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Union-Tribune lays off journalists
"Oh, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown!— The courtier’s, soldier’s, scholar’s, eye, tongue, sword, Th' expectancy and rose of the fair state, The glass of fashion and the mould of form, Th' observed of all observers, quite, quite down!" --Ophelia, Hamlet— February 21, 2017 12:29 a.m.
Union-Tribune lays off journalists
The challenge of writing a really good 750-word piece is a great way to sharpen writing discipline. There is a mid-way kind of piece that has been little tried but sorely needed--a fact-based, well-sourced, well-referenced piece that is perhaps not quite news (it may not bleed, but it's more like picking at a scab), and not quite opinion, but makes a responsible case for the best alternative. Back in the 1980's one could get a couple hundred bucks for such a piece, but now with email submissions, no editor can possibly read them all. Interns may lack the seasoning to recognize quality writing and thinking, and will forward pure crap to the editor, to whom that confirms a suspicion that unsolicited pieces are not worth her time, and go back to "name" writers who can recycle their ideas interminably. The last piece I got published did not net me even a tear sheet, much less any pay. How many good no-name writers are going to sweat the amount of blood it takes to produce such a piece, knowing that if they aren't ignored, they will be dissed?— February 20, 2017 11:30 p.m.
Union-Tribune lays off journalists
Oh woe!— February 20, 2017 10:04 p.m.
Union-Tribune lays off journalists
That is taking antihotairism a bit too far. Cereusly, at least a capital piece of writing could be capped with a capital.— February 20, 2017 9:59 p.m.
Union-Tribune lays off journalists
True. What to do?— February 20, 2017 9:43 p.m.
Union-Tribune lays off journalists
What would happen if adverbs and adjectives were banned?— February 20, 2017 9:42 p.m.
Union-Tribune lays off journalists
Potter was a planner. Too good for the City of San Diego. No wonder he quit.— February 20, 2017 9:39 p.m.
Kindergarten teacher charged with bank, wire fraud
Phew! THAT one needs laundering!— February 20, 2017 5:23 p.m.
Kindergarten teacher charged with bank, wire fraud
Back when pocket change was real silver, I once told a friend if he would do as your son does, he would be able to send his young son to the best college in the country. Too bad I didn't follow my own advice.— February 20, 2017 5:22 p.m.
Kindergarten teacher charged with bank, wire fraud
I believe it was Göthe who said something like, upon being congratulated upon the publication of a book, “I didn’t have time to write a shorter one.” And Frank Dobie said something about "the always insufficient act of omission." Almost any writing benefits from editing, and plagiarism, while in bad taste is supposed to be the highest form of flattery (to which I say "bullshit).— February 20, 2017 5:19 p.m.