Harmsworth’s Daily Timesaver, 1901: A transatlantic case study in the tabloidisation of reader time Abstract The topic of the thesis is the production of arguably the world’s first tabloid newspaper, on New Year’s Day, 1901, after New York World proprietor Joseph W Pulitzer invited his British counterpart Alfred Harmsworth to guest edit the World as… Continue reading Doctorate abstract
Author: Rob Campbell
National newspaper feature
The departure of the final few British service personnel from Germany in March marks the end of a remarkable and often forgotten story, which started when the guns of the Great War fell silent just over a century earlier. It’s a story of a British colony in the heart of Germany, of cooperation, of conflict… Continue reading National newspaper feature
Opinion column sample
Western Daily Press Up on the high moorland of Penwith as you rise from Penzance towards the far coast is a lost world strewn with the remains of old tin and copper mines. From the engine sheds looming in the mist to the chimney stacks, saved forever in granite, to the craters shielded by barbed… Continue reading Opinion column sample
Editing, FAQs
FAQs What is editing? It includes proof-reading for errors but goes further. Each paragraph, phrase and word is weighed and assessed to bring out the best from your writing. Is the whole thing accurate, navigable and readable, plausible and authoritative? Will it, like a diamond, shine more brightly if cut (the answer is often yes)?… Continue reading Editing, FAQs
Tips from the masters
For me, this is what to aim at, and it comes from an extraordinary man. Joseph W Pulitzer arrived in the USA as a German-speaking immigrant and went on to command one of the greatest newspaper empires ever seen, even when his sight failed and he could see none of what his journalists produced. Look… Continue reading Tips from the masters
Style
In English literature lessons at school we learn about the ‘willing suspension of disbelief’ or the reader’s ability to go along with made-up writing. A similar thing happens when people read journalism and other forms of factual writing. No ,it’s not made up (or not very often) but the reader still needs confidence in order… Continue reading Style
Fewer words
How many words should you use? The short answer is fewer (not less!) than however many it was you just finished typing. Cut, cut and cut again. Decide, when you have finished, to cut your writing by ten per cent whether or not you think it needs it. It does need it, and very few… Continue reading Fewer words