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January 9, 2008updated 10 Jan 2008 12:18am

Newcastle Journal blog ‘slams’ hacks’ lingo

By Martin Stabe wirepost

A blog by Graeme Whitfield, assistant news editor of the Newcastle Journal, is collecting examples of poor writing by journalists for a “dictionary of journalese”, Holdthefrontpage.co.uk notes. So far he has taken on words used almost exclusively by journalists, such as ’slam’ and ‘tot’. […]

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