"Covering news these days is a lot like working in a circus. The process is so complicated, we spend most of our time just trying to get the tent up. We slap ourselves on the back when we get signals out of a difficult places, but we forget: No one comes to a circus to marvel at the tent. They come to watch the trapeze act. Our "act," the careful crafting of writing to picture, gets scant attention, as we scamper from live shot to live shot. Maybe this will help save some seconds during the day, so that your time doesn't have to be sliced too thin for thought."
Bob Dotson
From a column at RTNDF
http://www.rtnda.org/pages/media_items/better-writing-at-the-speed-of-spot-news658.php
Maggie L
One of the rare times I'm in the office
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