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Morgan Horton

Copywriting 101: How to Craft Compelling Copy - 0 views

  • strategically delivering words
  • ighest paid writers in the world
  • need to invest time and energy in studying the craft
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    • Morgan Horton
       
      This is an interesting concept. I've always heard people referring to writers as "just having the skills." I appreciate that this blogger understands the need to hone your craft just like any other industry. 
  • Writing Headlines That Get Results
  • 10 Ways to Write Damn Good Copy
  • The #1 Secret to Great Copy Is …
  • Most writing designed to persuade sinks or swims right out of the gate
    • Morgan Horton
       
      Great copy is the first step to engaging your audience and convincing them of your mission. You've only got a few seconds to draw them in, how do we optimize this?
  • 7 Reasons Why List Posts Will Always Work
    • Morgan Horton
       
      This is funny because I personally find myself reading list posts constantly. Why do they draw us is so much?
  • SEO copywriting is the art of writing web page copy that is appealing to human readers, but also ranks well for specific search terms that people are looking for in search engines.
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    Copywriting is one of the most essential elements of effective online marketing. This website refers you to different resources to improve your craft. The main page is a spectacular infographic regarding copywriting elements and how to build on your skills.
Angela Hensel

Infoplease: Encyclopedia, Almanac, Atlas, Biographies, Dictionary, Thesaurus. Free onli... - 0 views

    • Angela Hensel
       
      This website is very helpful for fact-checking and calculating pretty much anything you can think of.
    • Angela Hensel
       
      Good variety of tabs up at the top.  Seems like there are a wide range of areas you can look up information in
    • Angela Hensel
       
      Most of the tools they have here have to do with math, but I also really like the spelling check and place finder tools
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    • Angela Hensel
       
      I like that they have biographies of numerous people on here, really helpful if you need more information on a person or just want to double check your facts
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    This website provides numerous tools to help journalists make sure they get the facts right.  I really liked this website because it had almost every resource I could think of in one spot.
Angela Hensel

FOI Center for Resources | FOI Freedom of Information Request | NFOIC - 0 views

    • Angela Hensel
       
      The Freedom of Information Center from the University of Missouri is a great resource to help understand some of the laws that protect you as a journalist.  Depending on what state or country you are in, you can see what rights you have.
    • Angela Hensel
       
      This State FOI tab is great.  You can look up what freedom of information laws are available for each state.
    • Angela Hensel
       
      The Media Law Guide is really helpful.  Good for helping to understand some of the legalities of journalism
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    • Angela Hensel
       
      These international freedom of information laws is especially helpful for journalists that travel a lot
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    Great resource that journalists can use to see what freedom of information laws are in place for different countries and states
Angela Hensel

journalisted.com - 1 views

    • Angela Hensel
       
      Really cool website where you can search articles from a particular journalist or subject.  Mostly British journalists, but still has a wide variety of sources
    • Angela Hensel
       
      Can create your own profile of articles you have written
    • Angela Hensel
       
      You can subscribe to all articles written by a particular journalist and receive updates when he or she has written a new article
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    Nice website where you can search for articles written by a particular journalist
Jordan Kranse

Editing Words: AP Stylebook and grammar tips from More Content Now editors - 2 views

    • Jordan Kranse
       
      The post with rules on the most current events is always at the top, so it's easy to find. It's a little annoying that there is no way to look at archived posts, but I think the blog might be fairly new.
    • Susan Bullard
       
      Jordan - this Gatehouse blog is very cool. Thanks for sharing.
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    This is a blog run by editors at Gatehouse Newsroom. The rest of the website has a lot of resources for journalists, but the Editing Words blog is a great resource specifically for editors. They post AP Style rules and tips that pertain to current events, for example, the have a post explaining how to refer to "Obamacare" in stories.
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