A journalist gains fame as a mystery writer

It’s about finding the time, finding an agent, and relentlessly beating the drum This week’s episode of the newsletter is about how a police reporter at a a metropolitan daily newspaper became a celebrated writer of mystery novels. For some journalists, covering crime or politics is a stepping stone to more creative work. And in […]

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Professors of The Book, students of The Smartphone

The Internet is a revolutionary tool of communication. Because of that, teachers of communication have to face up to the possibility that our models for teaching and learning are becoming less effective and relevant. Like many of my teaching colleagues, I have complained that students don’t read. Well, they do read, but in a different […]

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Selected reading to get started in digital journalism

(Aquí se encuentra una bibliografía de 131 libros gratuitos y 76 blogs sobre periodismo digital, en español.) If you are just getting started in digital journalism, or if you want to broaden your knowledge, the following books and blogs might be helpful. They have helped me. All of these writers recommend other tools and websites […]

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