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Philosophy of Journalism
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1300 CE
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Journalism
Before punctuation and spacing, reading was much harder. But don’t let modern grammar rules freeze you. Writing well means more than being correct; it means being clear.
Philosophy of Journalism
Story
“Truth is stranger than fiction…[which] is obliged to stick to possibilities;”
- Mark Twain
- 1897
Fiction
Fiction lives within the possibilities of reality. Truth must answer to reality itself.
Philosophy of Journalism
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Why does fiction feel real?
Philosophy of Fiction
Walton argued that fiction works like a guided game of make-believe: the story becomes a prop that tells the mind what to imagine.
Philosophy of Journalism
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Academia, Research, and Citations within a Living Touchstone
Philosophy of Journalism
A Living Touchstone maintains academic rigor by anchoring citations at the smallest unit of a claim, allowing essays to synthesize ideas without obscuring their evidentiary roots.
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