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Archive for July, 2009
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Is Wikipedia a trustworthy source?
If you’ve searched for information online, then you’ve surely come across Wikipedia. It’s user generated and regulated — meaning anyone can edit the information. And information can be found on a broad range of topics from diseases to celebrities …
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Maintaining motivation
I love my work. I make no secret about it, but even in loving my work, I struggle to stay motivated 100 percent of the time. As I’ve written in this blog before, external things like deadlines can keep me …
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Connecting with sources
As we talked about last week, interviews are a time to do much more listening than talking. However, you will always have sources that you connect with more than others. Sometimes it’s commonalities. Sometimes it’s from sources coming back at …
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Interviews are times to listen — mostly
A big part of being a journalist is conducting interviews. Being a copywriter involves meetings, which are similar in some respects to interviews. For both situations, listening is vital.
A stereotypical writer is a person who is quiet and shy. …
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Maintaining a professional home office
I enjoy working from a home office — most days. However, that’s now. When I first started freelancing full-time from home, I had a few obstacles to overcome. I needed a space where I could be organized and do my …