The
Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable
television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. It is a division of the Turner Broadcasting System, owned by Time Warner. CNN introduced the ideaof 24-hour television news coverage, and celebrated its 25th anniversary on June 1, 2005.In terms of cumulative (Cume) Nielsen ratings or "unique viewers", CNN rates as America's cable news network. However, CNN trails Fox News Channel in terms of
average viewership.CNN broadcasts ...
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Sunday, May 20th, 2012
Technology
If you listen to the news without the healthy defense of perspective, you can easily begin to think that the world is so crazy happiness is no longer possible or, at least, a highly irresponsible proclivity.
As you well know, from the time we wake up until the time we doze off, the news presents the most egregious outrages it can assemble, as if to demand of us, "With all this mayhem and other craziness going on, how can you dare to be happy?"
Since it would be a sorry world if nobody was ...
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Saturday, May 19th, 2012
Art and Entertainment
News writing is a skill that anyone with a reasonable grasp of the language can master. The problem is; what do you do with that skill once to attain it?
The obvious answer is to seek out professional news organizations to publish your work and pay you for your efforts. However, for those just starting out on a freelance writing career, this is not always practical.
It takes time to build up contacts in the publishing industry. You need to show editors that you can write news according to ...
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Friday, May 18th, 2012
Writing
It is really all about you in the economic arena of Globalization and Free Trade.
Explore the lost worlds in the Flat World of Globalist Free Traders like Thomas Friedman of the New York Times. It is a corker. It demonstrates how Friedman reverses causes and effects that brought on things called Globalization and Free Trade. The main web page is at
http://tapsearch.com/flatworld/ Summary ezine article is at
http://ezinearticles.com/?id=251143
A summary ezine articles can be found with related ...
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Thursday, May 17th, 2012
News and Society
News writing habits have been changing since the dawn of the Internet age. Journalists have no choice but to adapt, especially those who have spent their lives in newspapers.
While the essence of news writing and its principles will not change, how it is presented to the public is - not so much an evolution but rather redeploying old concepts in fresh roles.
We are talking here about news features. This type of writing bridges the gap between hard-hitting news and softer feature ...
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Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
Writing
Well Darlings,
After last week's marathon article, this week I shall keep it short - but it may not be all that sweet.
As perhaps most of us expected, the House of Lords Peers voted against the amendment to throw out the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations demanded by some religious activists. It was by a majority of 46 (168 votes to 122) - healthy enough, but I would have preferred to have seen more. The Act will now become law and take effect in April. But how much good news is it? ...
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Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
News and Society
Are you a news hound thats just tired of the same old day in day out
rubbish that the normal news outlets are putting out? Does the regular news you see on the tube insult your intelligence? We ply the back roads and dark alleys of the world to uncover the true stories on the bazaar and freakish things that go on while the rest of the world sleeps. Who cares about the damn economy, or crime statistics where you live. What matters to you is what matters to us
We stick to the facts, and only ...
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Monday, May 14th, 2012
Writing
As rated by American doctors, the most frequent medical problem is depression. It seems patients make appointments because of other symptoms (stomach trouble, sleep problems, allergies), and then the reason for the symptoms turns out to be depression. Typically, doctors then will prescribe anti-depressants - even though the patients come in about other symptoms - and after a few weeks, the symptoms fade and the patient feels more or less okay. Because the doctor is usually a General practice or ...
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Sunday, May 13th, 2012
News and Society
So when was the last time you went to the stadium to see a live cricket match? Chances are there that it was a long time ago, but if quizzed about cricket news you will surely say it was just a few moments ago. Cricket news has become very important for fans these days because of the increasing number of matches being played and also due to the fact that many things are happening both on and off the cricket field. Cricket fans are always on the look out for cricket news to know about all that ...
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Saturday, May 12th, 2012
Sports and Fitness
I first came across the inverted pyramid system for writing news when I took my Masters degree in journalism - 11 years after I started working in newspapers.
My initial reaction was, here is a meaningless title given by educators to a writing system that makes it look as if you can use a scientific approach when you learn to write news.
Of course, there is structured method to writing but what it has to do with an inverted pyramid was, and still is 10 years later, beyond me.
The inverted ...
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Friday, May 11th, 2012
Writing