Copyright 2011 Ben S. Pollock When teaching (it’s been awhile) or just yakking, I find greater utility in broad definitions. News, for example, “is whatever is new, whatever is different.” Meaning front-page, top-of-the-hour news. That’s where are found recountings of heroism, and more often tragedy. Print and broadcast are front-loaded mainly with bad news, which […]
Last year, which is to say 11 days ago, Brick described the local cable company as reneging on its agreement with area governments by moving the local access channels from its cheapest tiers, analog cable, to the more costly digital ones. This posting provoked interest among Facebook friends. They gave conflicting stories, hence some informal […]
The following is my president’s column for the January 2011 edition of monthly newsletter of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. 1. Quit grasping onto obvious topics like “Columnist Lists New Year’s Resolutions.” 2. When writing, quit the posed, “I don’t know about you, but as for me …” or a similar phrase. Reflective columns […]