Cosmopolitan may be a magazine for the PYTs (pretty young things). But its editor-in-chief Helen Gurley Brown, who “liberated women’s magazines with her spunk and sexual brashness”, is a saintly 85, who has lorded over all the 59 editions of the magazine for the last 32 years. What do you consider your greatest achievement? Editing…
Daily Archives: 30 July 2007
What one editor looks for in young journalists
# Curiosity # Scepticism # Flexibility # Public service Read the full article here: Job prerequisites Link via Journerdism
How blogging cost a Nepali reporter his job
When Krishna Dhungana, a reporter with the Nepali tabloid Naya Patrika began blogging for mysansar.com, he thought he would get on to the platform of personal publishing that has captivated millions around the world. Till… Till he wrote a piece called “Constituent Assembly and White Wine.” Dhungana was fired, and a colleague told him that…
Those who can, write. Those who can’t, edit?
“What exactly does an editor do?” It’s not an easy question to answer. Editors are craftsmen, ghosts, psychiatrists, bullies, sparring partners, experts, enablers, ignoramuses, translators, writers, goalies, friends, foremen, wimps, ditch diggers, mind readers, coaches, bomb throwers, muses and spittoons— sometimes all while working on the same piece. But, boy, do we need them? Read…
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