Saturday, July 23, 2011

Better rewriting of news reports

What do you mean by this?
What is this?
Never cause your reader to ask these questions when reading a news report you edited is the latest advice I got.
I had allowed certain acronyms and names slip through that lacked explanation or was not understood and I did not call up the writers to clarify.
Also I was not sensitive enough to catch possible contradicting information in one or two of the reports edited yesterday.
Lastly, I need to make sure all information given is complete and learn to ask “Why?” and “What’s this?” when reading a piece to ensure it is complete and self-explanatory.
So much to learn and making mistakes here and there  . . . hope it won’t cost me . . .

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