John Markoff, author of a book about computer hacker Kevin Mitnick, is upset by the movie based on his book:<br>``I thought it was a fundamentally dishonest...
From National Public Radio, this morning:<br>"Like a python that has swallowed a pig, the recent increase in gasoline prices will take some time to work its...
From a story on the overhyped inside.com:<br><br>The Washington Monthly last month filed for nonprofit status. The move, at the behest of longtime affiliates ...
It must be quite a budget they have there to assemble such a prestigious staff for Inside.com.<br><br>But you'd think they'd be embarrassed to show the world...
Does the quote in the bottom graf also ring hollow for others?<br><br>Drive-thru mailbox is torched in Barnegat Township <br>The Associated Press<br>5/16/00...
Does the quote in the bottom graf also ring hollow for others?<br><br><snip><br><br>"I'm glad to find out about it," one man said. "I would have gotten...
>>***Not hollow, just maybe too good (as a >>punchline) to be true--but then, truth is >>stranger than fiction and all that.<br><br>***Good?...
>>***Not hollow, just maybe too good (as a >>punchline) to be true--but then, truth is >>stranger than fiction and all that.<br><br>***Good?...
By Bruce Japsen and Susan Chandler , Tribune Staff Writers <br><br>The appointment Wednesday of Betsy Holden as the top executive at the nation's largest...
To be fair, here's the competition's report on the Kraft mommy/CEO. They, too, took a pass on reporting the marital/parental status of the outgoing CEO and how...
I appreciate the point that the marital/parental status of women is mentioned more often than that of men. But I'll raise another thought -- perhaps it is the...
>>perhaps it is the new CEO herself who is >>mentioning it.<br><br>Perhaps, but I wouldn't bet on it. And there's a difference between mentioning...
Even a student taking Newswriting 201 has access to the AP Stylebook entry on women, which contains a few common-sense guidelines on avoiding such sexist ...
Teaser from <a href=http://www.mediachannel.org target=new>http://www.mediachannel.org</a><br><br>Suppressed In China <br>With streaming video! As the U.S. ...
Thanks! At our paper, there's not a lot of room for paginator creativity. The page layouts are designed by the copy editors on dummy sheets, and we use the...
By JOYCE WADLER<br>New York Times<br>Time, which Tito Puente could make pulsate, swivel, and shake, caught up with the legendary percussionist late Wednesday...
In my two months as being a paginator, I made my first semi-major mistake Thursday night. When assembling the records page, I inadvertantly placed a death ...
My magazine switched from a readable, Times-like font to something called Poynter Gothic -- it took months to iron out the glitches. Numeral ones (1) looked ...
By Rick Morrissey <br>Tribune Staff Writer <br>June 18, 2000 <br>NEW YORK -- Wherever White Sox manager Jerry Manuel happens to be, religion isn't very far...
POLICE-COURT-PRISON REPORTER Strong writer with reporting experience. Tuesday-Saturday evening shift most days. Excellent benefits for 7-day AM in the ...
Our paper is in the midst of a major format change. Recently, we changed our fonts for headlines (from franklin gothic to bureau grotesque) and body copy (from...
We aren't changing our typefaces just yet, but we just switched (at least in my department, features) from the Coyote/SII system, which was almost older than...
"A not-so long time ago (Monday) in a galaxy nearer than you think (Australia), head Jedi George Lucas and his mates officially kicked off principal ...