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Houston Mayor Annise Parker

Prepare for the current events quiz TAGS: | | News gets reported on weekends, too. The big news on Saturday is South Carolina’s primary. This is an important primary because it is the first Southern primary. South Carolinians have …Continue reading →

Newt Gingrich

Should the media pry into politicians’ private lives? TAGS: | | | Despite an ex-wife’s allegation that he’d wanted an “open marriage,” Newt Gingrich rose in the polls following Thursday night’s Republican debate in South Carolina and is now the clear frontrunner, …Continue reading →

J132 - Reporting

Default utility Image J132: No class this week, get your blogs in order by Friday Friday is the deadline for revising the stories on your blogs. I will evaluate the...
Default utility Image J132: Quotes are important Get lots of quotes for your stories. Good quotes are crucial. They inject emotion into...
The conservationist Jane Goodall recently attended the premiere of Disneynature's 'Chimpanzee' J132: Writing stories about events Here is an effective and efficient event-story lead. It opens both with an image and...
Maya Angelou story and photo as it appeared in the Los Angeles Times J132: Use ‘color’ to enliven feature stories “Color” is journalese for description. Use your powers of observation and description to bring your...
drug testing panel J132: Here are two more ideas for stories Anyone still looking for story ideas? You could cover a panel discussion Friday at the...

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