Does Farmed Content Threaten “Wild-Caught” Journalism?
My Smithsonian pal Beth Py-Lieberman hipped me to a piece from Time magazine about Demand Media, which is … Read more.
Stanford Writers Workshop for Book Authors and Magazine Journalists
Magazine writers and book authors: Wouldn’t you like to spend two days this summer honing your craft, learning … Read more.
Wired Magazine’s Story Behind the Story
Wired.com has posted the final entry of its Storyboard blog, which followed the magazine’s design and edit staff … Read more.
See You at a Summer Publishing Conference
$1,500 Discount to Stanford Course We’ll be teaching again this July at the the Stanford Professional Publishing Course, … Read more.
How to Write Text Links (Think Display Copy)
If your site uses a conventional, easily recognized visual scheme for text links—and it should—the words making up … Read more.
Perfecting the Paragraph
Here are the keys to well-built paragraphs: A paragraph should have only one point. Structure a paragraph to … Read more.
The Well-Structured Sentence
Great articles are built of great sentences. Here’s some assembly advice from a recent editing workshop we presented … Read more.
Confused About a Word? Check “Confusing Words”
Editor’s pop quiz: When do you use "lie" rather than "lay"? What about "capital" as opposed to "capitol"? … Read more.
Promote Content With Clear Headlines & Social Links
It’s not enough to simply publish content on the Web and hope that the audience will come. You … Read more.
Washington Post Explores New “Digital Avenues”
“If circulation is dropping,” says Washington Post sports reporter Barry Svrluga, “and we’re trying to figure out how … Read more.
