Passive Voice Avoiding Responsibility or Putting Focus Where It Belongs [ http://journalism-blog.wittybuzz.com/2008/08/18/passive-voice-avoiding-responsibility-or-putting-focus-where-it-belongs/ ]
Many writers regard passive voice as something invented by the Devil himself. Evil, evil, evil. And, when used by writers to avoid placing responsibility squarely on the shoulders of the rightful subject of the sentence, passive voice is a pretty heinous thing. For example: - [ Read more ]

Journalism 101 - An Introduction to Writing for Publication [ http://journalism-blog.wittybuzz.com/2008/08/19/journalism-101-an-introduction-to-writing-for-publication/ ]
1. Hemingway’s Rules__When Ernest Hemingway was a cadet journalist at the Kansas City Star he was given a style guide that included four basic rules he committed to memory. Apparently they served him well for the rest of his life. - [ Read more ]

Franklin Method - Ben Franklin on Persuasion and Writing [ http://journalism-blog.wittybuzz.com/2008/08/20/franklin-method-ben-franklin-on-persuasion-and-writing/ ]
Want to win an argument with your wife? Sell an idea to your boss? Write a persuasive editorial? Represent your nation in a foreign capitol? - [ Read more ]

Language of the Lens [ http://journalism-blog.wittybuzz.com/2008/08/21/language-of-the-lens/ ]
Paris the most beautiful city in the world, was captured and frozen in time by the great master of photojournalism, Henri Cartier-Bresson, who brought beauty and a new dimension to an ordinary street scene. Photography, he once wrote is a spontaneous impulse which comes from perpetually looking, and which seizes the instant and its eternity. - [ Read more ]

A Tribute To Katharine Graham [ http://journalism-blog.wittybuzz.com/2008/08/22/a-tribute-to-katharine-graham/ ]
Katharine Graham, chairman of the executive committee of The Washington Post Company and the author of Personal History, a memoir for which she received the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Biography, died July 17 at age 84. - [ Read more ]

The Outsourcing Rush [ http://journalism-blog.wittybuzz.com/2008/08/23/the-outsourcing-rush/ ]
Is it just me, or is the heat starting to go to everyone’s head south of the equator? - [ Read more ]

Finding Freelance Journalism Work [ http://journalism-blog.wittybuzz.com/2008/08/24/finding-freelance-journalism-work/ ]
Writers today have so many choices should I work full time, should I be in print or broadcast media, how about freelance work? The path you choose to tread is “your own.” Never select a career based on the needs of family/friends/or popular opinion. The choice must stem from withinwhat is it you seek from your workmoney, a sense of fulfilment, and above all the freedom to choose? - [ Read more ]

How I Became a Syndicated Columnist — And You Can Too! [ http://journalism-blog.wittybuzz.com/2008/08/25/how-i-became-a-syndicated-columnist-and-you-can-too/ ]
Real Estate has “Location, location, location,” and writing has “Clips, clips, clips.”____When people ask me how I became a syndicated columnist, I usually say, “it just snowballed.” And basically that’s what happened: one publication led to another, which led to another, and so forth. - [ Read more ]

Posting Rates… Or Not [ http://journalism-blog.wittybuzz.com/2008/08/26/posting-rates-or-not/ ]
There has been an ongoing debate amongst some of us who provide paid writing services for clientele. The debate revolves around a very important topic: should we post our rates onlineor not? - [ Read more ]

Is Unrehearsed Photography Dead [ http://journalism-blog.wittybuzz.com/2008/08/27/is-unrehearsed-photography-dead/ ]
Gordon Parks, the famed photographer of the last century, died this year. He learned his trade here in the Midwest and perfected it in New York. Other photographers of fame of that era, Joe Schilling, James Whitmore, Hy Perkins, Bob Gomel, Ralph Morse, Paul Schutzer, Art Shay, and George Silk to name a few, were of the “Unrehearsed Photography School.” - [ Read more ]

Is Unrehearsed Photography Dead [ http://journalism-blog.wittybuzz.com/ ]
Gordon Parks, the famed photographer of the last century, died this year. He learned his trade here in the Midwest and perfected it in New York. Other photographers of fame of that era, Joe Schilling, James Whitmore, Hy Perkins, Bob Gomel, Ralph Morse, Paul Schutzer, Art Shay, and George Silk to name a few, were of the “Unrehearsed Photography School.” - [ Read more ]

A Bit Of Turbulence [ http://motivation-blog.wittybuzz.com/2008/08/ ]
I’m a 26-year-old flight attendant engaged to be married in 10 weeks. Our wedding reception was to be held in a marquee in my in-laws’ garden. On Saturday night my future mother-in-law flipped out at my fianc - [ Read more ]

A Bit Of Turbulence [ http://motivation-blog.wittybuzz.com/category/motivation/ ]
I’m a 26-year-old flight attendant engaged to be married in 10 weeks. Our wedding reception was to be held in a marquee in my in-laws’ garden. On Saturday night my future mother-in-law flipped out at my fianc - [ Read more ]

Worth Waiting For [ http://motivation-blog.wittybuzz.com/2008/08/14/worth-waiting-for/ ]
I am a 31-year-old virgin male. At times I feel sexually frustrated because I’ve never been intimate with a woman. The only experience I ever had was a nice French kiss in high school. - [ Read more ]

Self Esteem - What It Really Is and How to Raise It [ http://motivation-blog.wittybuzz.com/2008/08/15/self-esteem-what-it-really-is-and-how-to-raise-it/ ]
Self esteem.____Now there’s a well used and little understood term. Self esteem seems to be one of those terms that we frequently use without really knowing exactly what it means. Just what is this self esteem thing? And where do you go to get some? I’ve never seen a self esteem store at the mall. Not yet any way. - [ Read more ]

Planning Ahead Of Everyone Else To Win [ http://motivation-blog.wittybuzz.com/2008/08/16/planning-ahead-of-everyone-else-to-win/ ]
What does it take to plan like a champion?____Well lets take a look into our minds a little bit to answer this question.____OK, I need you to be honest to yourself with these next questions. If you lie, you will only lie to yourself and will have learned nothing… - [ Read more ]

See It Before You Seize It [ http://motivation-blog.wittybuzz.com/2008/08/17/see-it-before-you-seize-it/ ]
Napoleon Hill said “Cherish your visions and dreams as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.” - [ Read more ]

Five Minutes Before the Miracle [ http://motivation-blog.wittybuzz.com/2008/08/18/five-minutes-before-the-miracle/ ]
Even though this article was next on my idea list, and I write them in order whether I want to or not, I REALLY didn’t want to write this article. Why not? Because it’s about not giving up five minutes before the miracleand I’m in the process of doing just that. - [ Read more ]

The ‘Stand-Out’ Principle [ http://motivation-blog.wittybuzz.com/2008/08/19/the-stand-out-principle/ ]
Think for a moment about all the people you know that Stand Out from their peers. - [ Read more ]

How To Unleash The Power Of Your Core Desires [ http://motivation-blog.wittybuzz.com/2008/08/20/how-to-unleash-the-power-of-your-core-desires/ ]
Every person has a vast resource of untapped power. Learning how to identify and direct this potential through persistence and proper action will unleash a powerful motivation. We all have this special motivation and all the success and happiness we achieve in life is a result of this powerful motivating force. - [ Read more ]