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Use of difficult English by journalists drives readers away: New book
Press Trust of India | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON FEB 21, 2019 05:53 PM IST
Newspaper English by veteran journalist and media academician Kiran Thakur sheds light on how scribes, more than often, resort to a language that is not “plain and simple”, but is heavily jargonised.
Newspaper English: a book for fields beyond journalism
Hindustan Times, Pune | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON JAN 07, 2019 08:49 PM IST
Abhay Vaidya, resident editor, Hindustan Times shared numerous anecdotes from his days as a student of Prof. Thakur at the journalism department. He said that Prof. Thakur always had a subtle sense of humour and he always urged his students to ensure simplicity and lucidity in their writing