I had a lover's quarrel with the world /
Simple Guidelines for CBC Radio News /
Ad-libbing by on-the-scene reporters
See "On-the-scene reporting."
"At the top of the news" / "Our top story"
See "Breaking news."
Banter
No.
"Begs the question"
First: no. Second: do you know what this phrase means? Really? Hint: it's not "raises the question."
"Breaking news"
No.
"Controversial"
No.
"Correspondent"
See "Journalist."
Crime/accident/fire
Why?
Editorializing
See "Opinion."
Feel-good tidbits to end the news
See "Fun facts."
"For more information, check our website"
No.
Fun facts
No.
"Has prepared this report"
See "Named reporters."
"I"
No. No. No. Just no.
"Journalist"
Reporter.
Named reporters
No.
Number-verb agreement
Did you study journalism? See "They."
On-the-scene reporting
No.
Opinion
No. No. No.
"Police"
Careful. Is this a story about the police, or is it about the crime?
Prepositions and conjunctions
No emphasis, ever. See "Radiospeak."
Radiospeak
WTF?! Speak like normal people, please.
Segues
No.
Sirens
See "Sound bites."
Sound bites
No.
Teasing the NEWS
No.
"The CBC has learned"
No.
"The Liberal Government"
The Government.
The RCMP
Singular. See "Number-verb agreement."
"The Trudeau Government"
See "The Liberal Government."
"They"
He, or she; or "he or she," as appropriate; unless you actually mean they, in which case, they.
RCMP officers
Plural. See "Number-verb agreement."
"Unprecedented"
No.
What, Who, When, Where, and Why
Yes. Nothing more, please.
On the Feasibility of Qualifying for the Boston Marathon /
From the Archives: A Long-forgotten Introduction to ChemTrix for iPad /
While browsing my archives, I stumbled across a screencast demonstrating ChemTrix for iPad that I made over three years ago. I am embarrassed to admit that I have not updated this app since June 3rd, 2013. Though it was designed against iOS 6, it still works perfectly on my 13" iPad Pro running iOS 10. This is much more a testament to Apple's support of legacy software than it is to my own forward thinking. I say "um" frequently in this video. How I wish that were not the case.