Holy cliché finder! Reporters quiver in their boots

robin.jpgIf you’re a line editor, you’ll be happy as a pig in mud when you bookmark the wonderful Cliché Finder and use it with an iron fist. The Cliché Finder does its best to leave no stone unturned when it goes on the prowl for hackneyed phrases through the Associated Press Guide to News Writing. It’s guaranteed to strike fear in the hearts of all reporters and journalism students.

And if you really want to go the distance, here’s another cliché finder, a cliché of the day and cliché collection, movie cliché collection and sports cliché collection.

Author: Danny Sanchez

Danny Sanchez is the Audience Development Manager at Tribune's Sun-Sentinel.com and OrlandoSentinel.com. Danny has been with Tribune since 2005 in a variety of editorial, digital and product development roles in Hartford, Orlando and Fort Lauderdale. He has also previously worked in the newsrooms of the Tampa Bay Times and The Miami Herald.