This post originally appeared on the Oregon News Incubator blog. Wednesday on NPR’s Morning Edition, media critic and New York University associate professor of journalism Jay Rosen weighed in on bias. In a nutshell, Rosen said that trying to maintain no bias — on the part of media outlets and individual journalists — might actually…
From my “Thoughtful Thursdays” series on the Oregon News Incubator blog… Wednesday on NPR’s Morning Edition, media critic and New York University associate professor of journalism Jay Rosen weighed in on bias. In a nutshell, Rosen said that trying to maintain no bias — on the part of media outlets and individual journalists — might…
From my ?Thoughtful Thursdays? series on the Oregon News Incubator blog. Now’s the time of year when many of us starting mapping out our goals for the new year — personal resolutions, sure, but mostly focused on what we want to accomplish professionally. After all, if you don’t have goals — that are clear, actionable…
From my “Thoughtful Thursdays” series on the Oregon News Incubator blog. Unless your material centers solely on secluded navel-gazing, one of the worst things you can do as a writer is to permanently hole up somewhere. Defense against isolation is one of the driving forces behind ONI’s regularly scheduled work parties, since freelancers have a…
This post originally appeared on the Oregon News Incubator blog. So it’s Thanksgiving Day — a day for giving thanks. But before you dig into your turkey and potatoes, or into your NaNoWriMo draft or article that’s due tomorrow, why not take a moment to ponder what you’re grateful for in your professional life? For…
(Cross-posted from my “thoughtful Thursdays” post today on the Oregon News Incubator site.) Do you ever feel like you’re working yourself to death? Tackling projects that are too big to fit into a sane person’s schedule, so you’re working days, nights and weekends on a regular basis? I knew someone who did that. I had…
This post originally appeared on the Oregon News Incubator blog. Given the state of our industry — magazines, newspapers and websites are still shutting down and editors and writers are still being laid off, though not quite at the same catastrophic rate as we’ve seen previously — you may be tempted to write for a…
