Posts by Megan Wegan
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Hard News: Party on, dudes, in reply to Hadyn Green,
I am able to experience things that I normally never would, and I have met (and not met but written to) the most amazing people!
Can I tell my favourite PAS story now? ;)
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Hard News: Party on, dudes, in reply to Russell Brown,
Oh man, I totally forgot. Animalistic Penis-Brains! (THAT should be the name of my band.)
dot tumblr dot com.
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Hard News: Party on, dudes, in reply to Emma Hart,
It’s always referred to as the Mortgage Slut thread, which means that I was wrong originally. My bad.
I dunno. The word slag isn't used nearly often enough.
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Hard News: Party on, dudes, in reply to Danielle,
The do what now? Was I involved in that?
Dude. It was your finest hour.
(My bad, it should be Mortgage Slag)
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Hard News: Party on, dudes, in reply to Peter Darlington,
Now, has anyone mentioned that cool copyright thread we had a year or two back, yet?
DON'T. (Also, the Mortgage Slut thread, which remains, to this day, my favourite/most annoying discussion I've ever had on the internet.)
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Hard News: Party on, dudes, in reply to JackElder,
Secondly: I am quietly happy to notice that I’ve been registered on PAS for several months longer than Megan. Suck on it, Wegan!
Yeah, but you've made 500-odd fewer posts. Wait, I think that maybe looks worse for me.
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I was a lurker here for ages, because I was WAY to intimidated to join the fray. I figured anything I could say, someone else could say it smarter. Looking back over my 1000+ posts (only since mid-2008, sadly), maybe I should have stuck with that feeling.
Has anyone said "here's to 10 more years" yet? Poor Russell....he thinks he's tired now....
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OnPoint: H4x0rs and You, in reply to Russell Brown,
I learned soon enough that I couldn’t write myself two-minute speeches in the middle of TV (and radio) scripts. It’s quite a skill to convey the point in fewer words.
And something I am pretty appalling at when I am writing here. Twitter helps.
I’m assuming that’s an error. 333wpm is quite hard to keep up for three minutes :-)
Journalists SUCK at maths. Didn't you know?
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OnPoint: H4x0rs and You, in reply to Russell Brown,
Different skills; different expectations. But it’s worth asking what flaws and limitations the “economy” of broadcasting imposes on journalistic writing.
Ideally, none. If it’s being done right. A 50 second story (for radio broadcast) is about 150 words long. A three minute piece is about 1000. (Including the audio for both.) So, of course there are things that are going to be left out, but that’s editorial judgement, on the part of both a reporter and an editor. (And one of the key reasons there’s both.)
Russell is right. Writing for broadcast is hard, but being able to file to deadline, and write within those strictures is a pretty important part of the job.
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Hard News: Special Sources, in reply to Brent Jackson,
But did she have to print it ?
She didn't have to print it, but if she got it on the understanding that she'd protect her source, she has to do that.
Once you decide Ira's name is part of the story, and you have it, if you make the decision to run it, you have continue to protect that source. Especially for the gallery journos, for whom so much relies on their sources.