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The Content Standard by Skyword
As a writer who makes a living selling her services online, I always assumed I had to market myself via written word in any way possible — especially on my own website.
But a few months ago, I was interviewing one of my fellow freelance writers for a story — and when I asked for a URL of one to link back to her website, she didn’t have one.
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Poynter.
Sometime this evening, election night, or early tomorrow morning, hundreds if not thousands of journalists will be working on their leads. If they are smart, and most of them are, that process has already begun. With the end of the race in doubt, writers will be immersed in a process we call “rehearsal.”
Among other benefits, rehearsal offers an antidote to procrastination. You may be gazing at the ceiling, but, believe me, thinking is working.
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Business 2 Community
The number of freelancers listing services on labor platforms is constantly expanding. According to a recent report by JP Morgan, “4.2 percent of adults had ever participated in the Online Platform Economy in September 2015 — a 47-fold growth since October 2012.” So, it is more important than ever to ensure your freelancer profile stands out — in the right ways — to employers.
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The Washington Post
One thing is certain in the presumptive era of President Donal Trump. Journalists are going to have to be better — stronger, more courageous, stiffer-spined — than they’ve ever been.
Trump made hatred of the media the centerpiece of his campaign. Journalists were just cogs in a corporate machine, part of the rigged system. If many Americans distrusted us in the past, they came to actively hate us.
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Mashable
The modern newsroom is facing growing challenges for how to cover conflicts around the world.
With word of a new coup or unrest, news bureaus often have to scramble to send their field reporters to cover the action — and in some cases, by the time they get boots on the ground the presiding government may have shut down the communications infrastructure, making it difficult to broadcast or upload footage without a satellite connection.
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Creative Review
As a creative, your success depends on your personal brand. You may very well have the skills to get the job done, but without effective branding, clients won’t trust you.
Develop a personal brand that stands out, become familiar with the client’s needs and set yourself apart from the competition.
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The WRITER
When I worked as an editor at a greeting card company, my boss said, “Boredom isn’t a bad thing. It inspires creativity.”
Boredom and loneliness are the reasons I became a writer.
As a child, I often rode my bike to the Northeast Regional Library in Philadelphia and piled books into a purple, flowered basket. Inside those books were friends who placated me for my dearth of real friends.
Boredom drove me to our kitchen table with pen and paper one evening when I was 10, where I wrote my first short story about a horse that died.
My mom’s enthusiasm for the story clinched my decision to become a writer.
But too much boredom or loneliness can also stop creativity cold.
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