By Simon PerezAssociate Professor, Syracuse University “Anyone can just stand there.” That’s what I frequently tell my broadcast...
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As we write this column, Congress is on the precipice of allowing the federal government to shut down. It has happened 12 times since 1981, most...
Read PostThis week, more than 180,000 people were drawn to Las Vegas for the annual Consumer Electronics Show, the year’s who’s who and...
Read PostJust before the end of 2017, a major tax overhaul was signed into law. The coverage was hard to miss, but that doesn’t mean your audience has...
Read PostBy Christopher Jones-Cruise I continue to hear and read journalese in every size market as well as on broadcast and cable networks. I’ve been...
Read PostBy Simon PerezRTDNA Contributor Go ahead, admit it. Lots of us got into journalism because we weren’t so good at math. But that doesn’t...
Read PostBy Simon Perez, RTDNA Contributor Nearly every broadcast journalism school tries to prepare students for the challenges and expectations...
Read PostBy Christopher Jones-Cruise I write often (excessively? obsessively?) about "journalese," that strange language that broadcast – and...
Read PostBy Christopher Jones-Cruise For journalists who have for years been dealing with an ever-increasing demand for stories while newsroom headcounts...
Read PostBy Christopher Jones-Cruise Here are some examples of bad newswriting I have read or heard in the past few months. Some of these “quick...
Read PostBy Simon Perez RTDNA Contributor Despite the technological disruption that is transforming the television news business, there are still some tried...
Read PostBy Christopher Jones-Cruise The end of the Obama presidency means we are being flooded with stories about his legacy. (I’m working on one...
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