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.
Writers react to AOL-HuffPost deal: now what?
Lost in coverage of AOL’s $315 million deal for Huffington Post is where it leaves the writers and bloggers who create all their content. What’s in it for them?
8 secrets for getting better HARO query results
Help A Reporter Out (HARO) founder Peter Shankman gives tips for getting the most out of the story source-finding site popular with reporters and other writers.
HARO’s Shankman to reporters: We haven’t sold you out
Help A Reporter Out (HARO) founder Peter Shankman talks about what has and hasn’t changed since he sold the service to PR software maker Vocus in June 2010.
Top 10 media industry trends of 2010
Hyperlocal, nonprofit news, content mills and other top media industry trends of 2010.
Recommended reading for writers for Oct. 29, 2010: #ONA10
What you should be reading this week – follow #ONA10, the Twitter feed for the Online News Association annual conference happening now in Washington D.C.
AOL’s Patch hyperlocal hiring spree – boon or bane for writers?
The good news is AOL is hiring 400 journalists to build out its Patch hyperlocal news network. The bad news is the hours and long and the pay is paltry.
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