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He is likely to use both tonight in the CNN debate. It’s gonna be huge!</p> <p>It’s easy to see how the boast and the insult go hand in hand. Boasting builds me up, and the insult knocks you down.</p> <p>It turns out that these moves are ancient, and they work. They worked for epic poets, Shakespeare, and countless other authors. They also work for modern smack talkers in all forms of competition:</p> <p>For Muhammad Ali against Joe Frazier:</p> <p></p> <p>For Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson and most other professional wrestlers (of whom Mr. Trump thinks he is one):</p> <p></p> <p>For Eminem in the great rap competition that ends the movie “Eight Mile”:</p> <p></p> <p>The insult works because it is highly entertaining. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/writing/373206/donald-trump-and-the-art-of-the-insult/" class="read-more">Read more</a></p></div> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/category/how-tos/" title="View all posts in How To's">How To's</a> <span class="arrow-right">→</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/category/how-tos/writing/" title="View all posts in Writing">Writing</a></div> <dl class="article-tools"> <dt>Tools:</dt> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/writing/373206/donald-trump-and-the-art-of-the-insult/#disqus_thread" class="comments"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="373206 http://www.poynter.org/?p=373206">0 Comments</span></a></dd> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/writing/373206/donald-trump-and-the-art-of-the-insult/" class="permalink">Permalink</a></dd> <dd> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/writing/373206/donald-trump-and-the-art-of-the-insult/" addthis:title="Donald Trump and the art of the insult">Email</a> <a class="addthis_button_compact" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/writing/373206/donald-trump-and-the-art-of-the-insult/" addthis:title="Donald Trump and the art of the insult">Share</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650js_/http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4ccb31260be55b75"></script> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <div id="acm_ad_zones-11" class="widget acm_ad_zones"> <div id="acm-ad-tag-1426872050403-1" style="width:728px; height:90px;"> <script type="text/javascript"> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('acm-ad-tag-1426872050403-1'); }); </script> </div> </div><h3 class="edition">Monday, Sep. 14, 2015</h3> <div id="post-372147" class="entry-content post-feature-secondary excerpt-1"> <div class="article excerpt"> <div class="image-right"><img width="103" height="120" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Screen-Shot-2015-09-14-at-11.58.12-AM-103x120.png" class="attachment-article-medium wp-post-image" alt="Screen Shot 2015-09-14 at 11.58.12 AM"/></div> <h2 class="article"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/?post_type=post&p=372147" title="Permalink to Hey, what’s the big idea – about journalism?" rel="bookmark">Hey, what’s the big idea – about journalism?</a> </h2> <p class="article-meta"> <span class="meta-byline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/author/rclark/" title="Posts by Roy Peter Clark" rel="author">Roy Peter Clark</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">Sep. 14, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">12:01 pm</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><p>Ever since I was a little kid, I heard people say: “Hey, what’s the big idea?” In most cases, this phrase was a synonym for “What do you think you’re doing?” These were not real questions. They were challenges to perceived misbehavior: a kid sneaking around; someone going through your stuff.</p> <p>What if we asked that question and expected an answer. And what if we added a context: “Hey, what’s the big idea – about journalism?”</p> <p>Every creative act I can think of is attached to some big idea that is rarely expressed. But if you KNOW that big idea, it can help you learn the values and the elements of a particular craft.</p> <ul> <li>The big idea about music is that something abstract — a sound — can evoke an emotion in the listener.</li></ul> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/writing/372147/hey-whats-the-big-idea-about-journalism/" class="read-more">Read more</a></div> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/category/how-tos/" title="View all posts in How To's">How To's</a> <span class="arrow-right">→</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/category/how-tos/writing/" title="View all posts in Writing">Writing</a></div> <dl class="article-tools"> <dt>Tools:</dt> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/writing/372147/hey-whats-the-big-idea-about-journalism/#disqus_thread" class="comments"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="372147 http://www.poynter.org/?p=372147">0 Comments</span></a></dd> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/writing/372147/hey-whats-the-big-idea-about-journalism/" class="permalink">Permalink</a></dd> <dd> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/writing/372147/hey-whats-the-big-idea-about-journalism/" addthis:title="Hey, what’s the big idea – about journalism?">Email</a> <a class="addthis_button_compact" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/writing/372147/hey-whats-the-big-idea-about-journalism/" addthis:title="Hey, what’s the big idea – about journalism?">Share</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650js_/http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4ccb31260be55b75"></script> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <h3 class="edition">Friday, Sep. 04, 2015</h3> <div id="post-371490" class="entry-content post-feature-secondary excerpt-2"> <div class="article excerpt"> <div class="image-right"><img width="160" height="106" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/photo-160x106.jpg" class="attachment-article-medium wp-post-image" alt="photo"/></div> <h2 class="article"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/?post_type=post&p=371490" title="Permalink to Tragic images of children captured by photojournalists over time" rel="bookmark">Tragic images of children captured by photojournalists over time</a> </h2> <p class="article-meta"> <span class="meta-byline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/author/irbyman/" title="Posts by Kenneth Irby" rel="author">Kenneth Irby</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">Sep. 4, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">10:00 pm</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><p>In most cultures, children are valued as precious gifts of life — treasured icons of hope.</p> <p>That stands in stark contrast to photographs circulated this week of a small, lifeless refugee child lying face-down on a Turkish beach with his bright red shirt, little blue cargo shorts and Velcro-strapped, sneakers. Almost immediately, the image became a symbol of the plight of refugees fleeing the Syrian crisis. When children are harmed, abused or neglected, the world gasps collectively — sometimes mobilizing to action. Such visceral stories are often best reported in words, sound and pictures. The news media did just that this week and the images struck audiences the deepest. We look back on other moving, iconic photos of children — often the casualties of life’s most bitter conflicts. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/371490/tragic-images-of-children-captured-by-photojournalists-over-time/" class="read-more">Read more</a></p></div> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/" title="View all posts in News">News</a> <span class="arrow-right">→</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/mediawire/" title="View all posts in MediaWire">MediaWire</a></div> <dl class="article-tools"> <dt>Tools:</dt> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/371490/tragic-images-of-children-captured-by-photojournalists-over-time/#disqus_thread" class="comments"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="371490 http://www.poynter.org/?p=371490">0 Comments</span></a></dd> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/371490/tragic-images-of-children-captured-by-photojournalists-over-time/" class="permalink">Permalink</a></dd> <dd> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/371490/tragic-images-of-children-captured-by-photojournalists-over-time/" addthis:title="Tragic images of children captured by photojournalists over time">Email</a> <a class="addthis_button_compact" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/371490/tragic-images-of-children-captured-by-photojournalists-over-time/" addthis:title="Tragic images of children captured by photojournalists over time">Share</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650js_/http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4ccb31260be55b75"></script> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <h3 class="edition">Wednesday, Sep. 02, 2015</h3> <div id="post-370365" class="entry-content post-feature-secondary excerpt-3"> <div class="article excerpt"> <div class="image-right"><img width="160" height="117" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/rpc2-160x117.jpg" class="attachment-article-medium wp-post-image" alt="rpc2"/></div> <h2 class="article"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/?post_type=post&p=370365" title="Permalink to 15 tips for handling quotes" rel="bookmark">15 tips for handling quotes</a> </h2> <p class="article-meta"> <span class="meta-byline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/author/rclark/" title="Posts by Roy Peter Clark" rel="author">Roy Peter Clark</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">Sep. 2, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">7:57 am</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><p>In the almost 40-year history of the Poynter Institute, there have been few topics that generate as much debate among journalists as how to handle quotes.</p> <p>I love it when a dogmatic reporter argues, “I only use the exact words that a person says, nothing more or less.” Then comes my cross-examination: “Do you include every time the source says ‘like’ or ‘you know’?” “If the mayor says ‘gonna’ do you ever change it to ‘going to’?” The reporter grumbles. It’s my Perry Mason moment.</p> <p>One of the benefits of moving my office from one end of Poynter to the other has been the purging of my files and the occasional discovery of something worth saving and sharing. In one dusty file I found a list of “eight tips on handling quotes.” </p> <p>Here it is with some elaboration, plus seven more. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/370365/15-tips-for-handling-quotes/" class="read-more">Read more</a></p></div> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/" title="View all posts in News">News</a> <span class="arrow-right">→</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/mediawire/" title="View all posts in MediaWire">MediaWire</a></div> <dl class="article-tools"> <dt>Tools:</dt> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/370365/15-tips-for-handling-quotes/#disqus_thread" class="comments"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="370365 http://www.poynter.org/?p=370365">0 Comments</span></a></dd> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/370365/15-tips-for-handling-quotes/" class="permalink">Permalink</a></dd> <dd> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/370365/15-tips-for-handling-quotes/" addthis:title="15 tips for handling quotes">Email</a> <a class="addthis_button_compact" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/370365/15-tips-for-handling-quotes/" addthis:title="15 tips for handling quotes">Share</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650js_/http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4ccb31260be55b75"></script> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <h3 class="edition">Friday, Aug. 28, 2015</h3> <div id="post-368519" class="entry-content post-feature-secondary excerpt-4"> <div class="article excerpt"> <div class="image-right"><img width="160" height="96" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-08-27-at-4.02.50-PM-160x96.png" class="attachment-article-medium wp-post-image" alt="Screen Shot 2015-08-27 at 4.02.50 PM"/></div> <h2 class="article"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/?post_type=post&p=368519" title="Permalink to Searching for a news anniversary angle? Look to your audience" rel="bookmark">Searching for a news anniversary angle? Look to your audience</a> </h2> <p class="article-meta"> <span class="meta-byline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/author/kattiehawk/" title="Posts by Katie Hawkins-Gaar" rel="author">Katie Hawkins-Gaar</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">Aug. 28, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">8:12 am</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><div id="attachment_350575" style="width: 750px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/katrina.thenandnow.jpg" alt="katrina.thenandnow" width="740" height="450" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-368521"/> <p class="wp-caption-text">For Katrina’s fifth anniversary, CNN partnered with local residents to shoot a series of then-and-now photographs. (Katie Hawkins-Gaar/CNN) </p> </div> <p>Every journalist knows the drill: As a milestone anniversary of a notable event approaches, the planning meetings and team discussions begin. How are we going to cover this? What’s our angle? How many resources will we devote?</p> <p>The 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina is no different. Given the magnitude of the disaster and the proliferation of digital content, it’s nearly impossible to keep up with everything that’s been published so far. (If you are trying to keep up with it all, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.nola.com/katrina/index.ssf/2015/08/hurricane_katrina_anniversary_3.html?appSession=306520592658925">NOLA.com</a> is a great resource.)</p> <p>Places like <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2015/08/22/a-resilience-lab/?tid=HP_more" target="_blank">The Washington Post</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.buzzfeed.com/petermoskowitz/how-one-of-katrinas-feel-good-stories-turned-bad#.mjyrWV78B" target="_blank">BuzzFeed</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/13479768/wright-thompson-life-loss-renewal-new-orleans-10-years-hurricane-katrina" target="_blank">ESPN</a> produced beautiful longform pieces. Journalists created poignant <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.wnyc.org/story/in-new-orleans/" target="_blank">radio stories</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://projects.thelensnola.org/demolitions/">smart interactives</a> and stunning <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.vice.com/read/photos-of-life-in-new-orleans-post-katrina-in-william-widmers-my-mississippi-426?utm_source=vicetwitterus" target="_blank">photographs</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/368519/searching-for-a-news-anniversary-angle-look-to-your-audience/" class="read-more">Read more</a></p></div> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/category/how-tos/" title="View all posts in How To's">How To's</a></div> <dl class="article-tools"> <dt>Tools:</dt> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/368519/searching-for-a-news-anniversary-angle-look-to-your-audience/#disqus_thread" class="comments"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="368519 http://www.poynter.org/?p=368519">0 Comments</span></a></dd> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/368519/searching-for-a-news-anniversary-angle-look-to-your-audience/" class="permalink">Permalink</a></dd> <dd> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/368519/searching-for-a-news-anniversary-angle-look-to-your-audience/" addthis:title="Searching for a news anniversary angle? 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That depends.</a> </h2> <p class="article-meta"> <span class="meta-byline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/author/al-tompkins/" title="Posts by Al Tompkins" rel="author">Al Tompkins</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">Aug. 26, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">2:13 pm</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><p></p> <p>WDBJ reporter Alison Parker and photojournalist Adam Ward became the 31st and 32nd journalist <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/368727/gunman-kills-reporter-and-videographer-during-live-broadcast/">murdered</a> this year while doing their jobs.</p> <p>They were on the air doing a routine morning show assignment on tourism. They weren’t on a foreign battlefield or similar dangerous place journalists around the globe report from daily, but today’s news underscores that it isn’t just war correspondents who find themselves in danger these days. </p> <p>The Committee to Protect Journalists provides this list of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/https://www.cpj.org/killed/2015/">journalists killed in 2015</a>:</p> <div id="attachment_368907" style="width: 750px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-08-26-at-1.16.06-PM.png"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-08-26-at-1.16.06-PM.png" alt="Screen shot, Committee to Protect Journalists" width="740" class="size-full wp-image-368907"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Screen shot,<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/https://www.cpj.org/killed/2015/"> Committee to Protect Journalists</a></p></div> <p>But look at where these killings happened:</p> <div id="attachment_368909" style="width: 750px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-08-26-at-1.17.08-PM.png"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-08-26-at-1.17.08-PM.png" alt="Screen shot, Committee to Protect Journalists " width="740" class="size-full wp-image-368909"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Screen shot, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/https://www.cpj.org/killed/2015/">Committee to Protect Journalists</a></p></div> <p>Now you can add rural Moneta, Virginia to that list.</p> <p>The public nature of the shooting raises several questions about the ethics of including graphic images of the incident in news stories and television broadcasts. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/368905/should-you-use-the-video-and-the-fax-from-the-wdbj-shooting-that-depends/" class="read-more">Read more</a></p></div> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/category/how-tos/" title="View all posts in How To's">How To's</a> <span class="arrow-right">→</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/category/how-tos/advice/" title="View all posts in Advice">Advice</a></div> <dl class="article-tools"> <dt>Tools:</dt> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/368905/should-you-use-the-video-and-the-fax-from-the-wdbj-shooting-that-depends/#disqus_thread" class="comments"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="368905 http://www.poynter.org/?p=368905">0 Comments</span></a></dd> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/368905/should-you-use-the-video-and-the-fax-from-the-wdbj-shooting-that-depends/" class="permalink">Permalink</a></dd> <dd> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/368905/should-you-use-the-video-and-the-fax-from-the-wdbj-shooting-that-depends/" addthis:title="Should you use the video and the fax from the WDBJ shooting? 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The b in Black is still lowercase, according to the AP.</p> <div id="attachment_367623" style="width: 430px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/2631548126_68d9738dc4_z.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/2631548126_68d9738dc4_z.jpg" alt="Photo by takomabibelot/Flickr" width="420" class="size-full wp-image-367623"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Photo by takomabibelot/<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/https://www.flickr.com/photos/takomabibelot/2631548126/in/photolist-51xnzq-98cxuL-9bjXo5-4eP5g3-bLM1kB-fhU4SC-nbAHko-75CJyS-9NApiT-GgngN-9NJTxs-9A5aZx-oetiRE-BQEkW-72WSrb-A4eD7-mkJpNs-aS18wZ-emnu7i-b7QbVn-g1BQJC-6BYvZN-9NEtYQ-c6Z9ch-9kFBoJ-5A5RK2-6Di7Xr-6EpzvX-9NGKrb-9NGp3p-9NDvLH-dkWDp6-etuawn-dW8p6k-5h1Mwn-pL2aiP-9NAsCc-6FpmyV-i2g84v-jrfdLx-5hZEU6-68sa5L-83byg5-bbhZHH-5Qwbtx-dBFBLH-gWNHD8-jAcrS4-b44bQn-92UrC5">Flickr</a></p></div> <p>Perhaps it’s a quibble to some, but the decision to keep the descriptor in its lowercase form is a niggling reminder of the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://asne.org/content.asp?pl=121&sl=415&contentid=415">pervasive issues</a> of Black underrepresentation in the newsroom and its effects: tone-deaf and/or anemic coverage of Black individuals and communities. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/367611/making-the-case-for-black-with-a-capital-b-again/" class="read-more">Read more</a></p></div> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/" title="View all posts in News">News</a> <span class="arrow-right">→</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/mediawire/" title="View all posts in MediaWire">MediaWire</a></div> <dl class="article-tools"> <dt>Tools:</dt> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/367611/making-the-case-for-black-with-a-capital-b-again/#disqus_thread" class="comments"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="367611 http://www.poynter.org/?p=367611">0 Comments</span></a></dd> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919074650/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/367611/making-the-case-for-black-with-a-capital-b-again/" class="permalink">Permalink</a></dd> <dd> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/367611/making-the-case-for-black-with-a-capital-b-again/" addthis:title="Making the case for Black with a capital B. 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A sports section that can’t get its agate correct consistently. A story that fails to include a person’s age when it is clearly relevant. Reporting that lacks adequate geographical references so I can locate an area.</p> <p>I could go on, of course, but you get the idea. This hit home for me the other day when I heard from an editor about a story I had written. His first question was one that I couldn’t answer very well. 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The imprecision of our nomenclature matters because the differences between reports and stories are important, both in how they are produced and how they are received.</p> <p>The differences, I have argued, begin with the purpose of a report. In general, we write reports to collect, sort through, check out, and dish out information in the public interest. In short, we report to inform. A good report points you there. This is what you need to know. Pay attention to that.</p> <p>A story is different. In the end, no one reads a story for information. No one reads “Gone with the Wind” to gain information about the Civil War. 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