I’m 24 and have made just two appearances on TV news, so take this piece of advice as much or as little as you’d like.
But a friend was being interviewed by her local news affiliate and asked for any advice I might have.
I offered her what I thought was most important: have a sound byte [...]

I use a lot of Wordpress themes. Here are some I might like to give a go in 2010.

Social media has this stigma.
In the past six years, those brand-name behemoths of an industry that didn’t exist at this decade’s beginning have reached every corner of the developed world. When something, when anything reaches that level of prevalence, there’s going to be some backlash.
So, yes, a medium devoted to regular updates and structured around [...]

There are oodles of Wordpress themes, and I’ve gotten the chance to play with the backend of more than a few.
While I wouldn’t want anyone to go and brand on the same theme, I do like the idea of showing folks how top flight products can take hold on little more than a template. Below, [...]

Nearly two years ago, it was apparent to me that, with the explosion of Web communities, it was necessary to be everywhere online.
Lame? Yes, maybe, but your byline is your brand and all of that goodness. That’s still true, but can we agree there still room for consolidation in our Web presences?
By a rough count [...]

Anyone publishing to the Web needs to accept the importance of a catchy image, graphic or photo.
The color can spruce up a site — bringing in word-resistent readers and making something simple seem more design friendly — and affect readership.
But many average PC users out there blogging — or even those just looking to share [...]

Of course they do.
Because just like news organizations, the niche pays and the general does not.
I’m not writing this from experience, of course, because as a young freelance journalist, it’s nothing I’ve developed. But, in more than a half year, I have at least learned that any freelance writer, journalist, Web developer, grant writer or [...]

Updated: July 2, 2009 @ 11:43 p.m. with another app. Updated again: Sept. 16, 2009 @ 10:12 p.m.

The world doesn’t need another Twitter post. But, with the surging number of third-party Twitter applications and posts and stories surrounding the buzz service of the moment, I find it’s easy to get lost.
Admittedly, I’ve done my fair [...]

I have submitted a story or post of mine to Digg three times in a half-year of membership.
I readily know that I have friends who’ll swear that number is larger.
I recently pledged to work on limiting my own shameless self-promotion and, admittedly, nothing is dirtier than submitting your own work to Digg or other sites, [...]

You should be blogging, even if casually and infrequently and briefly.
I’ve already said that journalists of all stripes, anyone interested in media, research or anything in which your writing, your name and your credibility is best served defended and re-defended somewhere it can be found.
One of the best reasons to traipse into this fad — [...]