Monday, May 29, 2006

It's OK to be old and stale ...

The newspaper industry is struggling enough without universities encouraging it's antiquity:

Heres a quote from our Journalism Style Guide:
"Avoid the word 'yesterday' wherever possible in broadcast journalism. It makes the news sound old and stale. Use it in print journalism."
Hah. Yeah, go on, newspapers thrive on being old and stale (aren't they still chiselling words on slate?) ...

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*photo: Virginia Business

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