Maybe I should be pitching stories to the Columbia Journalism Review. CJR, the venerable bimonthly covering the news industry that Columbia University’s Journalism School publishes, just filed this story about the demise of the daily newspaper standalone business section. I wrote about this back in February, when the Denver Post announced it was folding its […]
More Spring Training – U. Texas Online Journalism Symposium
Here’s another tidbit on the subject of teaching yourself about online news. The University of Texas at Austin is hosting its annual International Symposium on Online Journalism today and tomorrow, April 4 and 5. Seminars will cover topics such as how online journalists can take advantage of the Web’s multimedia capabilities, and social networking and […]
Spring Training for Freelancers
Baseball players aren’t the only ones who use springtime to warm up for the regular season. With winter behind us, the writing conference season is in full swing. Conferences can be a good way to inject new life into your freelance business – and pardon the pun – put some spring back in your writing. […]
Taking Time Off
Sometimes even the most hard-core freelancer has to step away from the keyboard and recharge the old writing batteries. I did last over the past week on a trip to central Oregon. Not far from Bend, I hiked the Deschutes River Trail, which passes waterfalls like this one, Dillon Falls. I also skied at Mt. […]
Grants for Women in Digital Media
Are you a woman journalist who’s dreamed of doing a start up but doesn’t have the $$$? J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism and the McCormick Tribune Foundation are giving $10,000 to three women-led journalism start ups. Projects have to related to the news business and winners have to blog about their first year getting […]
10 Basic Web Tools for Freelancers
My workday would not be the same without the Web-based tools I use for research and writing. The good part is they’re simple. I may be a tech writer, but as my husband will attest, I an not an early adopter. Whether it’s a computer, software program or cell phone, I stick with the tried […]