Reading list for May 25: the boy, the POTUS and the photo
This week’s recommended reading – the head pat photo seen round the world, media coverage of Facebook’s IPO, the kid who lived at AOL, and more.
Reading list for May 18: graduation-time inspiration for writers of all ages
You don’t need to be a new j-school graduate to appreciate these inspirational tidbits from Sheryl Sandberg, Peter Shankman, Steve Jobs and others.
Please shut up: 5 ways to calm your most vocal critic
In this guest post, business writer Jodi Torpey shares tried and true methods for dealing with the biggest nitpicker of your writing – you.
Reading list for May 11: 5 favorite books by Maurice Sendak
In honor of his death, my recommended reading for writers this week are my favorite children’s books from the award-winning author and illustrator.
5 movies that inspired my writing career
All the President’s Men, Absense of Malice, and other movies about reporters and writers, my post for Theme Day #1 in the 2012 WordCount Blogathon.
Reading list for May 4: World’s longest invoice, tech sabbaths, Blogathon Twitter list
Don’t miss reading from the past week, including how to follow the Blogathon on Twitter, taking a break from technology, and reading The Hunger Games trilogy.
Reading list for April 27: ASJA writers conference, and more
This week’s recommended reading for writers – follow tweets from ASJA’s 2012 Writers Boot Camp in NYC, data journalism, online business reporting class and more.
Reading list for April 20: no fiction Pulitzer, and more
To do great writing, read great writing. Here’s the great writing I’ve been reading this week: I can tell you one piece of great writing I wasn’t reading this week – the book that won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for 2012. That’s because – as you’ve probably heard by now – there was no [...]
Reading list for April 13: Verghese, Clark and Talese on writing
To do good writing, read good writing. Here’s the good writing I’ve been reading this week: It’s not fair. How can one person be so good at two things? Abraham Verghese is a doctor and a writer. As a doctor, he’s good enough to be a professor at Stanford’s medical school. As a writer, he’s [...]
Recommended reading for April 8: Don’t act like an old fart
Steve Buttry tells reporters to get with the 21st century and more news and advice on writing and the writing business from the past week.
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