To do great writing, read great writing. Here’s some great writing I’ve been reading this week:
From journalism school on up we writers hear how important it is to learn new skills, including how to use the unique properties of the Internet to tell a story.
But how do you know a good online story from a bad one?
One way is to read the very best.
This week, the American Society of Magazine Editors unveiled the winners of the 2010 National Magazine Awards for Digital Media.
While the usual big-name media companies were represented, some of the top prizes went to rather obscure publishers, including the Jewish magazine Tablet, for podcasting, and Yale Environment 360 for Leveling Appalachia: The Legacy of Mountaintop Removal Mining – not the sexiest headline, but the piece is definitely worth checking out.
Read the entire list here.