Something I missed when Romensko posted it last month: Washington Post guidelines for sourcing, quotes, datelines, etc. For kicks I did a Microsoft Word word count: it weighs in at 3,500-plus. Oughta be something in the Guild contract protecting members…
Author: tom
That pesky survival question
Vin Crosbie outlines all the stuff newspapers must do to survive in the next 20 years. His contention is that the one-size-fits all model of newspapering is done for, that newspapers must be zoned by interest and specialized to suit…
Got any Elvis in ya?
Newsdesigner says Dan Rather and Molly Ivins are channeling Mojo Nixon. Hey, there are worse things you could do.
You call this freedom?
Jen over at Nonsense Verse says keepin’ it real ain’t really an option anymore, at least not on her blog. It was all well and good to be all deep-down and true when nobody was paying any attention. These days…
This is too fun
Biblical curse generator. (Link via Maud.)
Nice online dictionary
And it’s all free. (Link via The Olive Press.)
If your job sucks, quit
That’s what Mme. Paquin did. What was supposed to be 20 hours a week picking up some extra dough on some paper’s copy desk turned into a migraine-inducing trainwreck. She stuck it out for most of a year, which sounds…
Rule No. 1: Don’t be a fucking moron
I can’t imagine what the excuse was for an editor changing “pro-life” to “anti-abortion” in an opera review that had nothing to do with abortion, but whoever you are, well: Thanks for all your help. Seems like every other day…
Blogs are ruining her life
Whitney Pastorek on life among the NYC 20something blogger elite. Enough to make you turn off your computer. (Note to any lurking assigning editors: hire Whitney now so she can be freed from this hellish existence. The rest of you:…
On giving up
Nicole Stockdale, who’s been blogging up a storm of late, linked to a blogger who’s calling it quits. The guy’s complaint is that blogging takes too much time to do well — a reasonable point — but also gets into…