By Maureen Alley Recently Yahoo launched its Style Guide for the Web. Up until now, we’ve relied on our print style guides and adapted them to our Web presence. Oftentimes, the print writing style doesn’t apply to the … read more
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By Howard Rauch If you think you have it bad when it comes to editorial ethics intrusions, you are not alone. Here are two examples submitted to ASBPE’s ethics committee. The first deals with an association publication where … read more
By Maureen Alley I am excited to join ASBPE as the new blog chairman – taking over for Tonie Auer. Tonie has driven this blog to where it is today. She has recruited industry heavy-hitters to write on … read more
By Tonie Auer Since our first blog post on Dec. 13, 2007, by former ASBPE President Steven Roll, to Maureen Alley’s post about being productive, this blog has seen a lot. We’ve seen ups and downs in the … read more
By Tonie Auer Finally, there is some good news to report. MinOnline shared it with us earlier this month when they told us that: Trade publishers are starting to see the bottom of a marked decline in their … read more
By Steven Roll It seemed like only yesterday that we were adjusting the coverage of news pieces depending on whether it was for a daily, weekly, or monthly publication. But as Meister Media Worldwide’s Jim Sulecki pointed out … read more
By Maureen Alley I’ve been working as a freelancer from home for the last few months. Prior, I worked in the traditional cubical office space that many of you work in. I was used to the scheduled 8-to-5 … read more
No, I promise it isn’t that kind of a joke. However, this is some journalism-related humor to make you smile today. Crash Blossoms features headlines gone wrong. Some recent favorites the site has posted: Irish priest makes history … read more
By Maureen Alley How do you operate your online news feed? Do you repurpose what you find in your Lexis-Nexis file? Please say no. If you don’t write your own news for your site, tell me, why would … read more
