April 2nd, 2009

News Links for 04.02.09

by Derek Karchner

This week’s recommended reading from your friends at Blogenberg…

  • The Huffington Post, in partnership with The Atlantic Philanthropie, is hiring ten investigative reporters.
  • Is Seth Godin right that the new software out there can help you do good design (not truly great design) yourself?
  • According to The American Journalism Review the number of reporters covering goings on in state government is rapidly declining.
  • This talk by Merlin Mann and John Gruber about building a quality blog, given at SXSW, raises some interesting thoughts about building a remarkable blog. (Consider, in particular, Mann’s “obsession times voice” formula for great writing at 7:25 and following.)
  • The classic story of Little Red Riding Hood redone. (via Anil Dash)
  • This piece suggests that economic recovery should focus more than it does on reinventing urban areas.
  • All of Gary Vaynerchuk’s decisions were wrong.

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