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Get Me Rewrite: Write shorter emails ... no, shorter than that

By Jenn Bane

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Dec 2, 2021
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I remember the first time in undergrad journalism school that I had to ask for — gulp — an extension. I labored over the email for half an hour. It went like this:

Dear Professor Slania,

Hello, I’m Jenn Bane. I am in your writing and reporting class. You told us to contact you if we had any questions about our profile story assignment.

I am writing to ask …

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