Just to let this out-I am soooo shocked that Mitch Albom was under investigation for plagarism! I love Albom and actually had a chance to meet him! Soooooo sad to hear this information!
Now on a more important and relevant note, Chapter 11 in ABNW has many important points. I think the one that is overlooked is eliminating important facts. Like Jackie said in her blog, we have been spending a lot of time in class taking MANY facts and picking which ones are important to the story. I thought I was finally getting a handle on using the important information, but really the big picture is you have to look outside of your article and make sure you are not eliminating a factor that could alter what you are reporting. Gosh, news writing is so complicated!!
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Exactly! I often double guess myself by wondering "Does this hurt the article? Is this important? Do people really need to know this?" We have to find the balance between too much information and not enough...easier said than done.
Posted by Nessa | December 4, 2007 8:02 PM
Posted on December 4, 2007 20:02