The Christian Science Monitor’s language blog, Verbal Energy, is pretty darn good. Just thought you’d like to know.
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Rachel
She’s a shutterbug
Erie Times-News Published June 25, 2007 by Rachel Kaufman The spirited 18-year-old was unsure how to pronounce “Henri Cartier-Bresson, ” one of the fathers of modern photography, but she knew she liked his work. And the work of her parents, Barb and Mike Priestap, of Photogenesis Photography on West 26th Street. And the work of … Continue Reading
Horn-toot #2
Here’s a column on GoErie.com that riffs off an earlier blog post I made: Language to survive its purists The English language has been destroyed. That’s what language purists would want us to believe, anyway. And for a while, I was with them. Again, registration required.
In search of my childhood: help me find the Iliad
In high school I was exposed to the classics for the first time. We read selections of the Iliad, the Odyssey, the Aeneid, the Inferno, some poetry by Ezra Pound (not at all sure why this was thrown into a high school level, non AP class), and scads of other things I’ve forgotten. All I … Continue Reading
Poem: Eye Rhyme
Eye Rhyme Apologies in advance for linking to such a terribly-designed web site. If the watermarks and iframes don’t crash your browser, though, “Eye Rhyme” is a fun read.
Poynter covers disabilities
Two recent posts on Poynter about writing about people with disabilites caught my attention recently: [1] [2] I think most of us have gotten past the poor high school girl’s quandary in #2:”I wanted to write a good story about overcoming obstacles,” she said. It’s important to write what happened, not try to fit notes … Continue Reading
LOLcat goes mainstream
A coworker pointed me in the direction of this Houston Chronicle piece about LOLcats. Yes, for real. It’s hard to be a twenty-something, cutting-edge Internet hipster and read about cutting-edge hip things written by People Who Just Don’t Get It, but Dwight Silverman is not one of those people. I remember when my sister and … Continue Reading
Good Morning: Language to survive its purists
Erie Times-News Published June 19, 2007 by Rachel Kaufman The English language has been destroyed. That’s what language purists would want us to believe, anyway. And for a while, I was with them. Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one left in my generation who can spell without the aid of Microsoft Word’s spell-checker. … Continue Reading
Tooting my own horn
Some articles I’ve worked on lately that are now up at GoErie.com: Rider takes challenges of competing internationally in stride The first obstacle was the cost: $25,000.Then there was the horse’s injury. Obstacles, though, are nothing to Becca Hart, a 22-year-old Erie native who is one of four Americans selected to compete at the Fédération … Continue Reading
Interviewing by instant message
Leann Frola, a Naughton Fellow at Poynter, posted an interview she did with a MediaBistro blogger who’s been hired by the New York Times. The content of the interview is interesting; I always love to hear about bloggers who’ve been snapped up to teach mainstream media what’s what (hint, hint!), even if more questions are … Continue Reading