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Dear Grandma Iris/Uncle Boris Writing for the general public

Dear Grandma Iris/Uncle Boris Writing for the general public. Is it news? Give it the sniff test. What’s happening? Who cares?. What sells papers? Stories about things people can relate to in their own lives. Stories about things that will change the world in a very real way.

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Dear Grandma Iris/Uncle Boris Writing for the general public

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  1. Dear Grandma Iris/Uncle Boris Writing for the general public

  2. Is it news? Give it the sniff test. What’s happening? Who cares?

  3. What sells papers? Stories about things people can relate to in their own lives. Stories about things that will change the world in a very real way. Stories about things that are just downright cool.

  4. Cute animals sell papers!

  5. Building a news story, from the top down Warning: This is crash course. Hold on tight.

  6. Putting pen to paper

  7. The dirty little secret about good writing: It’s just like talking.

  8. “When you write, leave out all the parts readers skip.” - Elmore Leonard

  9. Never say this… “To facilitate the navigability of our website, we have chosen to use this more intuitive terminology.”

  10. When you mean this… “Simple language makes our website easier to use.”

  11. “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” Leonardo da Vinci BUT simplifying DOES NOT mean dumbing down

  12. Either/or approximately enumerate methodology numerous objective requirement sufficient utilize

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  14. Your ‘other’ best friend

  15. “As it enters the ear, does it come in like broken glass or does it come in like honey?” - Eddie Condon

  16. Wage War! On OVerCapitaliZation and on; unnecessary” punctuation...

  17. “Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.” William Butler Yeats

  18. On, and on, and on … “Created to foster a broad array of interdisciplinary research, education and engagement activities aimed at understanding critical issues of crime and justice, and examining the criminal justice and Corrections Systems in Canada and elsewhere in relation to the offender populations, victims and public they are intended to serve, the Centre will serve to showcase existing campus expertise and provide a gateway to information, knowledge and enquiry across the broad domains of crime, justice and Corrections.”

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