How We Found Tom Price’s Private Jets

7 years ago

Great behind-the-scenes story of the hard work that went into breaking the Tom Price private travel story. The first tip…

Half of my students have never read Hamlet. (I told them not to get too attached to any of the characters.)

7 years ago

We focused just on Act I today — the opening scene on the battlement, the initial court scene that introduces…

Teaching the First Amendment Freedoms

7 years ago

In an opening lecture, I briefly listed the five freedoms Americans are guaranteed in the First Amendment to the Constitution…

Inverted Pyramid: A news story starts with what’s most important, not with whoever spoke first at the event you’re covering.

7 years ago

Jerz > Writing > Journalism Using the inverted pyramid structure is one of the major differences between a news story and a personal essay.

Who cares about hyphens, commas and capital letters? You should.

7 years ago

You're a busy editor, fighting a deadline. Two submissions arrive in your email. One is brilliant but full of grammatical…

The girl rehearsing as Babette in Stage Right’s Beauty and the Beast

7 years ago

Carolyn rehearses with Nick Lenz. Her show is Friday night. (She's a napkin, wolf, and villager Saturday night and Sunday…

On the Ethics of Rebranding a Former Trump Administration Official as an Amusing TV Personality

7 years ago

It’s also a disservice to readers to report on Spicer’s post-White House life and not mention how unusual and controversial…