There are a few things they teach you in journalism school, according to people who were allowed into such institutions. Rule number one: a 153-word headline for a story is probably a little too long. Via Fark.com, Cleveland.com used exactly that many words to set up an article on guns and Ohio. Check it out here. — Vince Grzegorek
This article appears in Dec 12-18, 2007.
Did anyone notice that the entire 6 p.m. newscast on Channel 5 on Sun., Dec. 16 was 30 solid minutes of alternating between the snowstorm and the football game? There wasn’t one peep about any other news the entire time.