Posts Tagged ‘newspapers’

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Becky Henson

Creating Error-Free Copy

The human eye may not be able to catch every error, but striving for the perfect piece of copy starts with a few simple proofing measures.

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Joe Morris

Find Your Favorite Paper (Or Not) With Interactive Site

The number of newspapers continues to decline at an alarming pace (at least for those of us who've worked in the industry for more years than we care to admit), but there a few stalwarts still remain. Want to see who's still spilling barrels of ink daily? Then visit this site, a part of the Newseum’s interactive offerings. More than 800 newspapers worldwide have agreed to take part in this exercise, so scroll to your heart’s content and sample front pages from around the country, even the globe. (They’re not edited in any way, so the content of some might throw you. As the Newseum says, “discretion is advised.”)

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Courtney Drake

Extra! Extra! iPad’s First Exclusive Newspaper

It's here! The first ever "newspaper" created exclusively for the iPad was recently unveiled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch. Dubbed The Daily (not to be confused with Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show), the iPad app presents daily news in various forms, from written content to video and 360 degree photos to interactive polls, all wrapped up into one visually-appealing app. To make it even more enticing, the first two weeks are free.

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Nicole Provonchee

Ten Items to Avoid in the New Year

If you had to list ten things not to buy in 2010, what would be on your list? SmartMoney.com has some advice. The website recently released its list of the ten items no one should buy in the coming year. A few of my favorites: 1. Home phone service. Mobile phone use continues to grow and fewer people are using home phones. The CTIA-Wireless Association states that 20.2 percent of all households are wireless only and almost 90% of Americans own a mobile phone. 2. DVDs. With NetFlix and on-demand movies from your local cable company, who needs a DVD?

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