June 2011
40 posts
Anonymous asked: What's the best thing about your job?
On golden birthdays
It was the spring of our freshman year in high school.
It’s my golden birthday, said my friend. It’s the 15th of March, and I’m turning 15!
That won’t happen to me, I said, for, like, EVER.
Anonymous asked: What is your typical day like as a senior editor?
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On the trouble with interviews
Today in British journalism: everyone’s been going mental after it was revealed that Johann Hari, a leading interviewer (whose work I have often admired) has included quotes in his interviews that he’s extracted from other places - without citing their sources.
Writing interview-based pieces is one of my favourite things to do. They’re an opportunity to meet extraordinary people...
Anonymous asked: What computer skills/programs do you need to know if to be a journalist? What is CMS and SEO?
MRI of an artichoke
wildfood:
via Inside Insides
Not really wild, but super cool…
Automatic MRI reblog.
Anonymous asked: What separates an average writer from an excellent writer?
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On things I like this week
Liquid Eyeliner | Last week my therapist and I discussed my thirtieth birthday and the creeping anxiety that’s accompanied its approach.
I think, I said, it’s because for most of my twenties I’ve felt like I must achieve things in my twenties because then they will be more impressive. For example, now I’ll never publish a novel before I’m 30. Unless I finish it in...
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Anonymous asked: Who are your favourite journalists?
“Dear Adrian Thank you for your email asking if I’m ever coming back home....”
– Annie and the Little Pinch of Salt: Thank You So Much for Thinking of Me
(read on, it’s worth it)
“You can’t have a penguin, because they live here at the zoo.”
– A mum to her screaming child, today at London Zoo.
Anonymous asked: What do you think is the future of book publishing?
Do you have a preference between books and ebooks?
Do you have a preference between books and ebooks?
Anonymous asked: How can I get a job as a journalist/editorial assistant?
“‘Sometimes the grandstands seem over-run by tattoos and bare flesh. It’s...”
– Oh wait, there’s more!
“A quick glance across the terraces reveals a sea of flesh and unsightly tattoos...”
– Where else?
Anonymous asked: What is communications theory? And how might it be applied to CBS's coverage of the 1994 women's figure skating championship?
Anonymous asked: What's your favourite book?
Who is your favourite author?
What are you currently reading?
Who is your favourite author?
What are you currently reading?
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On this week's endorsements
Scottish inventors.
BT: How are you feeling?
JHE: Much better! Thank goodness for penicillin.
BT: You should be grateful to Alexander Fleming. He is one of your people.
JHE: Which of my people? Scottish or Jewish?
BT: Jean! His name is Alexander Fleming!
JHE: What? He could have changed his name! It’s common!
BT: Alexander Flemingstein? No.
The National, ‘Afraid of...
On a curious satisfaction
Yesterday I went to the doctor. It was the first time I’ve gone to the doctor for an ailment (as opposed to a routine test/prescription refill) in well over a year, because the NHS has taught me that there’s not much point in going to the doctor for an average ailment. Unless it is a really really serious ailment, they generally tell you to go home and drink a lot of fluids, because...
“This is not about judging him as a husband—really, we know too much about his...”
– Close Read: Weiner and His Wife : The New Yorker
Bingo.
“I have lived in Toronto my whole life and I don’t know Montreal very well. I...”
– Why having fun in Toronto is, well, work | OpenFile
Basically correct. (via michelledean)
On things I'm currently endorsing
Taking the bus. My secondhand bike is officially too dangerous to ride and I am almost but not quite eligible to get a new one through my office’s Cycle To Work scheme. So I’ve been taking the bus and finding it very pleasant: fewer elbows than the Tube, fewer near-death moments than cycling. Lots more time to read. Better people-watching and eavesdropping. | Top tip: pay for the...
dailykayla asked: Yesterday you mentioned making cakes in microwaves. As someone who is deathly afraid of her current gas oven, I am very interested in this. Do tell. (I hope it was not a joke...I'm looking forward to microwaved cakes!) :)
Anonymous asked: How long does it take to get over a break-up? Can you give me the answer in exact years, months, weeks, days, and minutes... please?
Thanks.
Thanks.
great-expectations asked: Why do new books tend to get released as a Hard back instead of a paperback? Do people actually prefer Hard backs?
