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Journalists as Buzzword Killers

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In his post, he reports on an effort by PR strategist Adam Sherk to enumerate the frequency of 98 marketing buzzwords in current press releases. Now as Gordon notes, such words are bad enough when they appear in press releases. Here are the top 12 offenders: leader. innovative. award winning. Here are the top 12 offenders: leader.

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Writing Readably Doesn’t Mean You’re Stupid

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As a result, much of the press coverage of this study has interpreted it to mean that by using shorter words and sentences, politicians are either becoming dumber or speaking down to Americans. When I used to lead in-house seminars on readability for editors of technical magazines, descriptions of the grading system always backfired at first.

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Beats vs. Obsessions: More Lessons for B2B from Quartz

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Anderson worries that giving up on beats means abandoning the “monitorial” role of the press. Our journalists have to be, to some extent, all-rounders, who aren’t afraid to get outside their usual expertise and track the topic they’re following wherever it leads.”. Lichfield’s post has provoked a range of reactions.

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Beats vs. Obsessions: More Lessons for B2B from Quartz

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Anderson worries that giving up on beats means abandoning the “monitorial” role of the press. Our journalists have to be, to some extent, all-rounders, who aren’t afraid to get outside their usual expertise and track the topic they’re following wherever it leads.”. Lichfield’s post has provoked a range of reactions.

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Nine Keys to a Robust Editorial Career in Social Media

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For B2B journalists and editors, the transition to the social-media era can be daunting, especially if they rely on their employers to lead the way. Today, though, he works entirely for commercial concerns, creating, as he puts it elsewhere , “pure editorial that is, in and of itself, a lead-gen tool&#. Be an entrepreneur.

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Attribution and Linking Are Essential to Transparency

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Though by all means you should read his entire post, I want to cover a few of his points that particularly apply in the trade press. The first is the thorny issue of press releases. As Buttry says, the idea of a press release is that you can freely crib from it—the company that sent it to you will be perfectly happy if you do.

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Adam Tinworth: Journalism in a Period of Continuous Change

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For more than eight years, the British trade press editor has blogged about journalism, social media, and much more on One Man and His Blog. Though no doubt disconcerting, it is the kind of change that will surely lead to rewarding new experiences both for him and his readers. Adam Tinworth. Business models is, sadly, the obvious one.