Where's the apostrophe in farmers market?
AP Stylebook makes it clear: No apostrophe for farmers market.
New face joins G-T's sports staff
There’s a new hand on our sports staff: Brad Fuqua, most recently the editor of The Western News in Libby, Mont., joined the G-T’s newsroom this week. Brad will spend much of his time editing and designing pages, but you’ll see his byline popping Mental Mastery For Soccer Players up from time to time. Brad...
Inside scoop about 'website' style change
I got an e-mail note on Thursday from a fellow named Simon Owens, who runs a website called Bloggasm. (The site focuses on online media and journalism; Simon lives in the Washington, D.C. area.) In the note, Simon says: “I remember reading your recent post mentioning the AP Stylebook change from ‘Web site’ to ‘website...
I say, 'Web site.' AP says, 'website'
We’re all abuzz here — and this tells you something about the exciting lives we live at the G-T — about the Associated Press’ decision, announced today, to change its official style from “Web site” to “website.” Back, long ago, when I was in journalism school, I remember a teacher referring to the AP Stylebook...
And now, a little good news
I hope you noticed Raju Woodward’s heart-warming story in Tuesday’s paper (along with Scobel Wiggins’ wonderful photo) about Ramon Nordyke. Nordyke’s a longtime Beaver football fan, but he’s in hospice care now and hasn’t been able to get to any of the games since the 2008 season opener. On Monday, thanks to the work of...
A few words about mistakes
Why it's important for newspapers like the Gazette-Times to correct their mistakes, no matter how small.
A few words about headlines
A reader has left a comment about the headline on today’s story about the hiker who heard a confused elderly man who had become lost and disoriented in a cluster of blackberry and Scotch broom bushes. The headline read: “Man rescued from chilly brush.” Our reader’s reaction: “That’s the worst headline I have ever read.”...
