The Online News Association is teaming up with Poynter Institute’s News University to offer four training Webinars for writers interested in updating their skills. The first is a class on semantic Web specifically tailored to journalists and it’s free to ONA members. Non-members pay $29.95. Discover Your Missing Links: The Semantic Web will take place […]
New Portland WordPress user group to meet Jan. 15
Portland bloggers who use WordPress are set to gather for the city’s first WordPress user group meeting on Thursday, Jan. 15, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The meeting takes place at CubeSpace, the inner S.E. Portland workspace community for writers, programmers and other independently employed people. According to the organizers, the meeting will cover: Getting […]
Top WordCount posts of 2008
Hello 2009! New Year’s Day marked WordCount’s first anniversary. Last year was good for both of us and I’m can’t wait to see what happens in 2009. Before then, here’s a look back at the top WordCount posts of 2008, based on the total number of page views. Some interesting things about the most popular […]
Top 10 digital media trends of 2008
This is the last new post I’ll write in 2008, so it seems fitting to look back at the biggest stories of the year in the digital media business and how they’ll affect on freelancers now and in the future. I’ll weigh in with my top 10 first. Feel free to send your own suggestions […]
WordCount weekly digital media biz recap
Over at the The New York Observer, John Koblin explains in At magazines, it’s 2.0 steps forward, 1.0 step back that while the Web may be the future for magazine publishing, right now print’s winning out and Website writers – and I might add Website freelancers – are getting axed left and right. ProBlogger guest […]
WordCount recap – Weekly news from the digital media biz
A scenario for news – Prognosticating about the future of the news business on his BuzzMachine blog, industry guru Jeff Jarvis says there’s definitely a place for freelancers. The future of news is all about community – covering it and working with it. Examples of this already abound, such as the Seal Beach Daily community […]