For today’s cornucopia of journalism tips and news, we have the esteemed Frank Bruni disclosing his writing secrets, and the “Craig” of Craig’s List talks about his new effort to support journalists and article writers.
We also get 10 tips on securing your social media sites, as well as an insight into big changes at big media outlets.
Here are five of today’s hot stories compiled into Ebyline’s Daily Dose:
New York Times’ Frank Bruni shares his tools for versatile writing
“Longtime New York Times reporter Frank Bruni doesn’t have a set beat. Instead, he skillfully wanders as a writer by exploring a variety of topics.
Take a look at Bruni’s most recent stories and you’ll see what I mean. In the past week or so, he’s written a review of a food memoir, a profile on Gayle King and a story about where to get a decent drink in Times Square. Bruni has also written two books — one about his complicated relationship with food and another about George W. Bush.
So, how did he get to be such a versatile writer?”
10 Social Media Security Considerations
“Social media security issues involve identity theft, brand hijacking, privacy issues, online reputation management, and users’ physical security. Social media provides opportunities for criminals to “friend” their potential victims, creating a false sense of trust they can use against their victims through phishing or other scams.”
Craig Newmark: CraigConnects for journalism
“It’s hard not to be curious when the man some have vilified as mortally wounding the classifieds business in newspapers gets into the business of supporting journalism.”
Magazines’ New Rules for Counting Digital Sales
“Magazines can now count iPad and other digital-edition sales toward their paid-circulation guarantees even if those digital versions don’t include the ads they carried in print, according to a new rule adopted by the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the dominant arbiter of circulation for consumer magazines and newspapers.”
AP staffers protest ‘onerous’ contract proposals
“They’re holding rallies and withholding bylines. A union release says: “The staff is protesting AP’s demands to hike health insurance premiums 50 percent or more and slash retirement benefits about 50 percent, while giving only a tiny raise.”
