As someone who has been watching the publishing world try to figure out how to take advantage of the digital revolution, I couldn’t wait to see the much anticipated The Daily for iPad. I wondered if I would care more about it than I do the magazines on Zinio. Because here’s my deal with the [...]
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5 Things That Make The Daily for iPad Rock
Posted: February 6, 2011 in Articles, magazines, publishingTags: Apple, Facebook, Flipboard, Graphic design, iPad, Magazine, Rupert Murdoch, Super Bowl, The Daily, Twitter, Zinio
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Everyone Has A Voice — Find Yours!
Posted: September 28, 2010 in Articles, For WritersTags: Jennifer Aniston, Writing
I know one way to guarantee failure in writing a good story: It’s by not writing it. Writers and would-be writers often say “I can’t write,” or “I don’t have anything good to say,” or “My grammar sucks.” Writing is not about great grammar. Often, it’s not about a great event. It’s about telling it, [...]
How To Fix Last-Minute Publishing Uglies
Posted: September 14, 2010 in Articles, For EditorsTags: Design, ESPN The Magazine, Men's Health, Time
Today was a rough day in the office. Not rough compared to high-pressure environments with screaming bosses and slamming doors, but rough in the sense that we were almost there — and then we just weren’t. We were supposed to send all our files to the printer today. We were pretty close to sending most [...]
How To Achieve Mediocrity In Writing, Installment #3
Posted: September 7, 2010 in Articles, For WritersTags: Writing
One of the greatest ways to make a story, article or blog post miserable to read is to ramble. Maintain absolutely no focus throughout the writing, and instead spend your time making sure that your article is the longest it can be. I got a phone call like this earlier today at work. This woman [...]
4 Things Every Editor’s Note Should Have
Posted: September 3, 2010 in Articles, For EditorsTags: Andy Corty, Editing, Editors, Florida Trend, Magazine, Mark Howard, Publishing
In my very short period of time officially reviewing magazines for The Sidebar Review, I’ve noticed how strongly I felt about something and didn’t even realize it. I run across really great editor’s notes in magazines — and then I run across the ones that lack the personality, insight and appeal that editor’s notes should [...]
How To Achieve Mediocrity In Writing, Installment #2
Posted: September 1, 2010 in Articles, For WritersTags: storytelling, Writing
One often-overlooked way to botch telling a story is to … forget to tell the story. “Just the facts, ma’am,” is a fun little phrase and surely has some excellent uses. But too often, articles focus so much on the facts that they miss the human side of the story. These are a few things [...]
How to Achieve Mediocrity in Writing, Installment #1
Posted: August 20, 2010 in Articles, For WritersTags: interviewing, story depth, Writing
An excellent way to ensure your story is not nearly as strong as it could be is to conduct your interviews by e-mail. You never know what story or information a source might have or be willing to share. Unfortunately, I see too many writers composing a list of questions, firing it off by e-mail [...]
When writing an article for a magazine or newspaper, keep in mind the reader — and thus the editor it must go through first. An editor’s primary responsibility is to manage the tone of the publication and make sure its readers are engaged. Handling that duty often entails cutting numerous words out of an article, [...]
Shorter, faster, bolder — that is the mantra of today’s editor. For years we’ve heard that people’s attention spans are shrinking, but now consumers want their information as quick and compact as a Tweet. Would you have ever thought that 140-character microblogging would be popular? As an editor, you have to find the reader’s attention and catch it, trap [...]
