During the Christmas break of 1996, when I was working on my Ph.D. at the University of Toronto, I asked…
Numerical errors usually occur for one of these five reasons: A journalist mishears a correct number given to them by…
Hey, Newsweek, alert your webmaster. I can still see some news through your wall of ads.
(Lights up on a college journalism classroom. The professor enters, surveys the room.) Professor: Math! Students: (Shocked reaction.) Professor: Math!!…
When is it legal to make a video in a public place? A kerfluffle at my local mall involves a…
We had a case recently where a dying man wanted to see his grandchild, but it would not have been…
Otero goes into great detail describing her criteria for placing the various news sources. She changed a few labels and…
Most of the students in my "News Writing" class don't want to be journalists, but they all want to make…
You won't usually catch me saying anything nice about Microsoft. (Ok, Flight Simulator was good.) A few days ago when…