Whatever you think will happen to the news business, its fate is becoming irrevocably entwined with the tech industry. So it makes sense that a discussion on the future of news should include representatives from both camps, the journalists, freelance writers and bloggers who report and write it, and the techies with the wherewithal to […]
Archives for 2009
My CBS MoneyWatch.com Q&A with Suzy Welch
Today Suzy Welch is a sought-after management consultant, speaker and coauthor with her husband, retired GE CEO Jack Welch, of a business bestseller and weekly business column. But 13 years ago, the journalist turned MBA turned Harvard Business Review editor was juggling a demanding job, four kids and a first marriage headed for divorce. She […]
WordCount online news recap for week of April 24
This week’s highlights from the world of freelance writing and online media: Online news wins big – Much was made of the fact that although this was the first year Pulitzer Prizes were open to online-only publications none received any of the newspaper industry’s highest honors and only one, Politico, was a finalist, and in […]
WordCount Q&A – Suddenly Frugal's Leah Ingram
Leah Ingram takes a no nonsense approach to her freelance writing business. So it comes as no surprise that when the Pennsylvania writer got the contract for her latest book, “Suddenly Frugal: How to Live Happier & Healthier for Less,” she went straight to work. Eight weeks later, Ingram had the book written and delivered […]
Top 10 strategies to drive traffic to your blog
Traffic to this blog has grown steadily since I launched it in January 2008 but it’s really started picking up lately. It doubled last month and is on track to double again this month. I attribute it to several things: 1. Timeliness – Writing about timely subjects, such as the story of Roxana Saberi, the […]
Iranian court convicts freelance journalist Roxana Saberi of spying
U.S. freelance broadcast journalist Roxana Saberi was sentenced to eight years in prison in Iran, where she had been accused of spying. Saberi, a former Miss North Dakota who’d reported from Iran for National Public Radio and other news organizations for the past six years, stood trial in Tehran earlier this week. According to news […]