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Twitter
Twitter acquiring newsletter publishing company Revue
Axios - Sara Fischer
Twitter on Tuesday said it has acquired Revue, a newsletter platform for writers and publishers. Why it matters: The deal marks Twitter's first step …
19 hours ago
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Women of Color
Why Cicely Tyson Waited Until She Was 96 To Write Her First Book
Bustle - Lily Herman
"People wanted to know all about my personal life, and I said, 'That has nothing to do with my acting.'" In Bustle’s Q&A series 28, successful women …
10 hours ago
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Lifehacks
How to Successfully Pitch Your Idea to an Editor
Lifehacker - Meghan Moravcik Walbert
Over the course of my career, from my newspaper reporting days to my freelance writing days, I have pitched a lot of stories. In my role as writer …
5 days ago
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Writing
Who did this? How the passive voice hides the subject of your sentence - PR Daily
prdaily.com - By Lauren Beehler
Listed among George Orwell’s “swindles and perversions” of writing, it’s important to recognize when you use passive voice and consider if it’s the …
Jan 18
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U.S. Politics
Trump's Hometown Newspaper Has People Giggling Over Its Silly Impeachment Headline
HuffPost - Josephine Harvey
The Queens Daily Eagle wrote about the troubles of "a Queens-born real estate developer" down there in Washington, D.C. The Queens Daily Eagle, a New York City newspaper, managed to find the local angle...
Jan 14