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Email newsletter etiquette for journalists

How to insert yourself in readers’ inboxes—without annoying them

One of the disadvantages of being a freelance writer is that there's no larger platform promoting all of your work.... More

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Your first salary negotiation

Yeah, the industry is struggling. But you should still ask for more money

So you just managed to land a journalism job in what has become a seriously tough market. Congratulations! Now it's... More

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Making politics and policy news sexy

How the Texas Tribune raked in $23k from the grateful viewers of its legislative livestream

On Tuesday night, as the Texas state senate entered the final hours of a legislative special session and Sen. Wendy... More

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The freelance life, redux

10 lessons from my first year of freelancing

This month I celebrate my one-year anniversary as a full-time freelance writer. I've managed to more or less maintain the... More

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This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print

But it is one for media

Every time a media critic insists that print's not dead, he or she inadvertently ends up making the opposite case.... More

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The art of the interview

Asking the hard questions about asking the hard questions

I'm on deadline for a long feature, so I've been transcribing a lot of interviews lately. And after listening to... More

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The weekly grind

How to feed and maintain a weekly opinion column

A writer I greatly admire, Ta-Nehisi Coates, once offered this exercise in understanding what it's like to produce a weekly... More

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What to do when you get fired

A post-layoff strategy for the future-minded journalist

Last week, my declaration that this is the best moment to be working in journalism was met with some side-eye... More

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This is the best moment to be in journalism

The old stuff isn’t coming back, but that’s okay

I've spent the past two months on the conference circuit. I spoke to groups of journalists in San Francisco, Boston,... More

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Branded but ‘independent’ media

The pros and cons of trying to do real journalism at a non-media company

Jessica Bennett worked for seven years at journalistic stalwarts like The Boston Globe, the Village Voice, and Newsweek. But after... More

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Reporting on industry gossip

How Politico should have reported the “turbulence” at The New York Times

This week, Politico published a largely anonymously-sourced hit piece on New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson, charging that she... More

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The other side of reporting a tragedy

Is it possible for reporters to both do their job and be empathetic humans?

I don't have cable, so I experienced Monday's events the way I've experienced every violent American tragedy since 9/11: through... More

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What am I supposed to tweet about?

How to have fun but stay professional in 140-character bursts

Last weekend I spoke at the BU Power of Narrative conference, where a lot of accomplished longform feature writers asked... More

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What you gonna do with all that junket?

You really want to accept that free trip. Here’s how to decide whether you can do it ethically

At most news outlets, travel budgets have disappeared. This is a bummer if you're a reporter who likes to get... More

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Quotas get results

A chat with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes on tapping sources more diverse than the usual pool of white dudes

Let's face it: The conversation about diversity in journalism is mostly boring hand-wringing. With each new byline count, it's easy... More

Barack Obama: ‘those old times aren’t coming back’

“It used to be there were local newspapers everywhere. If you wanted to be a journalist, you could really make a good living working for your hometown paper”

The Guardian’s editor opens up on Reddit

Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian, answered questions in an Ask Me Anything

The (almost) lost speech of Justice Anthony Kennedy

How his insightful remarks about the Constitution inadvertently make the case for a Supreme Court “media pool”

Fox News sues TVEyes for copyright infringement

Says subscription service sells access to its content without permission nor compensation

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