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Allen Wastler
Allen Wastler is the Managing Editor for CNBC.com.
Nov.20
9:48 AM ET
Friday, 20 Nov 2009
Even firmly entrenched online journalists sometimes treat links as throwaways.   Read More
Nov.11
2:40 PM ET
Wednesday, 11 Nov 2009
Here's a tricky, but not uncommon, subject for Internet journalism: Changing quotes after publication.   Read More
Oct.30
12:59 PM ET
Friday, 30 Oct 2009
What do you do when you are pontificating about the national employment picture, self-importantly describing economic cycles and "jobless recoveries," and the person you are talking to informs you that they just got laid off?   Read More
Oct.22
10:07 AM ET
Thursday, 22 Oct 2009
There are certain words and phrases that scare readers off, especially in business news. Believe or not, they scare off newsrooms too.   Read More
Oct.19
3:22 PM ET
Monday, 19 Oct 2009
Today it was all about fear and greed and fear.   Read More
Oct.16
11:15 AM ET
Friday, 16 Oct 2009
Nevertheless, remarkable events like the Balloon Boy panic bring up a recurring dilemma in business news — should you pay attention to a breaking general news event or not?   Read More
Oct.13
4:42 PM ET
Oct.13
7:49 AM ET
Tuesday, 13 Oct 2009
Here are the links that I talked about Monday on CNBC TV.   Read More
Oct.06
12:59 PM ET
Tuesday, 6 Oct 2009
The pork industry would prefer the media to use the more scientific term but "swine flu" tends to be more reader/viewer friendly.   Read More
Sep.25
4:20 PM ET
Friday, 25 Sep 2009
They are like coch roaches. You urge writers to prevent them. You tell editors to be alert and crush them. You spellcheck for them. You force people to read copy backwards in an effort to find the ones hidden in mental context. And still they crawl out of the copy.    Read More
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