Traffic to this blog has grown steadily since I launched it in January 2008 but it’s really started picking up lately. It doubled last month and is on track to double again this month. I attribute it to several things: 1. Timeliness – Writing about timely subjects, such as the story of Roxana Saberi, the […]
Archives for April 2009
Iranian court convicts freelance journalist Roxana Saberi of spying
U.S. freelance broadcast journalist Roxana Saberi was sentenced to eight years in prison in Iran, where she had been accused of spying. Saberi, a former Miss North Dakota who’d reported from Iran for National Public Radio and other news organizations for the past six years, stood trial in Tehran earlier this week. According to news […]
WordCount online media recap for week of April 17
Here’s what’s been happening in the worlds of freelance writing and online media this week: Web-only news awards watch – The Pulitzer Prizes, the Oscars of the journalism business, will be announced on Monday and for the first time Web-only publications are eligible. According to this Editor&Publisher article, at least five online news organizations submitted […]
PDX City Club hosts April 17 panel on newspapers, democracy
If newspapers as we know them go away, who or what will act as democracy’s watchdog? That’s the question of the day as the newspaper industry transforms itself, and the subject of a panel discussion this Friday, April 17, at the Portland City Club, a non-profit public affairs and research organization. Panelists taking part in […]
ASBPE guest post: simple steps to starting a blog
Today there are more reasons than ever for writers to have a blog. With the media world going digital, freelancers need to keep up with new forms of writing in order to earn their daily bread, or just have a simple way for editors to check out their work. But getting started can be intimidating. […]
WordCount weekly online news recap for April 10
The week’s highlights from the freelance and digital news biz: It was a week for debating whether Google and the Internet have hurt or helped newspapers. Search engine guru and ex-newspaper reporter Danny Sullivan doesn’t understand newspapers’ anti-Google stance. But a poll of 43 mainstream media insiders conducted by The Atlantic and National Journal reveals […]