Journalistic jargon quiz hits home for readers
Ombudsman column notes Robert Larsen led the class with near total accuracy on a 12 term quiz from Oct 19. Jan Webster scored eight. tricky items included cereal spitter and the deadly donkey. The piece explains terms like inverted pyramid and byline with examples.
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Ombudsman
Robert
Bob) Larsen
Jan Webster
Kobe
Michael
Journalistic jargon and glossary notes from Gazette piece
A glossary explaining newsroom terms such as dateline angle nut graf lede and masthead with examples from The Gazette Gazette Online KCRG-TV and Iowa Farmer Today. Kenneth Starck Gazette Communications ombudsman explains jargon origins and usage with contact details.
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Gazette Communications
The
Gazette
Gazette Online
Kcrg-Tv
Kcrg NewsRadio
Iowa Farmer Today
Community News Advertiser
P.O
Cedar Rapids
Ombudsman
Christmas in Miami and Santa's Enchanted Forest Holiday Fun
A lively Miami holiday column extols Christmas spirit through massive yard light displays and Santa's Enchanted Forest. It celebrates festival chaos, carnivals, pigs diving, and neon cheer from Thanksgiving to Groundhog Day with a Miami twist and Feliz Navidad note.
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Wazoo
Frosty
National Geographic
Pressway
Santa Claus
Rudolph
Santa’s Enchanted Forest
South Florida
Clinton calendar and Iraq trip draw mixed signals
The piece portrays Hillary Clinton amid a visit to Iraq where troops cheered Bush but showed less interest in dining with her while she criticized postwar policy. It accuses her of political calculation, notes past health care push and tax positions, and warns she could be a liberal president in 2008.
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Bush
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
D-N.y
Clinton
Auschwitz
Bill
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Newsday
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America
I see a winner in Howard Dean this year
A liberal writer argues for Howard Dean as the needed winner in the Democratic race. He dismisses conventional wisdom favoring Kerry Gephardt Edwards Clark and praises Deans money and fortitude while labeling him a fighting centrist and potential winner.
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Dean
Vermont
Washington, D.C
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Dick Gephardt
Gephardt
Old Dean
Howard Dean
Washington
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