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How-to: Edit for the Web

NTEN

Gerald Marzorati, Editor of The New York Times Magazine , has revealed that "contrary to conventional wisdom, it's our longest pieces that attract the most online traffic." There are at least a couple of reasons for that: It's easier to find alternate sources of information, quickly. I certainly don't. Vary your punctuation.

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Gratitude: 2016’s Word of the Year

Connection Cafe

This book explores how our brains are, truly, hardwired for good or as, Science magazine put it, “the biology and neuroscience of human prosociality.” I’d like to suggest an alternative, focused on what I am adopting as the 2016 word of the year— Gratitude. And the alternative is this. We are wired for good!

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M+R’s Guide to A More Inclusive Media Relations Approach

M+R

What is our ideal headline? A few examples include: AFRO News Capital B Hyphen Magazine Indian Country News Latino USA Native News Online TheGrio We also recommend exploring BIPOC sections and verticals in mainstream outlets, such as NBCBLK , Bloomberg Equality , NPR Code Switch and the L.A.

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