By Michelle V. Rafter on August 27, 2008
My favorite place for keeping tabs on what’s happening in the news industry just got a makeover. Poynter Online, the Web home of the Poynter Institute, the non-profit journalism education and policy institute, is previewing a new look that makes it easier to navigate through the wealth of material available there. The new front page [...]
Posted in Careers, Media Business, Newspapers, Writing | Tagged journalism resources, Poynter Institute, Poynter Online, resources for journalists, Romenesko |
By Michelle V. Rafter on April 20, 2008
These days freelance writers have to keep up with the times – the New York Times, that is, and the LA Times, the Washington Post and the Christian Science Monitor. Why? The fortunes of newspapers are changing and it’s changing what they want – or don’t want – from freelancers. Shrinking newspapers advertising means shrinking [...]
Posted in Blogs, Freelancing, Magazines, Media Business, Newspapers | Tagged magazine business, Magazine Health Watch, Media Business, Mediabistro's Revolving Door, Mr. Magazine, Newspaper business, Romenesko |
By Michelle V. Rafter on February 13, 2008
When writers aren’t writing, they’re reading about how to be a better writer, or be a better marketer of their writing, or about who else they could be writing for. That’s what I found when I asked freelance, newspaper and magazine writers and editors to name some of their favorite blogs for writers. It’s an [...]
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