‘If what’s happening in Seattle and Minneapolis is indicative, then local online newspapers really are offering a product that is fundamentally different in content focus as well as content and delivery,’ they write. Research: If it bleeds, it leads — online, but not as much in print by Andrew Beaujon My school paper’s online version is … More The differences in print and online journalism
Sometimes I feel unbearably awkward. I don’t hate people… I’m not even always bad with people. I do, however, have some pretty intense anxiety about new people and situations. Today when my coworker asked me if I was comfortable making so calls, I said yes. Inside I had a mini panic attack. One of my … More An Awkward Girl’s Guide to Business Calls
The journalist’s job is to be invisible and, in that way, to see on behalf of everyone else. We perform our most vital role when the stakes are high, even to the level of life and death. Our duty is to test the tough question, the one at the very heart of a given story, … More Journalism ethics and the subway photo conundrum
I’ve recently undertaken the task of creating a series of teaching games in Interactive Fiction to help train new journalists. It all started as a term project, where I created the first one. I took on the idea of interviewing first. You can play my game here. Next semester I plan on improving this game … More Teaching journalism through Interactive Fiction
For a new author, we want to avoid anything that might cause a reader to put a book down and decide, ‘not for me,’ ” Ms. Sowards says. “When we think a book will appeal to male readers, we want everything about the book to say that—the cover, the copy and, yes, the author’s name. … More Is writing still a man’s world?
Social media is about more than just promoting companies in the modern world. At it’s best, social media is about creating and encouraging community through creative content that both entertains and educates. Even though so much of social media has become a pay-to-play space, organic engagement sparked by creativity and mission-driven strategy is an exciting … More Social Media
Today, it’s de rigueur for major publishers to print both hardcover and paperback books. And of course, there’s a new “pocket book” transforming reading habits, the e-book. Now that Amazon—and the other online booksellers who followed—have untethered e-books from computers by offering inexpensive e-readers, the e-book revolution has done de Graff’s brilliant distribution scheme one … More Watch out for those paperbacks!
Sometimes I feel unbearably awkward. I don’t hate people… I’m not even always bad with people. I do, however, have some pretty intense anxiety about new people and situations. Internships are full of new people and situations. Always. I want to have a job someday, and so I need to work on that fear. I … More An Awkward Girl’s Guide to Internships
And perhaps, therein lies the true appeal of young adult literature: The stories and the genre itself represent a world of limitless potential. As a young reader, I didn’t comprehend that the opportunity to disappear into the lives and adventures of strong-willed young women represented a kind of feminist victory. I was blissfully unconcerned with … More YA fiction writer ladies for the win
By the time she began studying laser physics at Stanford, women had already broken through into the physics department, once a boys’ club. And when she applied to the space program, NASA had already made a commitment to admit women. But there were still rough spots. Speaking to reporters before the first shuttle flight, Dr. … More RIP: Dr. Sally Ride, Astronaut, Strong Woman, English Major
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