Former LAT editor Bob Baker writes regularly about the process of writing and editing journalism at Newsthinking.com. Now he has come up with a way for frustrated scribes to chide their editors who start working a story and asking annoying questions before reading the entire piece. He's selling buttons, caps and mouse pads that plead "It's in the next graf."
Media people
Giving editors a hint
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