Subscribers Login
You are not logged in.-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- Alison Knopf on What’s a Newsletter Today?
Archives
Categories
Meta
Tag Archives: The Wall Street Journal
Senate Press Gallery Rules SCOTUSblog Isn’t Eligible for a Press Pass
It’s been more than three decades since newsletters won the right to — sometimes — get the passes needed to cover Congress. But the battle between old media, such as newspapers and wire services — and new media, i.e., specialty...
Posted in Freedom of Information, Publishing Strategies, Web
Tagged Amy Howe, Colby Itkowitz, Lyle Denniston, press pass, SCOTUSblog, Siobhan Hughes, Standing Committee of Correspondents, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post
Comments Off on Senate Press Gallery Rules SCOTUSblog Isn’t Eligible for a Press Pass
Time to Put Your Writing on a Diet?
"I learned more about writing when I worked for BusinessWeek than anywhere else, because when you write for a weekly, you try to pack as much into limited space as you can," says Rick Dunham, Washington bureau chief of the Houston Chronicle.
That's equally true about writing for newsletters. Readers want short, to-the-point information they can put to use, not long, academic dissertations.
There are solid reasons to write tight, Dunham says. They include:
Posted in Writing
Tagged BusinessWeek, Houston Chronicle, news, newsletters, plain english, Rick Dunham, Roy Peter Clark, Strunk & White, The Wall Street Journal, writing
Comments Off on Time to Put Your Writing on a Diet?