Mike Daisey, Jon Flatland and an Oregonian breaking news editor made headlines lately by being less than forthright. Why do writers lie?
Recommended reading for April 16, 2010: This American Life and 2010 Pulitzer Prizes
This American Life’s “Eat My Shorts” program and the 2010 Pulitzer Prizes are my recommended reading for the week of April 16, 2010.
WordCount weekly digital news biz recap week of Feb. 20
In the news this week – the best blogs, the best newspaper websites, the best story on the mortgage crisis, content worth paying for, and a digital news conference to attend. Read all about it: Time Magazine names its top 25 blogs for 2009 including Talking Points Memo, The Huffington Post, Lifehacker, MetaFilter and The […]
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 […]