Live chat replay: how to make LinkedIn work for you
With more than a quarter billion people using LinkedIn, almost 100 million of them in…
February 11, 2014
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Understanding opportunities and challenges in sponsored content (Replay chat)
Shane Snow, cofounder with two friends of Contently, manages a network of 25,000 freelancers. According…
January 14, 2014
What students need to know about code and data viz
A stunning amount of data is available to journalists these days, and it is growing…
December 4, 2013
Ethics of unpaid internships
Unpaid internships have been getting a lot of attention recently, most of it unwanted, as…
November 5, 2013
How to turn hard facts into easy reading
I was recently hired by a department of the federal government to conduct a workshop…
October 31, 2013
How journalists can build their own powerful brands
Dan Schawbel, author of "Promote Yourself: The New Rules For Career Success" and  "Me 2.0"…
October 22, 2013
Have you lost that writing feeling? Is it gone, gone, gone…?
The dialogue with a stranger on a plane often goes something like this: Stranger:Â "What…
October 16, 2013
5 reasons mobile will disrupt journalism like the Internet did a decade ago
Imagine being able to rewind to the 1990s and help your news organization make key…
February 13, 2013
What’s wrong with Jonah Lehrer plagiarizing himself (at least 13 times)
Here’s why Jonah Lehrer was wrong to recycle his words and ideas in at least…
June 19, 2012
Keys to crafting an effective nut graph
Whatever you think of the nut graph, it has certainly earned a hallowed place in…
June 9, 2011
How do I make the most of a journalism job fair?
In this week's career chat, we talked with Walter Middlebrook, assistant managing editor for news…
May 31, 2011
Journalist turned author explains how to start a small book business
In this week's career chat, we talked with Jennifer Bott VanderWeele, a former business reporter…
May 24, 2011
Jim Sheeler explains how to report & write stories about life & death
The most significant stories we write in journalism and fiction are about life and death:…
May 19, 2011
Slate/France editor shares reason for publishing name of alleged rape victim in Strauss-Kahn case
This week's news about Arnold Schwarzenegger's baby has raised interesting questions about how news organizations…
May 17, 2011
‘Producer Matthew’ explains how to use Tumblr to build your brand as a journalist
In this week's career chat, we talked with Matthew Keys, a social media junkie who…
May 16, 2011
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