Looking for our blog? The bad news is, it’s gone. The good news is, it’s been replaced by this much better resource section. We’ve retained the best parts of the blog and added practical support. You’ll find resources for editing blog content, collaborating with news publishers, implementing a style guide, and more. Let us know if you’d like us to add anything.
Reference
| 20 apps for editors of blogs and news websites |
Punctuation marks and symbols for editors |
Spelling of Internet-related terms |
| With blog teams decentralized and the publishing process faster than ever, editors need flexible tools to perform their job efficiently. Here are the best free web applications for editors. We look at Firefox, office, calendar, time-tracking, and instant messaging tools. |
Most editors of blogs and news websites don’t need to refer to many characters or symbols in their work. So, we’ve listed the most common ones here in a handy table. It’s broken down by character, name, description of usage, and HTML entity. |
If you edit for a blog that covers web-related news, you may find that your dictionary is missing quite a few industry-specific words and terms. So, we’ve compiled a list of many of them here. Use it as a reference or add it to your house style guide. We’ll continue to update it. |
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Style
| Choosing a style guide: 15 for blogs and news websites |
Style guide for web-related blogs and news publishers |
Some subtle writing mistakes |
| Ready to choose a style guide for your news website or blog? Here’s a rundown of the best and most popular ones, several of which are freely available online. You’ll find style guides from Reuters, New York Times, BBC, the Times, Associated Press, and more. |
How should you present HTML code in a tutorial? Is it jpg or JPG? How do you link to multiple sources when you don’t have enough words to anchor? We were wondering, too. Stay tuned for our style guide on web-related topics, for blogs and news publishers. It’s not ready yet, but almost. |
Finding general tips on writing is easy enough. But if you’ve got the basics down and want to refine your skill by eliminating common, but not so obvious, writing weaknesses, then here is a list of some subtle mistakes. |
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Opinion
| Can editing be crowdsourced? |
No money in online journalism? Patience. |
Does editing make reporters less vigilant? |
| The prospect of crowdsourced editing appeals to many bloggers. But will this technology that allows readers to fix errors be widely adopted? What implications does it have for the editorial process, and how would it change the nature of blogs? |
Declining revenue in the news industry is spooking a lot of people, especially publishers themselves. But the Internet is still relatively young, and declaring it unsuitable as a medium for news is short-sighted. |
If “Letters to the Editor” are any indication, errors are appearing more frequently on the pages of major news publications. Are shrinking budgets for copy-editors the reason? Are reporters getting lazier? Or both? |
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