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Screen jab: the reality of misery

Published in August 25th, 2009
Posted by louise in TV
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I’m not a huge fan of reality TV. It is occasionally interesting in a curiosity sense and its forerunner, the docusoap, offered enlightening glimpses into other worlds and other peoples’ lives. But mostly reality TV seems to me about serving people up as entertainment and, increasingly over the last decade that has been about pushing [...]

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Call yourself a writer? A meme

Published in August 9th, 2009
Posted by louise in Blogging, Journalism, Media
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Journalist and blogger Linda Jones has tagged me in her meme about writing. I really rate Linda’s writing as well as her business acumen so I’m responding to the challenge (and it’s the perfect excuse to kickstart this sadly neglected blog, too).
Which words do you use too much in your writing?
I probably swear too much, [...]

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