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Is it Freshman or Freshmen?

My student editor scurried across the hall from the Newsroom to my office, holding a proof of a newspaper page.  "Is it
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Kenna

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Writing Academic Titles

Is it Professor Kenna Griffin or professor Kenna Griffin? If you chose the first one, you're correct. When writing
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Oklahoma City University

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Writing Academic Departments

There are just some things you are guaranteed to reference when writing about a university or on an education beat. I
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academic degrees

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Writing Academic Degrees

If you're writing at a university or on an education beat, chances are great that you'll reference academic
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Using Abbreviations in Your Writing

Abbreviations are tricky because you don't want your writing to look like alphabet soup, but you also don't want to
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Serial podcast

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Why Serial is Good Journalism

It's been a couple of weeks since I finished listening to the Serial podcast series, and I'm still grappling with my
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Leadership Mental Health

Coping with Emotional Trauma in the Newsroom

I'll never forget the first rape I covered. I was a 21-year-old cub reporter at a five-day-a-week community newspaper. I
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10 Writing Truths from Anne Lamott

Sometimes it's nice to know you're not an idiot. Just to have confirmation that the things you teach and what you think
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Writing Addresses

Addresses are an inescapable part of reporting and writing. You must write the official address with any business name
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