Poynter articles

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Every now and then, I remember to check-in on Poynter. Here are a few articles I found interesting.

- Scripps Howard Finds Many 'Closed' Murder Cases Were Never Solved: "When the Scripps investigators published their findings, including an interactive chart that lets the reader drill down to the county level, it became clear that some police

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- Preserving Language Standards as You Cover a Raunchy Culture: "Journalists, take notice: We will be seeing more of the C-word and will face interesting and controversial decisions about what to do when it appearsNot only that, but the traditional role of the journalist as some kind cultural standard-bearer or gatekeeper of grammer or language has been destroyed by the proliferation of internet media and the easy access to create and distribute your own media. I was reminded of this when the NYT decided last week to not use the word "twitter" as verb, which is technically correct decision since there are better and more directly understandable ways to communicate the same idea