Monthly Archives: October 2010

J-School Confidential from The New Republic

“The best journalists are almost the antithesis of professionals. The horror of disrepute, the preternatural respect for authority and the fear of controversy that so benefit the professional are absolute handicaps for a journalist…. “I doff my cap to those who have survived the experience of journalism school and still write good journalism. They deserve … | Read more.

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The Case for Obama from Rolling Stone

“Less than halfway through his first term, Obama has compiled a remarkable track record. As president, he has rewritten America’s social contract to make health care accessible for all citizens. He has brought 100,000 troops home from war and forged a once-unthinkable consensus around the endgame for the Bush administration’s $3 trillion blunder in Iraq. … | Read more.

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This is a news website article about a scientific finding

The Guardian provides this template for a science story. “In the standfirst I will make a fairly obvious pun about the subject matter before posing an inane question I have no intention of really answering: is this an important scientific finding? “In this paragraph I will state the main claim that the research makes, making … | Read more.

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