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Hook your readers early and often.
With the longer, more in-depth stories required in the spring semester, there’s the temptation to use a long wind-up to pitch your story to readers. In fact, as Jere Hester reminded Write Stuff, it’s more critical than ever on these … Continue reading
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Tagged Almudena Toral, Jere Hester, nut graf, Reader hooks, Shane Kavanaugh, storytelling details, vivid quotes
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Nocera's Nuggets: A primer on reporting.
Joe Nocera, the Times’ business columnist, Tuesday presented a primer on reporting to Tim Harper’s Craft Class. The veteran business writer and columnist has covered everyone from Boone Pickens (from his Texas oil-patch days) to Steve Jobs (who called Nocera … Continue reading
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Tagged Add new tag, Joe Nocera, reporting tips, storytelling details, the '5 moms' rule
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