My Five Easy Questions interview feature will return next week, but in the meantime, I'm reprinting the best writing advice I've collected at The Publishing Spot...
A few weeks ago, we spent time with Corynne Steindler, the editor of Jossip.com, the gossip blog with an estimated one million unique page views every month.
"You know, there are always people who will oppose a cultural shift or a regime change, especially if it means some 23 year old with a lap top and a mug of coffee sitting on their couch is being allowed the same type of access to expression and audience as a Op/Ed columnists who worked for 25 years before getting that column. But I think there are just as many journalists who "get" blogs, who really encourage and applaud their place in current culture.
"I guess it depends on what career I end up pursuing … it can be scary challenging important people at well respected publications I may someday want to work or write for.
"Then again, most media influentials today came from a place of reactionary writing that challenged the powerful institutions of their time … so, you never know. I just keep my bartenders' guide close by and remind myself I'm lucky enough to have parents who will always let me move back home."
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