Terence P WardIn praise of retiring title caseIt’s time to lay down title case. Regardless of the purposes it’s served up until now, it’s become nothing but a false flag, a confusing…3 min read·Feb 6, 2024----
Terence P WardIn praise of third personThere’s a trend in journalism to be conversational in tone, but I think that this is the wrong direction to go. Injecting “I,” “you,” and…2 min read·Feb 4, 2024----
Terence P WardThe early AP call on the Iowa caucuses was a bad call — but it was also nothing newThe strong show of support for Donald Trump in the 2024 Iowa caucuses was cause to celebrate for many, expected by most, and the latest…2 min read·Jan 18, 2024----
Terence P WardIn praise of standard languageJournalists are tasked with reporting truth. The words journalists choose will either lift up truth, or obscure it.·3 min read·Jan 11, 2024----
Terence P WardIn praise of deadlinesThere’s an idea in the world of journalism that deadlines only mattered back when everything went through a printing press, and if…·3 min read·Dec 29, 2023----
Terence P Ward2023’s top 10 words and phrases journalists love to overuseAs lexicographers release their “words of the year” — which this time around include phrases like “goblin mode” — it’s a good time to…·4 min read·Dec 28, 2022----
Terence P WardIn praise of editorsEditors are the people who make language work for the greatest number of people. Without editors for writing, we would have to wade through…·3 min read·Mar 20, 2022----
Terence P WardDepression, food, and the gutI eat my pain. I eat my stress. I eat my sadness. I eat, gain weight, and eat my self-esteem.4 min read·May 3, 2021----
Terence P WardLife under Earth DayThe first Earth Day was celebrated April 22, 1970. If the environmental movement was conceived with the publication of Silent Spring in…·3 min read·Apr 22, 2021----