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I suppose the media’s immediate questions for PM-designate Lawrence Wong will be : Are you re-shuffling your Cabinet? When? Whether yes or not yet,...
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Bertha Harian
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The headline is the most important part of any news report. Readers decide if the rest of the report is worth reading based on...
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CORRECTIONS One of my former editors had only three words in his journalism bible: Accuracy. Accuracy. Accuracy. Getting a fact or figure wrong in...
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News don’t happen in a vacuum. They are usually a consequence of something or a surprise repeat or part of a new trend. Unless...
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They are perfectly fine, especially if they are billed as advertorials. This is when a journalist writes the content he has been fed, in...
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Just who are these experts, analysts, observers peppering headlines these days? Unlike ‘sources’ who leak news, they give views, which are supposedly weightier than...
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In my past life, when reporters tell me they got the story from a source, I always ask if it’s chilli, tomato or soya...
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If a woman isn’t married, is she a Ms, Miss or Madam? Frankly, it really depends on the ‘house style’ of the particular media....
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It’s SOP in journalism to name everyone who is featured in an article. Reason is to show readers that this isn’t just some fake...
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I have said many times that the media should door-stop President Tharman Shanmugaratnam to ask him about the impending changes to the Constitution making...
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