Fiction
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HBO’s The Newsroom is worth navel gazing over
Let me say off the top that it’s about time that a TV show focused on the drama that plays out in a newsroom. It’s a place rife with strong story lines ripe for fleshing out. HBO’s The Newsroom, starring Dumb and Dumber’s Jeff Daniels as anchorman Will McAvoy, has been a polarizing topic among…
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Sales drop with full-ad front pages
As newspapers continue to wrestle with ways to increase revenue, the consequences of one strategy is becoming a mite clearer. Newspaper sales take a nose-dive when the front page is covered with an ad wrap – instead of trumpeting the news of the day. That according to The Guardian, which reported that The Sun’s first…
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Of feature stories and dating
A feature story is like a first date. You have to create interest, earn trust and — wherever possible — inject a bit of wit and a touch of charm.
David Wylie 