Since we bring up Poynter:
I see Al is back at it with his news "tips" that aren't really tips for covering the 5th anniversary of 9-11. I'm glad he compiled a list of things anyone with a clue in a newsroom should already have.
And I was scanning through the Romenesko letters and saw one written by Roy Peter Clark (aka D-Bag). Why is Roy writing to Romenesko when he already has a pulpit at Poynter?
Plus, he has a grammatical error in one sentence, when he starts with "Not only" and doesn't link with "but ... also." It's nitpicky, but for a guy who claims to be some sort of writing deity, it's a definite mistake. I'm sure the d-bag would play it off with some spin about how no one notices, etc., but if you're going to sell books about writing rules, then you probably should know the rules.