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Bishop T.D. Jakes and futurist Ed Stetzer are keynote speakers for the Evangelical Press Association’s 2010 convention, to be held in Dallas May 5-7. The annual convention brings together journalists from American's Christian periodicals for training, networking, encouragement, and recognition of the best work done in the industry.
Singers Jason Crabb, Matt Brouwer and Anthony Evans and comedian Al Fike will entertain and inspire at the 2010 Evangelical Press Association convention, being held in Dallas May 5-7.
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There are three kinds of people in the world – those who are good with numbers and those who aren’t. That’s why it’s important to proofread numbers.
One example of this can be found in an article my hometown paper, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, ran a few years ago. The headline said that a team won a series 3-2, in game seven of the series. But 3 plus 2 equals five, not seven.
We need to proofread numbers. This can be hard, because many people wind up in journalism partly because they’re not number people – they’re word people. But we’re not usually talking about tricky math – three plus two isn’t that hard. You don’t even have to take off your shoes to do that calculation. We’re really just talking about checking the numbers to make sure they make sense. Sometimes word people just shut their eyes when they see numbers – they just turn their brains off. We suffer from MEGO syndrome – "my eyes glaze over." Don’t do this – realize that your natural disinclination toward numbers makes them something you need to check.
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