THE READING ROOM

This blog is primarily for media aspirants as well as young journalists. My aim is to provide links to articles that will enhance their understanding of the media and help them to improve their writing skills, broaden their horizons, and expand their worldview. My hope is that The Reading Room will also help them to become good media professionals.

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

"Words. A child needs a forest of words to wander through, a sea of words to splash in. A child needs to be read to, and a child needs to read."

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TWO EXCERPTS FROM A POWERFUL PIECE, "The Gift of Reading", by Frank Bruni, IN THE NEW YORK TIMES: Words. A child needs a forest...

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Listen in as Rukmini Callimachi, the remarkable journalist who is tracking ISIS, talks about possibly the most difficult of media assignments

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RUKMINI CALLIMACHI How on earth does she do it? Rukmini Callimachi, who began her freelance career in New Delhi with Time magazine and ...

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Why Jonathan Bach wants to be a journalist, come what may

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Here is a relevant excerpt from a recent op-ed feature in The New York Times : "...the best journalists connect with readers, viewers...

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

In 8 minutes, a response from The New York Times to my e-mail pointing out a typo in a headline

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At 7:47 p.m. today I sent this e-mail to Margaret Sullivan, the Public Editor of The New York Times : SUBJECT: May I point out a punctuat...

Thursday, July 3, 2014

The best of journalistic virtues:

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A. Courage Campaigning Toughness Compassion Humour Irreverence B. A serious engagement with serious things C. ...

Friday, May 30, 2014

"Read, kids, read"

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Now where have you heard that before? At Commits, for sure. Since April 2003, when I began teaching journalism, I have been pushing my stu...

Monday, May 12, 2014

What's wrong with this opening paragraph in a New York Times blog post?

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When a copy editor gets to work on an article for The Times, it doesn’t matter what section its for, the guiding principal is the same one...

Friday, March 14, 2014

What is an 'editorial'? How is an 'appraisal' different from a 'review'? What does 'op-ed column' mean?

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Trust The New York Times, one of the world's great newspapers, to come to the rescue of readers who want to know how to distinguish the...

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

A fascinating two-man debate on the future of news

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In the blue corner: Bill Keller (pictured below), a former executive editor of The New York Times who is now an Op-Ed columnist for the n...

Saturday, July 13, 2013

If you want to understand what journalism should be...

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...and if you want to know what journalism can be, read this great book — by a great writer — about one of the world's great newspape...

Thursday, May 16, 2013

How did the Op-Ed Page get its name? What is its purpose? And how are the Op-Ed articles different from the editorials?

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Trust the New York Times, one of the world's great newspapers, to have all the answers, and more. We learn from a column in the paper...

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About Me

Ramesh Prabhu: Bangalore, Karnataka; I have more than 20 years' experience (1981 to 2003) as a journalist in India and Dubai, specializing in selecting and editing news reports and features. From 2003 to 2019, I taught journalism and writing skills to master’s students at Commits, a media college in Bangalore. I joined Cactus Communications ("Serving Science Worldwide") as a copyediting freelancer on October 1, 2019. From the very beginning, I have enjoyed the challenge of working on a new assignment each day. I like to think of every article as a daily crossword puzzle that I need to solve by examining the clues closely. And, finally, when I submit the article that I have tended, I like to think, with love and care, I feel deeply satisfied.

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