The return of Spare Rib
Legendary feminist magazine Spare Rib is set for a comeback as journalist Charlotte Raven looks to set up a website and a glossy magazine focusing on life rather than lifestyle.
The churning point
Head of Content Strategy turns a hand to buttering up the readers.
Are you being churned? The wholesale use of press releases being used unedited by newspapers and websites is being challenged by a new tool in the US called Churnalism from the SunLight Foundation which follows the introduction some while back of a similar website in the UK, www.churnalism.com.
All the world’s an infographic
Goodreads have come up with a great infographic to celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday, giving some intriguing reading recommendations for the plays. You can find it at www.goodreads.com
Big names switch to self-publishing
Playwright David Mamet is the latest big-name writer to turn to self-publishing.
Tools to transcribe interviews
Transcribing hours of recorded interviews has always been a pain but galleycat points out that the free Transcribe for Chrome can be a big help and works offline so you don’t need to have an internet connection.
Journalist scores deals for football game fixing book and film
Journalist Brett Forrest has signed a deal to write a book about football match fixing around the world and has also optioned the film rights.
My WordPress feature in UK Press Gazette
I have just had an article about 10 years of WordPress and the growing importance of WP for journalists published in the digital edition of UK Press Gazette. You can read it at http://viewer.zmags.com
Why the Kindle could be the new newspaper
The recently released Amazon Send to Kindle application and plug-in for WordPress could open up massive new markets for journalists, bloggers and publishers.