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How abortion language evolves

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How abortion language evolves

April 4, 2024 • And journalism standards follow

Changing names

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Changing names

January 25, 2024 • 'X' or 'X (formerly Twitter)'?

'Slave' or 'enslaved'?

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'Slave' or 'enslaved'?

December 14, 2023 • And why it matters

Preferred words

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Preferred words

October 19, 2023 • Being conversational and accurate

When covering car-cyclist collisions

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When covering car-cyclist collisions

September 7, 2023 • Journalists often use passive sentences

Reporters and vulnerable sources

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Reporters and vulnerable sources

August 24, 2023 • How journalists can avoid exploiting people

Outdated language

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Outdated language

July 27, 2023 • When should old phrases disappear from the news?

What is 'post-pandemic'?

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What is 'post-pandemic'?

July 13, 2023 • The phrases we use for the moment we're in

Republican states?

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Republican states?

June 29, 2023 • Or states run by Republicans?

Using the term "food stamps"

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Using the term "food stamps"

June 8, 2023 • Outdated or colloquial?

Room for improvement

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Room for improvement

November 4, 2022 • One story and one issue where NPR could improve

In. Con. Ceivable!

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In. Con. Ceivable!

October 28, 2022 • This calls for a Princess Bride quote

When you hear the term "mud huts"

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When you hear the term "mud huts"

September 23, 2022 • What image comes to mind?

How monkeypox spreads

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How monkeypox spreads

August 19, 2022 • Not repeating the mistakes of the past

Why investigate one patient's charges?

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Why investigate one patient's charges?

July 8, 2022 • We look into Bill of the Month

Two birds and two words

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Two birds and two words

April 8, 2022 • Behind every story: complexity

'Stuff Happens' Comment Creates Firestorm For Jeb Bush

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It's All Politics

'Stuff Happens' Comment Creates Firestorm For Jeb Bush

October 2, 2015 • The former Florida governor sparked controversy when he cautioned against quick political reactions to the Oregon school shooting, saying that "stuff happens."

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Politically Correct: An Aspiration or Pejorative?

March 8, 2012 • In last week's column, I asked whether it was taking political correctness too far to question the word "nutcase" in an NPR report. Most readers agreed it wasn't, but some – including NPR's own Vice President of Diversity — disliked framing the conversation in terms of "political correctness."

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