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    Working the beat in news

    We are having the same discussion in our newsroom (along with several web-related pushes). I am arguing against this, and part of it is math. I...
    Post by: BillyT, Dec 5, 2014 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Avoid the obvious

    That story would be a treat to read.
    Post by: BillyT, Oct 31, 2014 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    On Bob Ryan and the art of the gamer

    I was fortunate enough to be in college and just starting out in the business in the mid-70s and early 80s, and reading The Globe sports section...
    Post by: BillyT, Oct 10, 2014 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Exactly How Fun Is It To Be a Sports Journalist?

    This has been a great thread. There's probably a sociology paper in there somewhere. I was in the business, and loving it, for almost 20 years,...
    Post by: BillyT, Sep 13, 2014 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    How are you playing Tony Stewart on your cover?

    We led Monday A1 with it (partly my call). The track is only a couple hours away. Race story on Sports 1 Tuesday, centerpiece on Sports 1,...
    Post by: BillyT, Aug 13, 2014 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Dear dimwit on the phone

    We had a guy promise that, and we covered a lot of Little League a decade later.
    Post by: BillyT, Jul 7, 2014 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Rolling Stone is at it again

    The county I cover borders Vermont, and we are getting all sorts of heroin busts on the local roads that lead to and from Rutland. Lots of...
    Post by: BillyT, Apr 5, 2014 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Good writing of 2014

    I was about to add that! ;)
    Post by: BillyT, Mar 24, 2014 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Powerful Globe story on Jerry Remy's son

    http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/03/22/remy/xFRaOQqrnZ1S1pfLa2eKgK/story.html
    Thread by: BillyT, Mar 23, 2014, 47 replies, in forum: Journalism topics only
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    AP Stylebook: "More than" and "over" now mean the same thing

    First underway, then this.
    Post by: BillyT, Mar 23, 2014 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Boston Globe drops paywall

    That's not "dropping the pay wall."
    Post by: BillyT, Mar 5, 2014 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Dear dimwit on the phone

    I read that as linescores.
    Post by: BillyT, Feb 21, 2014 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Olympic "spoilers"

    I don't think anyone is holding anything back in print, but right now there's a paper's wesbite that says: US-Canada spoiler alert. I do not...
    Post by: BillyT, Feb 21, 2014 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Will Caleb Hannan ever address the Dr. V story?

    Phrases I would like to see banned in 2014: "longform coterie "
    Post by: BillyT, Feb 21, 2014 in forum: Journalism topics only