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- CNA
- BBC News
- Slate
- TechCrunch
- Longform.org
"The Man the White House Wakes Up To"
Mark Leibovich, The New Yorker (2010)
How the daily e-mail from Mike Allen, Politico’s star reporter, has become a morning ritual for Washington’s elite.
"The Peekaboo paradox"
Gene Weingarten, The Washington Post (2006)
The dark secret life of The Great Zucchini, Washington D.C.’s most sought after children’s birthday party entertainer.
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Yu-Mei Balasingamchow
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Accuracy - get it right!
Quote, quote, quote
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Short paragraphs?
Keep it punchy
Make statistics make sense
Write (mostly) in the active voice
My friends read (and share):
- The Straits Times
- The New York Times
- The New Yorker
- The Guardian
- The New Scientist
- Wired Magazine
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Avoid bombastic words
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- Malaysia
- Hong Kong
- India
- Canada