You can still be a reporter, just not in a newsroom
Attention journalists. The newspaper reporting and editing jobs you’ve been laid off from aren’t coming back anytime soon, at least not in the form you left them. You probably already know that. So what’s next? You could go to law school, switch to PR or dig up dirt on public companies for a corporate investigator. But if [...]
Sex sells, and other blogging lessons learned
Made you look. In the blogging world, a catchy title will make people click through to read your post. That’s just one lesson I learned since starting this blog a year ago. I still consider myself an advanced beginner, but I’ve picked up enough over the past 12 months to want to share. Here’s what [...]
Online News Assn. offers free Semantic Web seminar for writers
The Online News Association is teaming up with Poynter Institute’s News University to offer four training Webinars for writers interested in updating their skills. The first is a class on semantic Web specifically tailored to journalists and it’s free to ONA members. Non-members pay $29.95. Discover Your Missing Links: The Semantic Web will take place [...]
New Portland WordPress user group to meet Jan. 15
Portland bloggers who use WordPress are set to gather for the city’s first WordPress user group meeting on Thursday, Jan. 15, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The meeting takes place at CubeSpace, the inner S.E. Portland workspace community for writers, programmers and other independently employed people. According to the organizers, the meeting will cover: Getting [...]
My freelance writing resolutions for 2009
I am behind. I am still working on a story that I wanted to get done by Dec. 31 so I could bill for it during 2008. I am writing this blog post at 8:50 a.m. when I’d originally intended to pre-write and post it by 5 a.m. The Christmas trees (yes, plural, we go [...]
Top WordCount posts of 2008
Hello 2009! New Year’s Day marked WordCount’s first anniversary. Last year was good for both of us and I’m can’t wait to see what happens in 2009. Before then, here’s a look back at the top WordCount posts of 2008, based on the total number of page views. Some interesting things about the most popular [...]
Best of WordCount – Beat the recession
While I’m on vacation this week, I’ll be rerunning some of the best WordCount posts of the year. Look for new posts, including my predictions for the top digital media personalities to watch in 2009, starting January 5. Happy New Year! Today’s reruns: how writers can beat the recession. Top 10 digital media trends of [...]
Best of WordCount – Write like a pro
While I’m on vacation this week, I’ll be rerunning some of the best WordCount posts of the year. Look for new posts, including my predictions for the top digital media personalities to watch in 2009, starting January 5. Happy New Year! Today’s reruns: how to improve your writing. 25 tips for better freelance writing Good [...]
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