Communications Strategy- Jim O’Callaghan defends communications strategy during fuel protests - Limerick Leader May 6, 2026
- Geetikka Bangia Joins JCB India As Head Of PR And Corporate Communications - BW People May 6, 2026
- Who Helps Law Firms Manage Reputation During High-Stakes Litigation? Legal 500 Recognizes Furia Rubel for Litigation Communications - StreetInsider May 5, 2026
- Reliability Is Rewriting Enterprise Communications Strategy - The Fast Mode May 4, 2026
- Big Tech is shelling out up to $1 million for new hires who will never have to write a line of code - Fortune May 2, 2026
- First Bank appoints Olayinka Ijabiyi as group head for marketing and corporate communications - TheCable May 1, 2026
- Qualicum School Board presented with draft communications strategy - Parksville Qualicum News May 1, 2026
- The 2026 Lawdragon 100 Global Leaders in Legal Strategy & Consulting - Lawdragon May 1, 2026
- University Governance
- VC, ANUPA urge practical reforms, action-driven administration in universities - The Guardian Nigeria News May 6, 2026
- 'Scapegoating': Staff, students and politicians back ANU interim leader - Australian Broadcasting Corporation May 5, 2026
- Gov Idris sacks AFUSTA VC, dissolves Governing Council - Vanguard News May 1, 2026
- Thursday, April 30, 2026 - University of Waterloo April 30, 2026
- The countdown to Julie Bishop’s replacement has begun - Crikey April 29, 2026
- Six out of 10 university students are into cybercrime — EFCC - Punch Newspapers April 28, 2026
- Six in 10 university students engaged in cybercrime – EFCC Chairman Olukoyede - Daily Post Nigeria April 28, 2026
- Penn Faculty Senate releases document on responsibilities within University shared governance - The Daily Pennsylvanian April 28, 2026
Monthly Archives: November 2015
More on Clichés …
From professor Jonathan Mayhew: One of Orwell’s sillier pieces of writing advice is “Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.” Orwell advises “scrapping of every word or idiom which … Continue reading
Clichés Used in Journalism
The Washington Post compiles a helpful list; it’s up to 200. I am guilty of using the following in speaking (and the first one listed here in writing, too – alas): Any “not-un” formulation (as in “not unsurprising that you’d … Continue reading
Writing and editing for the computer screen
Lawyer and language genius Bryan Garner over at LawProse.org spells out, in typically lucid fashion, how to compose documents when you know they will be read on a computer screen rather than on paper. 1.Summarize. It’s important to learn the … Continue reading
No Word
A friend in the media emailed me this morning: “Everyone keeps talking about hostages having been taken in Paris. Doesn’t the word ‘hostage’ imply a demand on the part of the terrorists? They made no demands; they intended all along … Continue reading
Ricotta / Ree-goat
In Fairport, New York, where I grew up, there were lots of Italian American families, and I had many Italian American friends (still do). I married an Italian American from Liverpool, New York, and have a son from this marriage … Continue reading
“Sedulous aping”
“Memory” – or memoria – is one of the five canons of classical rhetoric. Write Brett and Kate McKay in their excellent blog “The Art of Manliness”: Anciently, almost all rhetorical communication was done orally in the public forum. Ancient … Continue reading
“Epic translation success”
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