Emily Henry throws down the gauntlet on the Online Journalism Review by listing 10 things that make online journalists better than their hidebound predecessors. For one thing, they write better: "SEO will not allow us to write vague headlines or use bad puns, and we only have the attention our [sic] audience for about three blinks, so we have to practice all of George Orwell’s 5 Rules for Effective Writing at once." Henry's bio identifies her as a Patch.com editor.
June 4, 2012