Writing – Page 3

June 13, 2018

Every Editor Needs an Editor

With one hand my driver aimed her vintage VW through the maze of mid-town Manila traffic, and with the other…

June 10, 2018

Headlines may be the most important writing you’ll ever do. If your headline doesn’t work, the story may not even…

June 10, 2018

Next to headlines, captions may be the most-read words in your publication. Here are some guidelines for writing good captions. A…

March 16, 2018

Here are a few things you may have missed in English class: Verbs HAS to agree with their subjects. Prepositions…

March 16, 2018

There are three kinds of people in the world – those who are good with numbers and those who aren’t.…

March 16, 2018

Periods: They’re often omitted when abbreviating the name of an organization or iconic figure: CIA, FBI, VCU, JFK. Use periods to…

August 15, 2017

What with fake news, partisan press, and click-bait, there may well never have been a time when we have more…

July 23, 2016

How did you know I needed to read that devotion on that day?” one of our readers, who knew I…

June 15, 2016

How much of a source can a writer quote in an article without getting permission from the publisher? The Fair…

March 16, 2016

Having started out in journalism in the days of big old desktop typewriters with sticky keys and triple carbon copies,…