Contest materials Rules and registration forms for NINA's annual contest will be mailed
to member newspapers by mid-June. NINA plans Training is an essential component of NINA's mission. Along with our list of workshops and conferences held each year, we're working on a way to offer more personalized training for newspaper staffs. We'd like to establish a stable of free or low-cost speakers to help promote a culture of training among northern Illinois newspapers. If you or someone else from your newspaper have expertise on a specific topic, and would be willing to share that expertise with other northern Illinois journalists, please contact Jim Killam at 815-753-4239, or jkillam@niu.edu. The list of potential speakers and their topics will be posted soon this site. |
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Grammar help is on the way
June 18 workshop will tackle common problems "If you do not use correct grammar, people will lose respect for you, and they will burn down your house."
- Dave Barry
"Ask Mister Language Person"OK, maybe not. But try these:
- A reporter who uses bad grammar stands little chance of ever being promoted.
- An editor who uses bad grammar will not win credibility with his or her staff nor, more importantly, with readers.
- A newspaper that uses bad grammar will be a community laughingstock.
NINA wants to help your paper avoid all three of those scenarios. After our immensely popular "Grammar for Journalists" workshop last summer, we're offering a sequel. With our customary creativity, we're calling it "Grammar for Journalists II."
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