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Burying The Lead

Posted on March 30, 2020 by thomasfarley01

What Happened? About fifteen or twenty years ago a dramatic change occurred in much of reporting. Hard opening paragraphs were replaced with soft. This approach now infects all manner of writing, in and out of journalism. That includes television and … Continue reading →

Reporting Will Change You

Posted on January 9, 2020 by thomasfarley01

I never talked to strangers until five years ago when I did some newspaper reporting.(internal link) That changed me. I was forced to ask questions, the best I could think of. Turns out that nearly everybody is interesting if you … Continue reading →

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Quartzsite Coverage Coming Soon!

Posted on January 8, 2020 by thomasfarley01

Along with finding things on my wish list and getting new information for my new book, I’ll be doing some reporting for Rock&Gem. The PowWow (internal link) starts Wednesday. — Follow me on Instagram: tgfarley https://www.instagram.com/tgfarley/

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Reporting on Twitter – The Death of Journalism

Posted on May 31, 2018 by thomasfarley01

Since when did covering Twitter amount to reporting? “Ivanka Trump is facing an online backlash for tweeting what one critic called a ‘tone deaf’ photo of herself cuddling her son as outrage grows over a federal government policy to separate … Continue reading →

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Essays and Lazy Writing

Posted on February 19, 2018 by thomasfarley01

Essays pretending to be reporting waste the reader’s time. With this style you must read several hundred words before finding out what the author is writing about. Rather than quickly defining a subject, essays disguised as reporting languidly and leisurely give out the … Continue reading →

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What Is Literature? — Continued

Posted on May 23, 2017 by thomasfarley01

<— Previous post on literature It might be said that literature aspires to something higher, art perhaps. Artistic merit. Perhaps. None of the reporting I’ve done, the blogs for trial lawyers that I write, none of the magazine articles I’ve ever … Continue reading →

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Who Will Write The News?

Posted on March 3, 2016 by thomasfarley01

The Contra Costa Times, The San Jose Mercury News, and The Oakland Tribune are going out of business. (external link) They are victims of consolidation, the three publications being folded into smaller newspapers and digital outlets with different names. This is all … Continue reading →

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