The toothpick man and his city

The following video is about a man who found very creative things to do with toothpicks from cnn.com. (The link posted here is from Youtube but is the same video.) It begins with a throwaway lede. “Of all the billions of toothpicks ever made these are the lucky ones. They found their way not between [...]

Ad Council Adoption

The Ad Council has done a lot of work with adoption groups who are trying to raise awareness about the large number of children waiting to be adopted in this country. Their main tagline is “You don’t have to be perfect to be a perfect parent. There are thousands of teens in foster care who [...]

North Texans keep a level head about housing

In a time when everyone is worrying about the economy crashing and burning, Colleyville residents have managed to keep their cool regarding their houses. Interviews with four residents of the relatively affluent Dallas suburb show that, for the most part, gripes and grumblings about housing issues aren’t really a problem here. “We don’t owe, so [...]

Example for Today’s Blog Assignment

Let’s Look at Some Digitally Driven News Sites Today’s task is to post links to online news sites and to analyze those sites for their digital characteristics. How are they different from news sites? Let’s take a tour. Notice I’m still writing in short paragraphs. What’s true for print readers is more true for online [...]

This Blog is for You

Media people of all kinds regularly write for an audience. This blog gives us the chance to share our writing with each other — and with anyone else who happens to read this. We will post items regularly.  You’ll be kind of famous, at least here. And you’ll become a better writer. Let’s get started. [...]