Columbia Journalism Review: ‘Is shorter really better?’
January 7th, 2010Posted by Judith Townend in Editors' pick, Online Journalism
Over at the Columbia Journalism Review, Greg Marx has written a follow-up to Michael Kinsley’s attack on the length and style of newspaper style writing. Marx questions whether shorter really is better and takes another look at ‘expert’ quotes.
The fact that a lot of people still read newspapers, and only newspapers, suggests that they may like – or at least, feel accustomed to – the way newspaper stories are written.
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