Examples... we want examples!
Actually, it was the final paragraph that got me checking that there wasn't an April 1 dateline on the story:
"State Representative Al Edwards, a Houston Democrat and sponsor of the bill, has argued that suggestive routines are a distraction and result in pregnancies, dropouts, and the contraction of herpes and HIV."
Another nice line on the LATimes, via mediabistro's daily email today:
"Tim Rutten delivers a devastating verdict on new CNN Headline News personality Nancy Grace, describing her as the love child of Scarlett O'Hara and Torquemada."
This is interesting, in the potential it represents.
Quite a nice read also in The Washingtonian about the role of newspaper gossip columns in the internet age.
Excerpt:
"The beauty of the Internet is that it takes us back to the town square," says Ann Gerhart, a Post feature writer who once cowrote the Reliable Source with Annie Groer. "‘Did you hear what she did? Let’s stone her to death.’ And you never have to worry about whether she did or didn’t do it. Nothing on the Web has to be corroborated."
In a slightly similar vein, Arianna Huffington tells CNN all about her blog, while Tina Brown is looking for gainful employment.
Quote: 'With its motor-mouthed interviews of chief executives and major stars, "Topic A with Tina Brown" was designed as Charlie Rose for the A.D.D. set.'
My trip to Copenhagen went well, even though the weather was absolutely sensational for the two days we were cooped up in the faculty building, only deciding to rain during my three free hours on Saturday morning.
I think the paper was well-received; even if, as is often the case with these gatherings, if the subject doesn't fall directly within someone's research area, there's a tendency for them to tune out. Can't blame them - I do it myself.
Was a good social gathering, though, and made a few decent contacts. Plus submitting always goes down well at the college, and I have my end of year review with my head of department coming up in a couple of weeks, so need all the good karma I can get.
One of my favourite lines recently:
"By the time all five animals were shot, at least 120 rounds had been fired, a few that hit empty houses and a nearby car, Laxson said. The first buffalo took several shots in the head and "didn't even flinch." (Thanks...)
and from the same source, a simply great headline. The story features this line: "His family had him cryogenically frozen, and his body is stored under dry ice in a shed in Nederland."
Makes you want to read on, doesn't it?
Actually, it was the final paragraph that got me checking that there wasn't an April 1 dateline on the story:
"State Representative Al Edwards, a Houston Democrat and sponsor of the bill, has argued that suggestive routines are a distraction and result in pregnancies, dropouts, and the contraction of herpes and HIV."
Another nice line on the LATimes, via mediabistro's daily email today:
"Tim Rutten delivers a devastating verdict on new CNN Headline News personality Nancy Grace, describing her as the love child of Scarlett O'Hara and Torquemada."
This is interesting, in the potential it represents.
Quite a nice read also in The Washingtonian about the role of newspaper gossip columns in the internet age.
Excerpt:
"The beauty of the Internet is that it takes us back to the town square," says Ann Gerhart, a Post feature writer who once cowrote the Reliable Source with Annie Groer. "‘Did you hear what she did? Let’s stone her to death.’ And you never have to worry about whether she did or didn’t do it. Nothing on the Web has to be corroborated."
In a slightly similar vein, Arianna Huffington tells CNN all about her blog, while Tina Brown is looking for gainful employment.
Quote: 'With its motor-mouthed interviews of chief executives and major stars, "Topic A with Tina Brown" was designed as Charlie Rose for the A.D.D. set.'
My trip to Copenhagen went well, even though the weather was absolutely sensational for the two days we were cooped up in the faculty building, only deciding to rain during my three free hours on Saturday morning.
I think the paper was well-received; even if, as is often the case with these gatherings, if the subject doesn't fall directly within someone's research area, there's a tendency for them to tune out. Can't blame them - I do it myself.
Was a good social gathering, though, and made a few decent contacts. Plus submitting always goes down well at the college, and I have my end of year review with my head of department coming up in a couple of weeks, so need all the good karma I can get.
One of my favourite lines recently:
"By the time all five animals were shot, at least 120 rounds had been fired, a few that hit empty houses and a nearby car, Laxson said. The first buffalo took several shots in the head and "didn't even flinch." (Thanks...)
and from the same source, a simply great headline. The story features this line: "His family had him cryogenically frozen, and his body is stored under dry ice in a shed in Nederland."
Makes you want to read on, doesn't it?
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