If you didn't look before, swing by Pat Walters' blog citing 48 tips from the Harford National Writers Workshop. Lots of useful stuff (you can nearly feel Pat sweating), including a sweet snippet from Dan Barry: "I think people read newspapers, for reasons not to read the story. ... So our challenge is to grab them through the paper and say -- 'Read this.' ... I work extremely hard on my leads. That's my shot."
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