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A list for websites and articles on the state of art of journalism, on writing skills and tools. Special focus on editing and publishing in print and online.
Updated on Apr 15, 10
Created on Feb 01, 10
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"Die "Neue Zürcher Zeitung" ist in Not. Daniele Muscionico arbeitete 18 Jahre lang fürs Weltblatt. Sie berichtet vom Niedergang einer Schweizer Institution."
"Im Sumpf der Sprache. Die Fachterminologie im Bildungswesen ist oft so abstrakt und abgehoben, dass niemand mehr weiss, was gemeint ist. Die Sprache, die im Bildungswesen verwendet wird, zeichnet sich aus durch komplizierte und gestelzte Formulierungen. Der Wunsch nach Entschlackung wird laut - auch von Lehrerseite."
"«Mit hochkomplexen Begriffen werden Inhalte vernebelt»
Angst vor Vereinfachung und Gruppendruck führen zum Rückzug in eine zunehmend abstraktere Sprache. Als Informationsbeauftragter der Pädagogischen Hochschule Zentralschweiz leistet Urs Jecker viel Übersetzungsarbeit – auch wenn dies nicht immer einfach ist. Er erachtet es als wichtig, verstanden zu werden."
"On the first day of my first real job in journalism-on the copy desk at the Royal Oak Daily Tribune in Royal Oak, Michigan-the chief copy editor said, 'Remember, every word you cut saves the publisher money.' At the time, saving the publisher money didn't strike me as the world's noblest ideal. These days, for anyone in journalism, it's more compelling."
"Online news has become more popular than reading newspapers in the US, according to a survey."
"About the Survey: The results in this report are based on data from telephone interviews conducted by Princeton Survey Research International between December 28, 2009 and January 19, 2010, among a sample of 2,259 adults, 18 and older."
"PaperRater.com is a free resource, developed and maintained by linguistics professionals and graduate students. PaperRater.com is used by schools and universities in over 46 countries to help students improve their writing."
"In diesem Artikel werde ich Dir viele Tipps geben, wie Du ein Blog starten und entsprechend promoten kannst, damit es bekannt wird."
"Ein Weblog ist ein bisschen wie die Schwerkraft, erklärte mal ein Internet-Pionier: Es gibt Tricks, mit denen man die Schwerkraft überlisten kann, um zu fliegen - aber man muss wirklich alles richtig machen! "Das kleine Weblog-Handbuch, Version 1.1″ hilft bei den ersten Schritten - und darüber hinaus auf dem Weg zum erfolgreichen Blogger."
"Mr. Shields's book consists of 618 fragments, including hundreds of quotations taken from other writers like Philip Roth, Joan Didion and Saul Bellow - quotations that Mr. Shields, 53, has taken out of context and in some cases, he says, "also revised, at least a little - for the sake of compression, consistency or whim." He only acknowledges the source of these quotations in an appendix, which he says his publishers' lawyers insisted he add."Who owns the words?" Mr. Shields asks in a passage that is itself an unacknowledged reworking of remarks by the cyberpunk author William Gibson. "Who owns the music and the rest of our culture? We do - all of us - though not all of us know it yet. Reality cannot be copyrighted.""
"How new, then, is bloggery? Should we think of it as a by-product of the modern means of communication and a sign of a time when newspapers seem doomed to obsolescence? It makes the most of technical innovations-the possibility of constant contact with virtual communities by means of web sites and the premium placed on brevity by platforms such as Twitter with its limit of 140 characters per message. Yet blog-like messaging can be found in many times and places long before the Internet."
"Remember when book writing used to be a solitary experience? If you needed feedback, you'd e-mail (or fax or mail) a few pages to a trusted friend and hope that he or she wouldn't trash your efforts. Now a new self-publishing venture, FastPencil, promises to make book writing less lonely. At FastPencil, hopeful writers can get immediate feedback on their work - from professionals, from other writers toiling around the world, or from friends."
12 items | 36 visits
A list for websites and articles on the state of art of journalism, on writing skills and tools. Special focus on editing and publishing in print and online.
Updated on Apr 15, 10
Created on Feb 01, 10
Category: Science
URL: