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March 2006 - Posts

Friday, March 31, 2006 3:54 PM

St. Pete Times needs sports freelancers

This just arrived from former Freelance Committee co-chair, Dawn Reiss.St. Petersburg Times is looking for free-lance sports reporters. We need competent journalists who can cover high school games and other sporting events (including bowling and road
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Thursday, March 30, 2006 6:48 AM

Breaking news: Jill Carroll is released

The Washington Post is reporting this morning that kidnappers have released 28-year-old American freelance journalist, Jill Carroll.
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Thursday, March 23, 2006 4:14 PM

Northwest Writers Workshop/Poynter conference

Posted by: Steve DunkelbergerSince I'm freshly back from the Northwest Writers Workshop/Poynter conference in Portland last weekend, i should share a bit of that experience.I have long complained that many of these writers conferences have sessions
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Thursday, March 23, 2006 9:15 AM

Freelance photographers needed

Educational Testing Services is in need of freelance photographers to cover seminars, events, etc. It pays $30 per image. If you're interested, send an e-mail to Constance Tsai at ctsai@ets.org. Make sure you put TOEIC photos in the subject line.
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Tuesday, March 21, 2006 4:02 PM

Script writer needed

If you have a science or technology background and would like to tackle writing a script for a major nonprofit event, send me an e-mail with your revelant experience, contact info and one sentence reason for your interest in the job.The National Inventors
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Tuesday, March 21, 2006 11:24 AM

Advertorial in The Atlantic?

Can it be???? From an e-mail received today.The Atlantic is considering an advertorial on the issue of corporate social responsibility, and would benefit greatly from your feedback. Your input, together with that of other panelists, will likely guide
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Monday, March 20, 2006 5:02 PM

Chicago Freelancers: SPJ needs you!

I need the help of some Chicago area freelancers to help me organize a happy hour and some speakers for our panels. If you're able and willing, I'd love to hear from you ASAP. I'm particularly looking for some great, dynamic editors who will meet and
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Monday, March 20, 2006 12:12 PM

Survey for national conference

I've recently received notice from HQ on our programs for the national convention. I'm going to start soliciting panelists in the next few weeks. FYI, if you plan to be in Chicago Aug. 24-26, let me know. In the interest of full disclosure: there are
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Monday, March 20, 2006 12:36 AM

Northwest Writers workshop

Posted by Steve Dunkelberger:I just got back from the Northwest Writers Workshop in Portland, Ore. and found it to finally be a good balance between tips for young writers and those of us who have been around a while and need a bit more than journalism
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Friday, March 17, 2006 2:36 PM

Back in action

Well, all, I've been horribly absent on these pages for the past couple of weeks. Apologies for letting it lie but deadlines bred the need to "unplug." I just finished writing a book manuscript on chronic pain and the only it was going to get finished
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Wednesday, March 15, 2006 5:04 PM

TRD101: The One

TRD101: The Oneby Michael MaynardMarch 15, 2006Now that the Oscars are over, and as of tomorrow morning, you’ll have turned in your “for entertainment purposes only” NCAA college basketball March Madness brackets picks, the collective odds-making
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Tuesday, March 07, 2006 1:43 PM

"Spunk & Bite"

Poynter columnist Chip Scanlon has a great column about a new book by Arthur Plotnik called “Spunk & Bite: A Writer's Guide to Punchier, More Engaging Language and Style.”One of the challenges of being a freelance writer is convincing well-meaning
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Tuesday, March 07, 2006 7:49 AM

TRD 101: Damage Done

TRD101: Damageby Michael MaynardMarch 6, 2006“We all damaged”. That line was spoken by The West Wing’s Jimmy Smits’ character, Representative Matthew Santos, in the speech Santos gave at the fictional Democratic convention, to win the Presidential
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Monday, March 06, 2006 1:58 PM

Partnering for the greater good?

Instapundit Glenn Reynolds has a new book out called, “An Army of Davids: How Markets and Technology Empower Ordinary People to Beat Big Media, Big Government and Other Goliaths.”Here’s an excerpt from a review in the Philadelphia Inquirer.If Big
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Saturday, March 04, 2006 9:33 AM

Musings on writing a column

Writing a column is the prose form of haiku. You have a limited number of words, usually 600 to 1,000, to make your case and your points. Each word in the column is precious and deliberate. It takes a skilled word craftsman to write 2-3 columns per
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Friday, March 03, 2006 2:49 PM

TRD101: Noses are like opinions

TRD101: Noses are Like Opinions by Michael MaynardEven though my home town newspaper, The North Adams Transcript, was not huge in size or circulation, it did have one very good section: the op-ed page. The Transcript picked up in syndication the works
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Thursday, March 02, 2006 11:02 AM

Freelancers can make blogs work for them

Here's an interesting piece from Prezz Gazette in UK on blogging. I've had a blog since March 2004 and it's been helpful in experimenting with writing styles, storing or playing with ideas and highlighting recent work.Freelance journalists can use
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Wednesday, March 01, 2006 2:16 PM

10 big myths about copyright...

...explained here.
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Wednesday, March 01, 2006 1:57 PM

Freelancers must register for Clinton speech in advance

Folks, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) convention has announced that former President Bill Clinton will delivery the plenary address at BIO 2006 in Chicago, the world's largest biotech convention.If you're a freelancer (or college publication
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Wednesday, March 01, 2006 8:34 AM

TRD101: Incompetent Is as ........................

TRD101: Incompetent is as ....................I've spent 20+ years as a management consultant. I have had the privilege to meet or deal with some of the very best CEO's and senior executives in a variety of companies: from startups to Fortune 100 conglomerates.
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Wednesday, March 01, 2006 7:47 AM

TRD101 - The pursuit of .................?

TRD101: The Pursuit of ......?Will someone please explain to me how the current health care system helps promote “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness”? Those who can’t afford or can’t get health insurance only seek treatment when they absolutely
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Wednesday, March 01, 2006 7:36 AM

TRD101 - IMNSHO

IMNSHO (It's My New Show)There's no shortage of blogs already. Why create another?Egotism - the belief that I have something new and different to say. It's not myso humble opinions that will be written here.I've written columns before, most recently for
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