5 “how to” posts that have gotten my attention
Much is said about new media, but specific tutorials/guides are few and far between. Some of my favorites lately:
- The best Firefox extensions for online news producers – Joe Murphy, who I interviewed way back when, introduced me to a few extensions I didn’t know existed.
- How to edit audio – From Multimedia reporter, Ron shows a quick fix to bad audio, and all with the free program Audacity.
- How to recover a lost Word document – I do all my writing in Word, and have lost 3 years of my life as a result of the deleted articles I had finished. via Lifehacker.
- Basic Equipment needed – From the always wonderful Mindy McAdams. I am honestly just choosing the post that is personally the most useful, but Mindy’s entire blog is a gold mine. By the way, I can’t second the DS2 enough.
- How to freelance – Because sometimes you need to pay the bills when you write something…
Sean Blanda is a journalist / entrepreneur living in Brooklyn. He currently works at