Here’s my story from today’s front page, on the University of North Texas suddenly banning alcohol in its frat houses.
My original lead, which I later decided was too jokey: “There’s apparently no truth to the rumor that the University of North Texas plans to ban reading in the library. But drinking beer in the frat houses — that does appear to be on the way out.”
As an aside, if you’re trying to reach www.dallasnews.com (as you all should be, everyday), don’t mistype it as www.dallanews.com. Your employer might not like it.
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01 November | 14:34 | karen
and instead of that, some how "Animal House" ended up in your lead?? Hahahaha....
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Joshua Benton is the director of the Nieman Digital Journalism Project at Harvard University, among other things. Before that, he was a staff writer and columnist for The Dallas Morning News. (More.)
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