We asked last week if the end of journalism as it came to be in the decades during and after World War II is nearing. We are in an era of information anarchy. Just throw it out over the airwaves and into cyberspace. It is easy to bat out a column, as we say. There are lots of rules that we political columnists use to guide our readers in their thinking about election politics.
Writing is easy.
Just put down on paper what you know. Use simple words. The job of being a newspaper writer may be changing again. Putting words down on paper clearly is not easy. Here are suggestions that The Seattle Times gives its reporters.