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Award-Winning Work By Our Students

We had an exceptional crop of students in the Urbino Magazine Project this summer (as we did last …  Read more.

Notable: Pinterest for Publishers, Popular iPad Apps, Pricing Bundled Access

Notable: Pinterest for Publishers, Popular iPad Apps, Pricing Bundled Access

Pinterest promotes publishing: The social pin-board service is driving more traffic to publishers’ sites than Google and Twitter. …  Read more.

Let's Make a Magazine in Italy This Summer!

Let’s Make a Magazine in Italy This Summer!

Susan and I have the good fortune of being able to return to magical Urbino, Italy, this summer …  Read more.

Food and Environment Stories Wanted

Food and Environment Stories Wanted

If you report on food, agriculture, and environmental health issues, you need to know about a new outfit …  Read more.

What Scholarly Publishing Can Learn from the Consumer World

What Scholarly Publishing Can Learn from the Consumer World

Several weeks ago, I spoke at a meeting of specialized publishers who serve professional and scholarly audiences. Because …  Read more.

Notable Links: February 19, 2012

The problem with non-profit journalism: Says Jeff Jarvis, “I’m not against not-for-profit, charitably supported journalism any more than …  Read more.

Social Media: Career Path or Dead-End?

Social Media: Career Path or Dead-End?

A recent post on Mediabistro’s 10,000 Words blog (Should Social Media Be Taught in Journalism or Business School?) …  Read more.

Guerilla User Testing: Give Your Site a Reality Check

Guerilla User Testing: Give Your Site a Reality Check

There’s no head slap like the head slap you give yourself while watching an innocent visitor stumble through …  Read more.

Notable Links: February 5, 2012

“Coming soon in Esquire”: Esquire creates a video trailer for a magazine article. (Media Decoder) Print news media …  Read more.

The Assignment Letter, An Editor’s Best Friend

Update: Ever since this article first appeared on our site back in 2004, it has consistently drawn more …  Read more.