If you ever get an e-mail from a journalist, there’s one portion of it you should pay attention to more than any other. No, it’s not the part where they’re asking you about that entire live turkey you ate; it’s the sign-off.
If it’s “Cheers,” you’re cool. You did OK. If it’s “Regards,” you pissed somebody off, and you better figure out how to fix things, quick.
We apply those same tenets here, every week.
CHEERS and REGARDS to Tribune Co. owner Sam Zell for announcing he would leave the …

If you ever get an e-mail from a journalist, there’s one portion of it you should pay attention to more than any other. No, it’s not the part where they’re asking you about the political donations you made online as you were sitting at your anchor desk; it’s the sign-off.
If it’s “Cheers,” you’re cool. You did OK. If it’s “Regards,” you pissed somebody off, and you better figure out how to fix things, quick.
We apply those same tenets here, every week.
CHEERS to NPR’s On the Media for this discussion of …

If you ever get an e-mail from a journalist, there’s one portion of it you should pay attention to more than any other. No, it’s not the part where they’re asking you about how you said seeing Muslims made you eat your own arm off once; it’s the sign-off.
If it’s “Cheers,” you’re cool. …

If you ever get an e-mail from a journalist, there’s one portion of it you should pay attention to more than any other. No, it’s not the part where they’re asking you about how you said seeing Muslims made you eat your own arm off once; it’s the sign-off.
If it’s “Cheers,” you’re cool. You did OK. If …

If you ever get an e-mail from a journalist, there’s one portion of it you should pay attention to more than any other. No, it’s not the part where they’re asking you about all those stunts from Jackass 3D you tried to recreate; it’s the sign-off.
If it’s “Cheers,” you’re cool. You did OK. If it’s “Regards,” you …

If you ever get an e-mail from a journalist, there’s one portion of it you should pay attention to more than any other. No, it’s not the part where they’re asking you about the stuffed animals filled with drugs you’re transporting across state lines; it’s the sign-off.
If it’s “Cheers,” you’re cool. You did OK. If it’s “Regards,” you …

If you ever get an e-mail from a journalist, there’s one portion of it you should pay attention to more than any other. No, it’s not the part where they’re asking you about the romantic night you spent in the gorilla cage; it’s the sign-off.
If it’s “Cheers,” you’re cool. You did OK. If it’s “Regards,” you pissed somebody off, and you better figure out how to fix things, quick.
We apply those same tenets here, every week.
CHEERS to Slate.com’s Jack Shafer for continuing to call out  bogus trend stories. 
REGARDS to the editor …

If you ever get an e-mail from a journalist, there’s one portion of it you should pay attention to more than any other. No, it’s not the part where they’re asking you about that “carnival” you started in an empty old warehouse; it’s the sign-off.
If it’s “Cheers,” you’re cool. You did OK. If it’s “Regards,” you pissed somebody off, and you better figure out how to fix things, quick.
We apply those same tenets here, every week.
CHEERS to the Los Angeles Times for their piece on what …

If you ever get an e-mail from a journalist, there’s one portion of it you should pay attention to more than any other. No, it’s not the part where they’re asking you about all that priceless art you stole and ate; it’s the sign-off.
If it’s “Cheers,” you’re cool. You did OK. If it’s “Regards,” you pissed somebody off, and you better figure out how to fix things, quick.
We apply those same tenets here, every week.
CHEERS to CNN for responding to concerns that a poll on their web-page, asking if gay …

If you ever get an e-mail from a journalist, there’s one portion of it you should pay attention to more than any other. No, it’s not the part where they’re asking you about the rhinos who escaped from your basement; it’s the sign-off.
If it’s “Cheers,” you’re cool. You did OK. If it’s “Regards,” you …