Recommended reading for Jan. 13, 2012
To do great writing, read great writing. Here’s the great writing I’ve been reading this week: It’s been a while since I’ve typed that. The holidays, kids home from college, catching up on work, yadda yadda. That’s all behind me, and I’ve actually had a chance to do some extracurricular reading. Here’s the best stuff [...]
Recommended reading for Nov. 18 – Occupy Portland photo
To do great writing, read great writing. Here’s the great writing I’ve been reading this week: I don’t write about local news, but I read it. This week I’ve been closely monitoring the Occupy Portland decampment and subsequent protests, which have included a walkout of Portland State University students, several marches, and yesterday’s N17 occupation [...]
Recommended reading for Nov. 11, Veteran’s Day edition
This Veteran’s Day, let’s remember journalists killed so far in 2011, including eight who’ve died in crossfire or combat, according to the CPJ.
Recommended reading for Nov. 4: Wheels of Fortune
If you read anything from this week, make it the Los Angeles Times’ series on cars and the poor. It’s timely, well reported and a potential game changer.
Recommended reading for Oct. 28: NY Times, Walter Isaacson & morere
On my latest reading list for writers: the Grey Lady’s tribute to a female groundbreaker, Steve Jobs’ biography, StreetFight, WAE Network, and more.
Recommended reading for writers for Oct. 14
The pros and cons of working for yourself, a prize-winning journalism collaboration in Iraq, Roger Ebert’s memoir and more must-reads from the past week.
Steve Jobs and re-imagining obituaries
Steve Jobs’ death highlighted a key but often-bungled journalism standard, the obituary. This week’s recommended reading looks at both the traditional and new.
Recommended reading for Sept. 23: mislabeled freelancers
To do good writing, read good writing. Here’s the good writing I’ve been reading this week: Feds, states will work together to halt wage violations (Minneapolis Star Tribune and The Associated Press) - Nine states and the Internal Revenue Service are teaming up with the U.S. Labor Department to target employers who mislabel workers as independent contractors [...]
Recommended reading for Sept. 16 – think big
Frank DeFord on the best sports story ever, and other good reads from the past week that urge writers to aim high.
Recommended reading for Sept. 9: startups, self doubt and more
Highlights from the week’s best reads for writers: what startup founders look like; struggling with self doubt; bloggers’ revenge, PR ethics and more.
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