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Female Bloggers and the New York Times Style Section

Written by Tricia Romano. Posted on January 12, 2009. Filed under Media, Pop + Politics. Tagged , , , . No comments.
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The New York Times ran a great piece over the weekend about female bloggers and the hurdles they face in a very male-dominated universe. Short story: online hurdles for women are basically the same as real world hurdles. Less pay, less notoriety and acceptance “less, less, less. Though the article’s content contained serious analysis and [...]

Blogging for Pennies: Why Buy the Cow When You Can Get the Milk For Free?

Written by Tricia Romano. Posted on January 1, 2009. Filed under Media, Pop + Politics. Tagged , , . No comments.
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In all things in life, you get whatever standard you set. When you lower standards, you will get low quality. The cliched phrase, “you get what you pay for,” applies to journalism as well. As more and more blogs depends on free content (and to be completely open, outside of our grad student contributors, we [...]