To do good writing, read good writing. Here’s the good writing I’ve been reading this week: It’s not fair. How can one person be so good at two things? Abraham Verghese is a doctor and a writer. As a doctor, he’s good enough to be a professor at Stanford’s medical school. As a writer, he’s […]
News U. wants freelancers’ input on writing webinars
Freelancers who take a survey from Poynter Institute’s News U. will receive 50 percent off the journalism e-learning program’s new writing webinar series in 2011.
Make it easy for readers to understand the hard stuff
The current financial crisis has been tricky for even veteran business writers. How do you explain difficult concepts like collateralized debt obligations or the London interbank lending rate in language that the now-famous Joe the Plumber will understand? It’s not easy. But it is possible, as a handful of writers have shown, including some with […]
Debate continues over outsourcing copyediting to India
As U.S. newspapers scramble to cut costs in the face of falling advertising, a handful have announced plans to outsource copyediting and page layout to editorial services firms in India. This has sparked a tremendous debate within the newspaper business. While one side argues that there’s no way something as connected to local language, geography, […]