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Are you #PositivelySocial?

It seems that lately all you see on the internet are heated, hateful diatribes about everything from Olympic coverage to chicken sandwiches. (And let's not…

IZEAAugust 14, 2012

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Is “backpack journalism” really worth it?

Backpack journalism, which refers to reporters shooting photos and video and editing them with all the tools in their “backpack,” began more than a decade…

IZEAAugust 14, 2012

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Ted's Take on the FTC Guidelines

IZEA CEO Ted Murphy has a new byline featured in MediaPost.com’s Marketing Daily section. Ted’s blog post discusses the FTC guidelines regarding the disclosure of…

IZEAAugust 13, 2012

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Journalism Innovation Looks Like This

We're milking our recent poll with Editor & Publisher while we can. Previously we looked at what editors had to say about how their own…

IZEAAugust 9, 2012

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Editors to freelancers: About that raise you were expecting…

The pay stinks but at least there's plenty of it. Freelance writers shouldn’t bank on rates increasing anytime soon and may actually see their pay,…

IZEAAugust 9, 2012

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The Atavist’s Evan Ratliff on founding a digital publishing agency

You may or may not have heard of The Atavist. The publishing agency opened for business in early 2011, and has since reportedly landed $1.5…

IZEAAugust 7, 2012

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America’s editors: story still rules but social, audience and revenue loom

Don't believe the cri de coeur you're hearing from American newsrooms that posting to Facebook has replaced creating the story that's being posted in the…

IZEAAugust 6, 2012

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July Birthdays and Anniversaries

We have a number of IZEA-versaries this month. Rhia Buenaventura, Sr. Account Manager, and Jaimie Sprenkle, Solution Sales Manager, both celebrated two years with us.…

IZEAAugust 2, 2012

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Sensationalist headlines: Gone too far?

Nowadays you can’t click on a website without spotting sensationalist headlines. “Fireman saves cat stuck in tree! Whole town cheers.” While sensationalism has always been…

IZEAAugust 2, 2012

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Newspaper Paywalls Accelerating

It's the year of the paywall: American newspapers have committed, for better or worse, to making readers pay for the news online, after years of…

IZEAJuly 30, 2012

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