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By Michelle V. Rafter on April 16, 2010
This American Life’s “Eat My Shorts” program and the 2010 Pulitzer Prizes are my recommended reading for the week of April 16, 2010.
Posted in Economy, Language, Online news, Writing | Tagged 2010 Pulitzer Prizes, Alex Blumberg, business journalism, Eat My Shorts, ProPublica, recommended reading for writers, reporting on the financial crisis, This American Life |
By Michelle V. Rafter on February 20, 2009
In the news this week – the best blogs, the best newspaper websites, the best story on the mortgage crisis, content worth paying for, and a digital news conference to attend. Read all about it: Time Magazine names its top 25 blogs for 2009 including Talking Points Memo, The Huffington Post, Lifehacker, MetaFilter and The [...]
Posted in Blogs, Media Business, Newspapers, Online news | Tagged 2008 Polk Award, Jack Shafer, Neiman Journalism Lab, newspaper Websites, NewsVision, NVision 2009, Online news, Online News Association, paid content, Politico, The Giant Pool of Money, This American Life, Time magazine best blogs of 2009 |
By Michelle V. Rafter on October 16, 2008
The current financial crisis has been tricky for even veteran business writers. How do you explain difficult concepts like collateralized debt obligations or the London interbank lending rate in language that the now-famous Joe the Plumber will understand? It’s not easy. But it is possible, as a handful of writers have shown, including some with [...]
Posted in Economy, Language, Writing | Tagged clear writing, how to write about hard subjects, National Public Radio, Planet Money, Poynter Institute, Roy Peter Clark, The Giant Pool of Money, This American Life, Writing Tools |