Life In The Newsroom Over the past few weeks I’ve enjoyed talking writing with a couple of different friends. Not at great length but in one case I did a little proofreading for a friend taking a college creative writing course and in the other, discussed the differences between the fact-based style of newswriting vs. the free flowing style of writing just for the enjoyment of it. And then it comes to writing columns, which is a fun way we get to connect with our readers on a different level.