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November 11, 2009 By Michelle V. Rafter

Through the looking glass

I’m taking my own advice to innovate during this era of unprecedented industry change, so it’s goodbye freelance writer, hello freelance editor.

Filed Under: Careers, Editors, Online news Tagged With: career changes, freelance business, freelance editors, Online news

November 6, 2009 By Michelle V. Rafter

WordCount recommended reading for Nov. 6

A roundup of my favorite blog posts on journalism, writing and freelancing from the week of Nov. 2-6, 2009.

Filed Under: Freelancing, Media Business, Writing Tagged With: blogs for writers, Freelance writing tips, Writer's Digest, writing resources

November 5, 2009 By Michelle V. Rafter

That buzz you hear is writers working on new projects

Everywhere I turn these days, I’m running into writers quietly working on new projects – it’s my best indicator the economy’s getting better.

Filed Under: Economy, Freelancing, Media Business, Technology Tagged With: freelance writers, journalist entrepreneurs, starting a freelance business

November 4, 2009 By Michelle V. Rafter

Lisa Stone on BlogHer: The women’s blog network comes into its own

Four-year-old BlogHer has become so successful it now competes with some of the largest women’s magazine publishers for Fortune 500 advertising dollars and will “quite likely” be profitable for the first time in 2010.

Filed Under: Blogs, Freelancing Tagged With: blog networks, BlogHer, Internet advertising networks, Lisa Stone, make money blogging

November 2, 2009 By Michelle V. Rafter

Business is on the road to recovery, and so is the business news

While I buy into the fact that the print business press has suffered what might be a fatal blow, it’s not the end of the world for business reporting.

Filed Under: Economy, Magazines, Media Business, Online news Tagged With: business journalism, covering the economy, the future of news

October 31, 2009 By Michelle V. Rafter

Best of WordCount: The Collector’s Edition

WordCount’s Best of WordCount page has 30+ of the award-winning freelance writing blog’s most popular posts, covering writing, the freelance business, and more.

Filed Under: Blogs, Freelancing, Media Business, Writing Tagged With: blogs for writers, freelance writing, WordCount

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