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Close your eyes and look around
not teaching,still THINKING … Image via teamsupport.com Picture yourself in a picture. Wherever you are right now, look around. Up, down and sideways. Take it all in. This is the first step in a...
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You are at the center of this discussion
not teaching,still THINKING … News judgment — and reader judgment — are at the core of a recent decision by The New York Times to publish a story more than two weeks after learning about an issue. The...
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In memory of journalist Richard Holden
not teaching,still THINKING … Richard Holden / Courtesy of legacy.com With sadness, we learned of the passing of Richard Holden on April 15 in Morristown, New Jersey, at the age of 70. We knew Rich...
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Bread recipe serves as important lesson
not teaching,still THINKING … Like homemade bread? So does a former colleague — a highly respected, now retired journalist who posted a baguette recipe on social media recently. But he transposed two...
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Want to do it yourself? Think again
not teaching,still THINKING … Amazed is our reaction to watching a professional crew take down a mature tree more than 40 feet tall in a neighboring yard. All in a mere half day’s work. One crew...
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Curiosity led us to meet these cool cats
not teaching,still THINKING … You don’t have to be a journalist to get an idea published. Curious viewers took action on social media recently, and the PBS NewsHour satisfied their curiosity with this...
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Take care with the smallest details
not teaching,still THINKING Image via teamsupport.com What’s right and what’s not? It is a major question these days as we consume and scrutinize every bit of news coming at us from all levels of...
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Checking facts? Try these 5 steps
not teaching,still THINKING … Fact checking has everyone’s attention again. And for good reason. So this is a good time to share a trusted method that will draw your attention to how many facts can...
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10 questions for unprecedented times
not teaching,still THINKING … Stakeholders are the most important people to journalists, and you — as news consumers — are among them. Usually, when we talk of stakeholders, we mean the following...
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Timing is everything — this is our time
not teaching,still THINKING … Thinking brought us here, with our first Think Like an Editor post published more than 10 years ago, on Dec. 22, 2009. Since then, we have published more than 500 posts,...
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