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How do you make headlines click friendly (and avoid link bait)? 14 Aug 2013 | 08:46 pm
If you want more people to read your online stuff (who doesn’t?), you’ve got a needle in the haystack problem. Good headlines can turn that needle into a golden goose, bringing traffic in the short- a...
WaPost plus Bezos = A dash of hope 6 Aug 2013 | 08:37 am
If there was any doubt that we are living in a new gilded age, today’s news about the sale of the Washington Post to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos should put it to rest. Instead of industrial mechanizati...
Doing Cable News Interviews Well 29 Jul 2013 | 06:05 am
These aren’t “how to’s” per se but they are each an example of effective interview skills on the part of the television expert: Sen. Elizabeth Warren on CNBC and author Dr. Reza Aslan on FOX. Why do ...
A Sampling Of Twitter Vitriol 29 Jul 2013 | 01:41 am
[updated 6:08 pm] It’s been years since I moderated the U.S. politics forums at About.com. And I don’t spend a lot of time on general interest (read newspaper) websites in the comments sections. So I’...
Twitter responds to complaints, will make it easier to report abusive tweets 28 Jul 2013 | 10:54 am
There’s been a firestorm on the other side of the Atlantic as men in the UK and around the world have exhibited misogyny and typed language peppered with sexual violence — all directed towards a femin...
Why Twitter Hashtags Are The Best Things Since Sliced Bread 27 Jul 2013 | 06:21 am
The # (pound) symbol is called a hashtag and is used to mark keywords or topics in a tweet. It was created by Twitter users as a way to categorize messages and then adopted by Twitter and third-party ...
Headline Peril: Remember, It’s In Your RSS Feed (And All That This Means) 27 Jul 2013 | 02:10 am
We’ve all done it at least once: hit “publish” before noticing an errant letter (or word) in a post headline. Today it happened at the Washington Post, and Alex Howard noticed it. Best Autocorrect T...
Traditional media ignored Texas abortion filibuster 28 Jun 2013 | 05:03 pm
UPDATED: In May, Texas Governor Rick Perry (R) added sweeping anti-abortion legislation to the agenda of a special session. The bills had been blocked during the regular session; in the special sessio...
Six Weeks of Writing: Clarion West Write-A-Thon 24 Jun 2013 | 11:16 am
From now until August 2, I’m writing every day in support of the Clarion West Writer’s Workshop. Although short fiction is the workshop focus, I’m writing non-fiction. Clarion West was founded in 197...
Buy A TV or Computer Monitor? 12 Jun 2013 | 04:20 am
Mike wants a Big Monitor to hook up to his laptop docking station. The question is this: buy a HDTV or a computer monitor? There is no comparison when it comes to cost — the TV monitor is lot less moo...
