Lucas Chandler - Journalistic Writing

Journalistic writing has never really presented me with much of a problem; there are a few rules that throw me off here and there, but for the most part writing in a journalistic style is actually pretty simple compared to a more academic style (the problem is that most of us are more used to an academic style). I guess I don't have too many problems because I've been writing journalistic pieces and attending different workshops and classes for years. I can relatively easily switch between journalistic and academic styles, though I tend to make more errors in academic writing. Journalistic writing always seems so much easier to me because it's much more direct and to the point; you don't waste as much time or space and you decrease your chances of making an error by keeping things shorter and more simplified.