Take a Page

Taking a Page… from News Talk

Colleen Cotter, a scholar of linguistics, former news reporter and editor, and the author of the forthcoming News Talk: Investigating the Language of Journalism, talks about her expectations for the book and about the importance of initiating a cross-community dialogue. ----- News Talk: Epilogue By Colleen Cotter It is a truism in the news bizz that you have succeeded in writing a “balanced” story if all your sources take issue with and are unhappy with it. I never bought that (nor do others follow the precept).

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