The St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times is getting up there in age. This month the paper turns 125. The paper’s longevity is a testament to the good work that its journalists have produced throughout the years and that they continue to produce during a tumultuous time in the news industry. In a special, July 19 pull-outContinue reading “St. Petersburg Times Turns 125”
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Updates from the Past Few Weeks
It’s been a crazy past couple of weeks, but I’m now settled in my new apartment and will have more free time for my blog. Work has been busy, too, but in a good way. I’ve been mostly editing stories and Webinars and haven’t had as much time for writing lately, but I’ve found aContinue reading “Updates from the Past Few Weeks”
AP Stylebook Sales, Web Traffic Increase
Looking to write a story about the Associated Press Stylebook’s Web site redesign, I interviewed a few of the people who help run the site and the printed version of the stylebook. They told me that Web traffic had increased, which led me to think that sales of the printed version had likely decreased. NotContinue reading “AP Stylebook Sales, Web Traffic Increase”
Old Editorial Touts Newspapers As ‘Wave of the Future’
Recently I came across an editorial that I wrote for The MetroWest Daily News, the newspaper that I interned at in high school and freelanced for during winter breaks in college. Reading the editorial, which I wrote in July 2006, the summer before senior year, made me laugh. It’s clear that I was overly optimisticContinue reading “Old Editorial Touts Newspapers As ‘Wave of the Future’”
Keeping Blogs Alive: How to Do It?
I moderated a live Poynter chat last week with New York University professor and PressThink blogger Jay Rosen about how to teach blogging and how to have a successful blog. There are a lot of valuable lessons in the chat, which you can replay here. We had so many questions from participants that we’re hostingContinue reading “Keeping Blogs Alive: How to Do It?”
Stories, Sites I’ve Been Diggin’
A couple of articles, blog posts, etc., have caught my eye recently. I share most of the links to stories I like on my Delicious page, though I’ve been using Twitter more lately for this purpose. “Running in the Rain,” The New York Times. I’ve always loved running, especially in the rain. It brings backContinue reading “Stories, Sites I’ve Been Diggin’”
Journalists Look to Scribd.com For Profitable Writing, Editing Opportunities
After my editor passed along a New York Times article last week about a site called Scribd.com, I began to wonder about the site’s journalistic application. The site just began allowing users to charge for the content they upload — a move that could prove beneficial for journalists who are looking to make some extraContinue reading “Journalists Look to Scribd.com For Profitable Writing, Editing Opportunities”
How News Orgs Are Using e-editions to Raise Circulation, Invest in Future of Newspapers
While reading Romenesko last week, I came across a MinnPost story about the St. Paul Pioneer Press‘ success with e-editions. There was a nugget of information in the story about The Commercial Appeal‘s circulation going up due to NIE e-editions, which led me to wonder if other news organizations could benefit from hearing how theContinue reading “How News Orgs Are Using e-editions to Raise Circulation, Invest in Future of Newspapers”
Story Behind St. Petersburg Times Narrative about Florida School for Boys
I wrote a story for Poynter Online this week about the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times‘ recent narrative, “For Their Own Good.” The story details the lives of several men who were severely beaten as children while at the Florida School for Boys, now the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys, in Marianna, Fla. One ofContinue reading “Story Behind St. Petersburg Times Narrative about Florida School for Boys”
Grammarians, Language Lovers Unite at 13th Annual ACES Conference
“Who loves semicolons?” a grammarian asked while teaching a workshop at the American Copy Editors Society conference last weekend. A room full of hands shot up. “Woohoo!” one audience member yelled. It was an appropriate set-up for the discussion that followed — a discussion rooted in the nuts and bolts of grammar and in theContinue reading “Grammarians, Language Lovers Unite at 13th Annual ACES Conference”
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