Susan West
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.
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.
Future of Publishing: Our Panel’s Take
A couple of weeks ago, I was in Asheville, North Carolina, talking with lots of smart women in … Read more.
The CJR Study and the Case for Hiring a Web Editor
In the conclusion of Columbia Journalism Review’s recent study, “Magazines and Their Web Sites,” the authors ask: “What … Read more.
Tablets and the Shovelware Problem
When it comes to magazines’ companion websites, most thoughtful publishers have successfully solved the “shovelware” problem–they no longer … Read more.
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.
10 Tips for Launching Almost Anything
Recently I spoke to a meeting of the Left Coast Writers at the Book Passage in Corte Madera, … Read more.
Readers Like Digital Mags More Than Web Sites
This is good news for magazine publishers who are contemplating digital editions: According to a study by Smarter … Read more.
Getting Writers Arrested: That’s Our Department
One of the regular departments we created for Afar magazine is “Spin the Globe.” The idea is literally … Read more.
Clarify Your Magazine’s Mission Statement
On January 29, 2005, I spoke to the Independent Press Association’s convention on “Sharpening Your Editorial Mission.” I … Read more.
