Rules for writers; NPR critique; a HERO rises: Newsletter 17 April 2024
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Rules for writers; NPR critique; a HERO rises: Newsletter 17 April 2024

ByJosh Bernoff

Newsletter 40: Principles for writing success, including why authoring is like sex; a new leader for embattled librarians; Meta fails to buy publisher; plus three people to follow and three books to read. Rules of thumb for nonfiction authors Everyone writes their own way. But after 50+ book projects and thousands of shorter nonfiction pieces,…

The truth vs. the story: How not to report an earthquake

The truth vs. the story: How not to report an earthquake

ByJosh Bernoff

Jonathan Katz was a wire reporter in Haiti when the earthquake hit in 2010. In a fascinating piece in the New York Times, he explains how reporters covering a natural disaster — like the recent earthquake in Nepal — follow a script determined by what they have access to, rather than what’s actually happening. This script…