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October 5, 2017

Five ways to make it shorter and better: don’t bury the news

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September 26, 2017

Five ways to make a lead clearer and reduce 137 words to 99, nearly 28 per cent

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September 6, 2017

10 ways to reduce a headline from 17 to 12 words and a lead 25 per cent, from 67 to 50 words

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August 24, 2017

Shortening news releases isn’t the only goal–nine ways to clearer and more concise

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August 14, 2017

Six ways to reduce a lead 17.3 per cent—from 75 to 62 words.

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August 9, 2017

Six ways to chop 20 per cent from a flabby lead, reducing it from 96 to 77 words

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July 19, 2017

Reducing news release copy 39 per cent -from 140 to 94 words

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June 19, 2017

Copy doctor’s five dogged steps to reduce animal hero PR lead from 92 to 64 words (30%!)

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June 1, 2017

How to reduce 119 words to 87: A Day in the Life of Canada Newswire chapter 2

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May 28, 2017

Woodward and Bernstein return to discuss impeachment–and my memories of watching Nixon speech with them

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