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There is a lot of clichés in writing and it is no different in journalism. Writers try to hard to be clever with their words at times that they become strained and irrelevant to the topic. In Rene J. Cappon’s Associated Press Guide to News Writing chapter 10: Pseudo-Color: Clichés and Other Trespasses – Cappon writes what clichés in writing are and how to avoid them. This week we will be looking at the tenth chapter in Cappon’s book. In this chapter, Cappon ties in his last chapter about color, but this time talking about the pseudo-color of clichés and other things that could ruin a writer’s work. At the start of the chapter, Cappon makes it apparent what clichés are and how to avoid them. Cappon explains not all clichés are obnoxious, but there are some that should be used by any self-respecting writer. Using cliché phrases can bog down a story by either making the reader’s eyes roll or by using an overused cliché that is unnecessary to the story. Cappon harkens back to the ide

Writing is like cooking. For cooking you need to have the ingredients flow, work together, and be properly cooked. In news writing you need your words to flow and sound good with your story. The words need to have color. In the ninth chapter of the Associated Press Guide to News Writing by Rene J. Cappon, the chapter talks about color in news writing. This week we will be looking at the ninth chapter in Cappon’s book. Cappon writes that color is matter of the right details that are observed directly from witnesses, with the breath of actuality. Color helps give a precision of visual detail and paints a vivid image in a story. Color is a way of seeing a story which allows reporters to give their readers insight to the story. Colors are words that are for description and insight into a story. This chapter was hard to follow because of the way Cappon paced it. Cappon gives quite a bit of examples in this chapter but he doesn’t explain why these examples were perfect for color or

As a reporter getting quotes from your interviews is imperative. In the eighth chapter of Rene J. Cappon’s the Associated Press Guide to News Writing: Quotes: Your Words or Mine? he goes over the importance of quotes and how to properly write them. This week we look over this chapter and review it. Quotes are indispensable to reporters and Cappon makes sure you know that. When writing out quotes it is important to attribute quotes to the source that said and to enclose the captions around it. In this chapter Cappon explains a lot of basics of quotes like when to quote, how to use them and where to place them. Cappon expresses that the importance of placing said properly and effectively.   In a way to avoid fragmented quotes, Cappon explains the importance of paraphrase and how it can save choppy quotes. This chapter had more examples than explanations. Cappon goes on and on too much about the basics of quoting which hurts the flow of this chapter. This chapter becomes deriv