Category Archive: Editing & Publishing

Aug 16

Journalism warning labels. Full of win!

As many people do in this day and age of being overwhelmed by information, much of what I read online is via RSS feeds. I use Google Reader, simply because it’s central – and it syncs to my portable time-stealing device (otherwise known as a smart phone). But one of the things about Google Reader …

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May 14

New business in the offing

Yeah it’s been a while since I did any really solid, income-generating work for myself. Since “the divorce” I’ve been busy working on a business restructure and thinking of new things… and I’m almost ready to launch it. With a new website and a new design – not to mention a new focus – I’m …

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Sep 27

A brief note about misused and misspelled words

Right, the time has come for a very small blog post about misused words. It’s fine to misuse words, except that by misusing them, you’re not using them correctly (!). I’m an editor, yes, but I’m not a Words Nazi, even though in previous occupations that was what my in-house “affectionate” label was. I’m merely …

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Aug 09

The problem with monetising internet publications

News and publishing commentators are always apt to tell us – frequently – that the death of magazines and newspapers, in print, is imminent. Similarly, they like to bang on about how these same web-based publications are struggling with revenue. But, really, it’s not hard to work out why. In this recent post at The …

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Aug 03

Online publications: the issue of ‘respect’

There has always been quite a lot of palaver about the differences between online publications and printed publications. For the most part, these debates have tended to focus on specific areas: cost, environmental impact, delivery, readerships, marketing, and so on. In all of the debates there has been one key thing missing: the issue of …

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