Dave Burdick
journalism + other
Gifts for journalists
I’m lucky — my folks were both journalists and my wife is a journalist too, so they get me. But I know a lot of young newsslingers whose folks have no idea why they’d go into journalism at all nor, relevantly, what to get ‘em for the holidays. Since there’s no easy way to get … Continue reading
Newswordy and the NYT’s self-editing: Newspaper vocabulary
I would like to direct your attention to Newswordy. What is it? It’s a site that picks a news word of the day — bourse, turmoil, opprobrium — and defines it. Then it links to uses in news stories and on Twitter right now. Why’s it excellent? Well, it takes about two minutes to consume … Continue reading
The current era: Dude-itors… and instant spoofing
“Swagger — low maintenance swagger — is having a moment.” So says the editor of Glamour in this pretty excellent — pardon me, righteous — John Koblin story about “dude-itors.” It’s an entertaining read on a bunch of New York-based magazine editors typified by, I don’t know, this: These guys say “Hey, man” as a … Continue reading
Chyron battle: MSNBC vs. CNN
I looked up at the TVs in the office today to see something interesting. The Chyron graphics/lower thirds/whatever you’d like to call them on MSNBC and CNN were startlingly similar yet strikingly different. On MSNBC: BREAKING: Pres. Obama to address the nation On CNN: BREAKING: Pres. Obama to address devastating storms Huh. Nothing much more … Continue reading
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