How to be a Writer by Neil Gaiman
Excellent advice from prolific author Neil Gaiman on the best way to be a writer.
The best longform journalism of 2014
A roundup of “Best of” lists for longform journalism in 2014. Longreads’ 10 most popular stories of 2014 Longform’s best of 2014 The World Post’s list of best longreads on world affairs from 2014 Eater’s 15 best longform food stories from 2014 SB Nation’s best...
Serial: “Breaking Bad radio”
When a journalist sits down to create a long-form piece, he or she already knows how the story ends. Now, the job is to make it interesting and meaningful. Then along comes Sarah Koenig, a producer at the famed This American Life radio show, who has brought a whole...
Tweets from space
The spacecraft Rosetta and its lander Philae have twitter accounts! This is a good article from Mashable about how scientists are engaging people in the mission to the comet by giving personalities to inanimate objects. Reminds me of Xinhua's Weibo account for the...
Love them or hate them, BTL comments have changed journalism forever
From The Conversation: Reader comments on article have transformed journalism into a conversation but is that conversation worth publishing? One journalists says "I’d say that enabling reader comments is the worst thing to have happened to newspapers since … since the...
How to Stop Procrastinating and Get Back to Work
How do we stop procrastinating? This podcast from Money Talking says use your guilt and fear to your advantage. "Inspiration is for amateurs." Routines are important.
The ‘Bi-literate’ Brain: The Key to Reading in a Sea of Screens
Reading online is keeping us from being able to read books, but it's fixable. How do we get bi-literate brains? Interesting podcast from New Tech City:
How Can I Best Absorb Information While Reading
when the only thing I can remember about a book is that I've read it....
The Thugs of Mainland China
Short article from the New Yorker on the link between the Hong Kong triads and mainland China.
Which Deaths Matter?
Interesting and thought-provoking article from The Atlantic about how the media covers victims of violence and disaster. What do you think about the idea of ‘worthy’ vs. ‘unworthy’ victims?