Category Archives: Assignment

Notes from Freelance Magazine Writing session at #spj08

Here are my session notes from the #spj08 conference in Atlanta. These notes are unfinished, but they will give you a feel for what the session speakers are telling us right now – 11:47AM on Saturday. ———————- Freelance Magazine Writing … —yes, there’s more—

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Podcamp Boston Feature – Version 2

This is the second version of the Podcamp Boston feature I prepared for a client earlier this summer. Forging Connections in New Media – the value of Podcamp Boston by Jeff Cutler Correspondent Steve Garfield couldn’t stop talking about meeting … —yes, there’s more—

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Podcamp Boston feature – Version 1

This is the first version of the Podcamp Boston feature I prepared for a client earlier this summer. Sometime over the weekend I’ll share the second version of this article. Podcamp Boston 3 – A Tech-Centric Event About Making Connections … —yes, there’s more—

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Another couple columns published

One appears at SavvyAuntie – where if you recall, I’m their uncling columnist. The other appears at Made to Order Bikes in Atlanta. I contribute to them occasionally. Enjoy both and please leave comments on the respective sites. Keep reading!

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More info and a question for readers

Just to keep you in the loop, I’ve been working on a few longer-term projects this week and didn’t think it was fair to the clients to put their work out here on public display. I have a few column … —yes, there’s more—

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It’s been insanity

Not exactly go-off-the-deep-end type of insanity, but it’s been mega busy around here. Finally have wrapped up a bunch of projects (some work for the Boston Globe, the auction booklet for Grampy’s, started recording my questions for Randy Cohen, *this … —yes, there’s more—

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Weekend Update

Not the weekend update with Gilda Radner or any of the SNL crew that you might remember. Nope, this weekend update is just to let you know that I’ve been busy doing some writing for a large newspaper and haven’t … —yes, there’s more—

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Perception as it relates to reporting

When you’re in the role of reporter, it’s sometimes difficult to keep your perceptions away from the story you’re trying to tell. I bring this up because about 1/4 of my newspaper stories are opinion pieces and I have to … —yes, there’s more—

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Social-media connections

In an interesting success story that proves that social media and its related networking IS NOT all smoke and mirrors, I’ve landed a writing gig just by making a few connections in the new-media realm. It took only a few … —yes, there’s more—

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Assignment 18

Many authors – and writers (on a tangential matter, there are many more writers than authors so I felt trapped when I started my sentence with the word authors…won’t happen again) – describe scenes using color for mood. For today’s … —yes, there’s more—

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