"I want to thank you," she said, "for all your hard work in providing these rough drafts to us each evening" . . . "We just don't have power

Pat yourself on the back when you scratch things off the list because you’ve just decreased your hesitation and increased your speed . . .

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Originally written July 1, 2014; edited by staff for JCR print edition May 2017 As reporters, we all have the ability to write.

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Gaining experience from writing on the job and practicing are two very different things.

If your dictionary and your writing are solid as to the basics, then the rest of it is, arguably, something you can adapt to in the heat of

I've found the more solid I am in my reasoning on certain punctuation, the easier it is to insert it on the fly; infinitely easier, in fact.

If you start analyzing your theory, working on becoming more familiar with and tweaking your dictionary, and as you become stronger . . .

Tackle your transcripts with the idea that you are dictionary-building and looking for patterns in your writing that you can improve upon.