It’s really very hard to not be self-conscious write unselfconsciously when the topic at hand is writing well.
Still, we appreciate the reminder to apply more thought to the words, phrases and sentences we all rush to construct in service to news writing’s imperative to write quickly.
Today’s refresher arrives thanks to Harold Evans, Reuters’ editor at large, former Sunday Times editor, former Random House publisher, Conde Nast Traveler founding editor, who discussed his latest book, Do I Make Myself Clear?, in a conversation with Columbia Journalism School dean Steve Coll this morning at a breakfast hosted by Reuters.
It’s not just clumsy news writing that Evans dissects, visuals projected onto a screen behind him to help illustrate his points.
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