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U.S. jobs numbers looking up
This is a pointer to a post I wrote on SecondAct.com on the U.S. economy adding 290,000 jobs during April, yet another sign a recovery is underway.
What Yahoo’s deal for Associated Content means for writers
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? […]
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.