Yahoo took its biggest step yet to keep pace with Google, Facebook and other online giants getting into the news business when the company announced May 18 it would acquire content aggregator Associated Content for a reported $100 million. What does the deal mean for the lowly writers producing all that content Yahoo found so attractive? […]
Archives for May 2010
Guest post: ONI and hatching a collaborative journalism lab
In this guest post, Bill Lascher spells out plans for the newly-launched Oregon News Incubator to be a co-working space for independent journalists in Portland.
10 sure cures for blogging burnout
After a time, the early passion you felt for blogging will fade. You could quit. Then again, you could follow these 10 steps to keep your blogging love alive.
Best of WordCount: writers on writing
During the 2010 WordCount Blogathon, I’m using Sundays to re-run a few of my favorite posts. Today’s Best of WordCount edition is about writers on writing.
Around the Blogathon: good reads from May 8-14, 2010
Good reads from Writers Inner Journey, Christa in New York, A Green Mushroom and other blogs in the 2010 WordCount Blogathon.
Recommended reading for May 14, 2010
Peter Vanden Bos, Alan Rinzler and other recommended reading for writers for the week ending May 14, 2010.