Acknowledgements
My husband Mike James, the editor of NewsBlues.com, gave me the
opportunity to write a daily grammar column. I am grateful to him.
I appreciate the encouragement of Grammar Corner readers, my
family, and dear friend Ellen Miller to compile the columns into a
book.
Ron Bilek, a good friend and my news director several times, taught
me to trust my instincts.
I thank WBTV anchor/reporter Bob Knowles, Warren Cereghino of
KCOP, Emerson College journalism teacher Donna Halper, and
WSMV anchor Dan Miller for their frequent contributions to the
column.
Jill Geisler and Al Thompkins of The Poynter Institute gave me
valuable tips for publishing, as did Donna Halper, and Ruth Ann
Harnisch. So did broadcast news trainer Mark Leff, Linda Olsen of
Global News, Marianne Spicer-Brooks of the CNN News Group, and
St.Petersburg Times TV critic Eric Deggans.
And if it hadn't been for Charlie Schumacher of WGN, Dave Cupp of
WVIR, John Paul at the University of Illinois, Professor Jim Le
Tourneau of Western Kentucky University's Broadcast Journalism
Department, and Tulane and Loyola Universities media teacher
Pierre DuGruy asking for the book, it might not have happened.
Thank you, all.
