago; 4. The high journalistic standards that remain as high as always: Don't hire anyone who has killed more than 29 people.

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Much has happened since, and The Times is in its second round of new editorial leadership. But even now, when newspaper companies are preoccupied with long-term survival, it is still a touchy subject.

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Statistics : Posted by J Kaufman • on Sun May 05, 2013 7:54 pm • Replies 0 • Views 693

Re: Non-threat of the day

58 — 2013-05-04T21:50:02-04:00

This should be a crash blossom.

Statistics : Posted by KfitzR • on Fri May 03, 2013 2:05 pm • Replies 2 • Views 853

Re: Eating your words

58 — 2013-05-04T21:43:31-04:00

Being in Perugia could be disorienting for a New Yorker. But I fail to feel excessive quantities of pity.

Statistics : Posted by KfitzR • on Mon Apr 29, 2013 8:11 am • Replies 1 • Views 1041

Q. and A. o' the day

1201 — 2013-05-03T10:32:59-04:00

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As a copy editor of a newspaper, what are the most and least important edits one has to make?
It would be great if you could loosely rank each type of mistake, a list of which contains but is not limited to: wrongly spelled names/words, incorrect formatting, grammatical errors (missing commas/periods), factual inaccuracies. Thanks for the help

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Best Answer - Chosen by Voters
" factual inaccuracies" would be the least important. No form of media seems to worry about accuracy or facts these days.

[Yahoo! Answers]

Statistics : Posted by J Kaufman • on Fri May 03, 2013 9:32 am • Replies 0 • Views 825

Whatev

1201 — 2013-05-03T10:28:42-04:00

Must have very good command over in English. Also, a willingness to follow house style rigorously, or not.

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[Kerala IT News]

Statistics : Posted by J Kaufman • on Fri May 03, 2013 9:28 am • Replies 0 • Views 837

Today's outdated blurb

1201 — 2013-05-02T17:20:45-04:00

Yup, stillup.

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[ DailyBeast]

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By Paul Farhi, Thursday, May 2, 4:19 PM

Howard Kurtz, a prominent critic of the news media, became news himself Thursday.

The CNN host and former Washington Post reporter “parted company” with the Daily Beast, his primary employer, a day after stirring controversy with a commentary about Jason Collins, the NBA player who recently disclosed that he is gay.

In the commentary, Kurtz mistakenly accused Collins of leaving out “one detail” in Collins’s Sports Illustrated essay disclosing his homosexuality. The detail, Kurtz said, was that Collins “was engaged. To be married. To a woman.”

In fact, Collins had included that information prominently in his essay and in a subsequent interview with ABC News.

[[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/howard-kurtz-leaves-daily-beast-following-jason-collins-column-mistake/2013/05/02/87fde1 2a-b35e-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html][/[url]...

Statistics : Posted by J Kaufman • on Thu May 02, 2013 4:20 pm • Replies 0 • Views 875

Language corner

1201 — 2013-05-02T16:45:48-04:00

The only thing more awful than an awful metaphor is an even more awful metaphor.

Every page is your homepage:
Reuters, untied to print metaphor,
builds a modern river of news [Nieman Journalism Lab][*]

[*] However, it's true. News dries up in the summer, freezes in the winter and is subject to floods, logjams and pollution.

Statistics : Posted by J Kaufman • on Thu May 02, 2013 3:45 pm • Replies 0 • Views 855

The less things change, etc.

1201 — 2013-05-02T16:29:27-04:00

Time Responds to Criticism Over Simpson Cover

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By DEIRDRE CARMODY
Published: June 25, 1994

In response to the barrage of criticism about Time magazine's cover portrait of O. J. Simpson in the current issue, James R. Gaines, managing editor, posted an electronic message on a computer bulletin board on Wednesday stating that "no racial implication was intended, by Time or by the artist."

The cover portrait of a blurry, darkened and unshaven Mr. Simpson is actually a doctored version of a photograph made by the Los Angeles Police Department. Mr. Gaines's message said that the police photo had been given to an artist who was asked to interpret it. The credit line, printed at the bottom of page 3 of the magazine, said, "Photo-Illustration for Time by Matt Mahurin."

The cover has been criticized and discussed in newspapers and on television as well as in dozens of electronic messages on America Online. America Online, a national bulletin board with 800,000 subscribers,

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Statistics : Posted by J Kaufman • on Thu May 02, 2013 3:29 pm • Replies 0 • Views 846

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