It’s not the best time to expound on Twitter’s benefits for writers. The hot takes on journalists’ ill-informed initial tweets about the Covington Catholic video are still sizzling. The day I wrote this, New York Times technology reporter turned opinion writer Farhad Manjoo wrote that Twitter: “prizes image over substance and cheap dunks over reasoned […]
Freelance writer on women’s team tackling Tour de France
Portland writer Heidi Swift and her Reve Tour teammates will ride the 21 stage, 3,497 kilometer course a day ahead of the men.
Freelancer union asks for government tally of indie workers
Group says writers, other home-based workers’ impact on U.S. economy is big and getting bigger, despite the fact that they’re ignored in official census counts.
The editor you write for today may be the writer you edit tomorrow
How do you act when the editor you write for today may be the writer you editor tomorrow?
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.
Novice freelancers, instead of Helium, try hyperlocal
If you’re getting into freelancing these days, one option is writing for content aggregator sites like Helium, About.com, Associated Content or HubPages. These companies pay writers to create massive amounts of content to help the sites rise up to the top of Web searches and make more money on click throughs. But for freelancers, there’s […]