To do good writing, read good writing. Here’s the good writing I’ve been reading this week:
Too much work and not enough time. Sound familiar? It’s the story of my work life these days. So this week’s recommended reading is short and sweet:
The 25 most valuable blogs (24/7 Wall Street) – A list that should warm the hearts of hardworking bloggers everywhere. Sure, it’s got the usual suspects (Denton, Drudge, Hilton, Huffington, Brown) and big blogging empires, big being a relative term in the blogosphere. But it’s also got some individual bloggers such as conservative pundit MichelleMalkin whose blog pulls in 900,000 visitors a month and who 24/7 Wall Street values at $2.5 million.
The Newsonomics of replacement journalism (Nieman Journalism Lab) – Forget the scholarly name: Nieman is produced by Harvard after all. The story’s about how many news organizations are hiring, and the positions they’re hiring for. Read it.
How writers can turn their archives into e-books (The Atlantic) – Freelance science writer Carl Zimmer expounds on his e-book experiment, which after a couple months of effort resulted in the publication earlier in October of “Brain Cuttings,” now available on Amazon.
Special guest star: Brandi Uyemura (Carson Brackney.com) – Writers Brackney and Uyemura met when they swapped guest posts during the 2010 WordCount Blogathon. In a new guest post, Uyemura shares tips for adding sizzle and passion to your writing. Good stuff.
Elsewhere:
- The art of speed reading for freelancers and contractors (Freelance Advisor)
- 50 of the best Twitter guides, stats, tips and tools of 2010 (so far) (Webbiquity)
- Women digital media entrepreneurs: apply for grants (Knight Digital Media Center)
Hi Michelle – thanks for an excellent list of resources, particularly the “replacement journalism” piece by Ken Doctor. It’s heartening to read that their are creative economic models being deployed to restore critical investigative journalism resources. Thanks also for including Webbiquity in this noteworthy list.