Posting this hear because I actually have friends who are not on Facebook who wanted to read it….

I was 31 when my Dad died in 2004. Not too long after that my Mom noted that was about the same age she was when…

In September I started working as a local editor for Patch.com. As part of that work, I’ve been sort of a de-facto writing coach. This is one in an occasional series of writing tips I send out to our team of reporters in hopes of helping them…

In September I started working as a local editor for Patch.com. As part of that work, I’ve been sort of a defacto writing coach. This is one in an occasional series of writing tips I send out to our team of reporters in hopes of helping them produce cleaner copy for our…

Two-Minute Writing Drill: Using Census Data

I’m posting early this week because this post can easily give you half a dozen story ideas for each town you cover, and it’s details data that was released last week. This is more of a…

In September I started working as a local editor for Patch.com. As part of that work, I’ve been sort of a defacto writing coach. This is one in an occasional series of writing tips I send out to our team of reporters in hopes of helping them produce cleaner copy…