Recommended reading for July 15: Harry Potter and more
Top news industry stories this week: J.K. Rowling’s boy wizard series comes to a cinematic end, aggravated over content aggregation & NOTW scandal deepens.
Say it loud: We are Journalists
Want to feel inspired about what you do? Spend a few minutes with We are Journalists, a Tumblr site for journalists about journalists. According to Romenesko, a St. Petersburg Times reporter patterned it after the Occupy Wall Street movement’s We Are the 99 Percent Tumblr site. My favorite line: “Don’t call me ‘the Media.’” How [...]
Demand Media to writers: we don’t need you (as much) anymore
The controversial content site informed contributors last week it won’t be making as many how-tos and other quick-turn assignments for the foreseeable future.
Helium CEO defends finder’s fee, dishes on freelance opportunities
Mark Ranalli details what the site pays writers producing copy for its premium content division, and shares details of its June purchase by R.R. Donnelley.
Helium’s $10,000 hands-off-our writers clause
Buried in Helium’s Content Source publishers’ contract is a clause every writer contemplating working for the content site should be aware of.
The ins and outs of working as a content strategist
Journalists and editors are well suited to lead companies’ content marketing efforts, if they can overcome several pitfalls, two experts on the subject explain.
WordCount Redux: The writer as content curator
While I’m out this week, enjoy this WordCount post that didn’t get the love it deserved the first go around. The subject: what the heck is content curation?
Recommended reading for writers for July 8
The News of the World closes, Google+ debuts, NY Times rolls out LongReads and more must-reads for writers for the week ending July 8, 2011.
Guest post: Cool tools & more at 2011 Digital Journalism Camp
In this guest post, reporter Bill Lascher shares the tech tools and digital media tips he picked up at the recent 2011 Digital Journalism Camp in Portland.
The writer as content curator
Assembling stories or lists based on links to existing information to add value to what’s already out there has become a valued skill for writers and editors.
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