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With millions of users, social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn have become vital information resources for reporters and writers. In this webinar, Barbara Gray will teach you how to do research, get background for your stories, and find experts and others (including those who don't want to be found) using the latest social media resources and techniques. Barbara Gray is an associate professor and chief librarian at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School of Journalism, where she teaches research methods. She is the former director of news research at The New York Times, where she is still a research consultant. Gray holds a master's degree in library and information science from Long Island University's Palmer School, and a Master of Arts in liberal studies from the CUNY Graduate Center. She is writing a biography of 19th-century criminal Sophie Lyons.
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ASJA
 Christine Adamo said, "I started writing and redesigning resumes 15 years ago, hoping to ditch a dead-end job and find something (read: anything) better suited to my talents and personality. What I wound up with was 15 versions of my own Resume-cum-Bio-cum-Curriculum Vitae. And, while a lot's changed since then, one thing hasn't." People desperate to ditch their own cubicle-laden pasts keep calling.
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The New York Times
One most often hears about the spur of self-hatred in stand-up comics, but writers do seem to be another high-risk group for this diagnosis, made most famously by George Orwell in his essay "Why I Write" (1946). Orwell indicates a clear awareness that self-loathing and self-love are locked in a tight, procreative embrace. The first writerly motivation he cites is "Sheer egoism. Desire to seem clever, to be talked about, to be remembered after death, to get your own back on the grown-ups who snubbed you in childhood, etc., etc."
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CNN
Some of the country's biggest news organizations are banding together on a new test of news-gathering drones.
ABC, NBC, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Associated Press and Reuters are among the 15 outlets that are on board for the research effort.
The tests will take place in Virginia in a partnership with Virginia Tech.
The announcement shows how eager journalists are to get more drones in the air.
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Good E-Reader
Once upon a time, the process of landing a book deal started with mailing sample pages of your manuscript to literary agents, hoping one of them liked your writing enough to be willing to represent you. When everything shifted to computers, that process didn’t change much (except now you email those pages). For clarification, perhaps it should be said that for most authors that process still hasn’t changed. Typically, the literary agent is the first gatekeeper you have to pass through on your way to being a published author.
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news-press
The old adage, “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” seems to have lost its power in the brave new era of self-publishing, where many potential readers make their decisions about books based upon quick glances at tiny cover pictures and titles.
With so many new authors coming into the market, the overwhelming volume of offerings on book-selling websites makes them look similar to dating sites. How can new authors navigate the process from inspiration to finished product, and then what do they do with their tomes once they are published?
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CAPITAL
This viral content site drew almost 50 million unique visitors last August. What happened next will surprise you.
Upworthy, the website that made its name re-packaging heartfelt liberal content for maximum shareability on social media, is shifting its focus to the production of original content.
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Colimbia Journalism Review
Clayton Kelly wanted to break through as a blogger and expose some dirt on a politician he disliked — and as his wife told Slate, Kelly did break through, "just not the way he expected." Now, he is headed to prison after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy.
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