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E-mail to staff: Character-driven writing
"We've taken a straight-up news story with great information and changed it to focus on the main character in this little drama. When we do this right (and at the right times), we're actually getting more to the heart of the story. And we're putting together stories more people will read."

The e-mail | Original story | Revised version


Editing: Live, legal poker
The challenge was taking an interesting story about a unique home poker game and highlighting every aspect of the local social phenomenon, while leveraging some unique online opportunities.

Original copy | Final edit | Page A1* | Page A12*


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Editing: Double-crossed
An investigative project hinged on breaking news. How would we manage our scoop, write it and insure the world knew we had the definitive story?

Original copy | Final edit | Page A1* | Page A4*

Online: 11:27 a.m. | 2:15 p.m. | Extras

Blog entry: Wikipedia is a newspaper's friend