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. […]
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 […]
One Writer's Journey From Print to Online News
How does someone go from mild-mannered print writer to multimedia maven? It’s the question of the day given the direction the U.S. publishing industry is taking – and if you’re not asking it, you should be. That goes for freelancers as well as staff writers. To shed some light on reporting and writing in the […]
By Naming Stanton Editor, LA Times Bets Big on Digital
The Los Angeles Times today named Russ Stanton editor. Depending on how you feel about the present state of the newspaper business, this is either really good or really bad news, and for Stanton, a really good or a really bad job. I’m of the mind that it’s good on both counts, and not just […]
What Me Worry? Magazine Startups Venture into Uncertain Economy
With talk of a recession and a generally dismal outlook for print media, is it a good time to launch a magazine? Apparently so. At least three major U.S. publishers are working on titles set to debut in 2008 or 2009: the Wall Street Journal, Mansueto Ventures LLC, publisher of Inc. and Fast Company, and […]