AOL’s news initiative: freelance friend or foe?
It remains to be seen whether AOL’s online news endeavor will turn out to be a legitimate market for freelance work, or give new meaning to the term bad seed.
5 reasons why you should obsess over blog stats
How often do you check your blog stats? Once a week? A day? An hour? I’ve been known to obsess over blog traffic, especially if I’ve written something I think is especially profound and want to make sure the whole world shares my opinion. Checking your blog’s traffic stats is actually quite useful, and not [...]
A freelancer’s thanksgiving: 10 things I’m grateful for this year
Editors, friends and family – here are the top 10 things I’m grateful for this Thanksgiving.
WMTM follow-up: A Portland journalism incubator, and more
I spent most of WeMaketheMedia talking to other journalists about creating a network of small groups that could collaborate regularly, a Portland media incubator.
Last chance: attend WeMaketheMedia Nov. 21
At WeMaketheMedia conference on Saturday, Nov. 21, at UO’s Turnbull Center in Portland discussion will focus on creating a nonprofit news service in Oregon.
When everything on your plate is a priority
As the economy picks up and we writers get more offers of assignments, nobody has the heart to say no to work. So how do you decide what to do first?
Listen to OPB’s ‘Rebirth of Local Journalism’
Here’s the entire broadcast of OPB’s Think Outloud segment, ‘Rebirth of Local Journalism,” that aired Tuesday, Nov. 17, including comments from Michelle Rafter.
OPB looks at future of local journalism
Tune into OPB’s a.m. talk show, Think Outloud, Tuesday, Nov. 17, to hear me and other area reporters and editors discuss the future of local journalism.
Through the looking glass
I’m taking my own advice to innovate during this era of unprecedented industry change, so it’s goodbye freelance writer, hello freelance editor.
WordCount recommended reading for Nov. 6
A roundup of my favorite blog posts on journalism, writing and freelancing from the week of Nov. 2-6, 2009.
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