Frustrated Chronicle Herald Strikers Target Local Businesses

The Herald strike has lasted 298 days as of November 15.

Tom Ayers and two of his colleagues walk the most remote picket of the Chronicle Herald’s strike. Five days a week for the last 10 months, the three reporters—Ayers, Erin Pottie, and Andrew Rankin—pace up and down a stretch of sidewalk outside their bureau in downtown Sydney, Nova Scotia, across from “the busiest Tim Horton’s… Continue reading Frustrated Chronicle Herald Strikers Target Local Businesses

A Few Words on Esquire’s “A Few Words About Breasts”

The RRJ Recommends you check out Nora Ephron’s “A Few Words About Breasts,” published in Esquire in 1972.   Talking about boobs when you’re surrounded by hardlined definitions of gender is a lot more daunting than it sounds. Especially when you’re talking about your boobs. It’s probably why it was hardly ever done. In fact,… Continue reading A Few Words on Esquire’s “A Few Words About Breasts”

The Rock: People Magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive”

Hed: (n) Newsroom Jargon for Headlines Headlines are tricky. They have to grab flighty readers’ attention, tell a story, and hopefully even squeeze in a witticism. The smallest choices affect readers’ first impressions and, sometimes, their only take on the story. Once a week, we analyze the different ways news outlets present the same story.… Continue reading The Rock: People Magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive”

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