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 Journalese and journalism
Neither clichés nor jargon, journalese is the peculiar language that newspapers have evolved for talking to readers.
Journalese is not jargon because it is neither specialized nor technical.
Part of journalese is in the words; part is in the construction.
www.freep.com /jobspage/academy/journalese.htm   (683 words)

  
 Journalese - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Journalese is the artificial or hyperbolic language regarded as characteristic of the popular media.
We write journalese out of habit, sometimes from misguided training, and to sound urgent, authoritative and, well, journalistic.
This page was last modified 10:12, 8 June 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Journalese   (130 words)

  
 CJR - Do You Speak Journalese?, by John Leo
Cunningly similar to English, Journalese is the official language of American reporters and pundits, most of whom achieve fluency in this arcane tongue toward the end of their first full hour in any newsroom.
Nonhyphenated phrases for the deeply irate are currently in fashion: "he is not a happy camper" or "he is having a bad hair day." According to a database search, "happy camper" peaked in 1993 and is well behind "bad hair day" in the 1994 sweepstakes.
Journalese allows only four adjectives to modify the nouns house and home: "stately" (big and impressive), "sprawling" (big and unimpressive), "modest" (nondescript), and "charming" (nice, but alarmingly small).
archives.cjr.org /year/94/6/journalese.asp   (434 words)

  
 The Official UST Journalism Society Connection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
However, after Zulueta’s time, the Journalese was published at regular intervals due to again to lack of funds since the UST Journalism Society was only composed of two sections then.
With the implementation of the news policy in the Faculty of Arts and Letters to include the freshmen in their desired majors, the Journalese might be given another chance to enjoy a steady circulation for a very long time.
> Ancestors to the Journalese By Jose Guerrero Mallari
www.redrival.com /ustjournsoc/archives_articles_vol1_2.htm   (645 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Journalese Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Journalese is, according to a typical dictionary definition, a derogatory term for a superficial, cliché-ridden and sensationalist style of writing regarded as typical of newspapers.
In a self-reflective, self-critical mood, the journalist Joe Grimm argued that journalese is "neither clichés nor jargon: Journalese is the peculiar language that newspapers have evolved for talking to readers.
A special form of journalese is headlinese ("Mad Cow Talks in Washington", "Red Tape Holds Up New Bridge", "Mounting Problems for Young Couples", "Hospital Sued by Seven Foot Doctors" etc.).
www.ipedia.com /journalese.html   (236 words)

  
 The Quill: Journalese: annoying practice falls short of clarity, communication.@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Journalese can be very annoying to readers since it often gets in the way of clear communication.
Unfortunately, many writers resort to it since they mistakenly believe that it conveys a sense of knowledgeability, ignoring the fact that many readers consider the use of journalese to be the mark of bad journalism.
The best way for writers to avoid the journalese trap would be to express ideas clearly in simple, jargon-free, everyday language.
highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:16744727&refid=ink_tptd_mag   (221 words)

  
 BBC Training & Development > Clichés and journalese
Journalese is a specialist form of cliché writing.
Such generic, unspecific descriptions in journalese remove all the pith from language.
Today on BBC Breakfast (BBC 1) in an article about the differences between British and French business, a French interviewee said the wonderfully simple "Je pense que l'Europe est une bonne chose," which was translated to the painfully cliché "a force for good".
www.bbctraining.com /styleguideArticle.asp?articleID=17   (1761 words)

  
 : : << I N D U S >> : : September 2004
The conventions, or style of writing, adopted in technical writing or journalese or copywriting in the advertising world, are transparent to the users.
Technical writing (or journalese or copy-writing) involves this asymmetry, wherein ordinary language is used in a special way to appeal to the reader and convey the meaning more efficiently.
One important difference between technical writing and journalese is the difference in the level of the reader’s interest.
www.stc-india.org /indus/092004/esp.htm   (977 words)

  
 Copy Editing Online Reference: Editing For Style   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
They destroy the freshness of writing, telling readers, in essence, that "there is nothing here that you haven't heard before." Journalese is a specific form of cliche peculiar to newspapers.
Cliches: She put her foot down; she was at the end of her rope; the last straw.
Journalese: Belt tightening; bitter disput; initial (for first); passing motorist.
stripe.colorado.edu /~yulsman/StyleEditing.html   (965 words)

  
 FACSNET Reporting Tools   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
In Journalese we say that she was taken into custody.
In Journalese, we write that he was slain.
Like menu descriptions (sun-dried, free-range), Journalese is partial to hyphenated modifiers: "war-torn," "profit-driven"; "high-fashion shopper Ivana Trump"; "bit-part actress Marla Maples." Any military adventure conducted between midnight and 6 a.m.
www.facsnet.org /tools/tweaks/tweaks3.html   (3856 words)

  
 nancynall.com: Not Ms. Language Person.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Oh, hell no. She resigned "amid turmoil." Journalese strikes again.
Journalese is, of course, the language spoken only by journalists, although it sometimes pops into conversational speech, and it always sounds strange when it does.
journalese is a variant of english that is often written on autopilot.
www.nancynall.com /archives/000808.html   (1458 words)

  
 Geoffrey Nunberg - on journalese
It isn't really a word of American English at all -- it belongs to the patois of that exotic alter-America that we read about in the newspapers, a world populated by strongmen, fugitive financiers, and troubled teens, where ire is always being fueled until violence flares, spawning hatred and stirring fears until hopes are dashed.
In fact the only place other than newspapers where you routinely run into verbs like roil is in gothic romances and especially pornography, where synonyms for "churn" are always in high demand.
Editors are always deploring the excesses of journalese, but for every embellishment they manage to discourage, three new ones spring up in its place.
www-csli.stanford.edu /~nunberg/roil.html   (734 words)

  
 There is no ease in journalese   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Journalese is not jargon and it is not cliché.
Journalese is not jargon because it is neither specialised nor technical.
Still, that seems preferable to sounding odd to the thousands who will read your story.
www.notrain-nogain.com /Train/Res/WriteARC/nalese.asp   (736 words)

  
 The Official UST Journalism Society Connection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
The Student Organizations Coordinating Council (SOCC) has reneged to its promise to indemnify the UST Journalism Society (JournSoc) for destroying the society’s exhibit at the Main Building lobby last year.
In an interview with the Journalese, Uy accused the society of “sensationalizing the issue.”
Uy cited the incident when JournSoc members staged a silent protest and wore fl ribbons outside the Office for Students Affairs and Community Services (OSACS) while a hearing was being held.
www.redrival.com /ustjournsoc/archives_articles_vol1_3_1.htm   (362 words)

  
 Abbas: An Island - Dr. R.G. Mathapati
Abbas is known as a producer, director, orator and journalist of international repute.
But a large number of his significant novels, short stories, plays, biographies, travelogues, including books on politics, history and films, are dubbed as mere journalese.
He has written more than seventy books in English, Hindi and Urdu, including twelve novels and six collections of short stories, which are buried along with the yellowing cuttings of his columns in files.
www.ourkarnataka.com /Articles/mathapati/abbas_mathapati.htm   (1673 words)

  
 Find in a Library: Code names dictionary; a guide to code names, slang, nicknames, journalese, and similar terms: ...
Find in a Library: Code names dictionary; a guide to code names, slang, nicknames, journalese, and similar terms: aviation, rockets and missiles, military, aerospace, meteorology, atomic energy, communications, and others.
Code names dictionary; a guide to code names, slang, nicknames, journalese, and similar terms: aviation, rockets and missiles, military, aerospace, meteorology, atomic energy, communications, and others.
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www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/be64e4d938d2d680.html   (85 words)

  
 Stock Language
Cooking process, writing process, learning process, manufacturing process, bidding process, peace process.
Journalese involves more than worn words and phrases.
But a large part of journalese is the reflexive use of worn terms.
www.notrain-nogain.org /Train/Res/Write/stock.asp   (968 words)

  
 Chips Quinn Scholars | Skills | Write it Right Article
Good writers write the way literate people talk, Thien said.
Reporters in love with journalese don't, said Thien.
Sometimes, poor reader would almost think backwards attribution is part of a newspaper's style.
www.chipsquinn.org /skills/write/write.aspx?id=213   (304 words)

  
 The Journalese l Official Publication of the UST Journalism Society
The Journalese l Official Publication of the UST Journalism Society
I would also like to commend our beloved Editor in Chief, Deni Rose Afinidad, for a job well done!
This year is definitely a “renaissance” for the Journalese!
www.geocities.com /thejournalese_online/opinion.htm   (1495 words)

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