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Kurt Loder

Kurt Loder

American Journalist

Born: May 5, 1945

Good Important News People Think You

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So no one should rely on television either for their knowledge of music or for news. There's just more going on. It's an adjunct to the written word, which I think is still the most important thing. Kurt Loder

Music News Knowledge Word Important Think Television Adjunct More Rely No-One Written Written Word Most Most Important Thing Important Thing Still Going Just The Most Important Either Which Should Thing

Whomever you're going to interview, you have to be interested in what it is you want to know from them. You have to be interested in the subject. Kurt Loder

You Interview Know Subject Going Want Interested Them Whomever

Well, in features, and in writing especially, it's often the style of the writer comes in. Kurt Loder

Writing Style Features Writer Well Often

Television's very dependent on images. That's not what news is. Kurt Loder

News Television Very Dependent Images

Some of the most important stories don't lend themselves to television treatment. Kurt Loder

Important Television Some Most The Most Important Stories Lend Themselves Treatment

So, yeah, I think it had a major effect. I think in franchising younger people, it was just an idea that's never been trotted out before, but it makes perfectly good sense. Kurt Loder

Good People Before Sense Think Out Good Sense Never Had Perfectly Idea Major Makes Yeah Been Effect Just Younger Younger People

Rewriting is a large part of the whole job. And get rid of stuff that's not working. Just pare it down until it's a beautiful thing you can hand in, probably late, to your editor. Kurt Loder

It's not a good thing to be friends with people you're covering. There's just no point in doing it. It's tempting, but they're not going to consider you their friend anyway. They just know that you're somebody that can do something for them. Kurt Loder

It's gonna be short if it's news; put it at the top. Style's not an issue, just make it news. Kurt Loder

News Style Top Put Make Issue Short Just Gonna

I was in college for two years, and just hated it in the '60s. Kurt Loder

College Hated Years Just Two

I spent time in, like, criminal courts, and covering murder trials for papers. Kurt Loder

Time Trials Criminal Spent Papers Like Courts Covering

I know what the structure of the language is. Kurt Loder

Language Structure Know

And you can't really cover people critically that you're friends with. Kurt Loder

You People Critically Cover Friends Really

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