Ragan Insider Erin Everhart
Best gift ideas for the journalists in your life
Stumped as to what to get your favorite reporter? This list might inspire you.
Search Results (note from the editor)
Ragan Insider Matt Wilson
Yahoo using search trends to help reporters while bolstering its brand
Reporters love trends—every media pro knows that. Learn how Yahoo provides and helps interpret search data to aid understaffed newsrooms in crafting stories.
Ragan Insider Daphne Gray-Grant
Don’t get bamboozled by homophones and other verbal tricksters
We’ll alter your consciousness, as we canvass loose language and proceed to cite principal instances, then flesh them out to elicit your assent.
Ragan Insider Jessica Levco
Confessions of a Flip cam novice
Plenty of lessons from (and derisive laughter at) a Ragan reporter’s trial-and-error video misadventures. Take a look at her videos and see if you’ve made the same mistakes.
Ragan Insider Denise C. Baron
Like, what’s the deal with misusing like?
The overuse of ‘like’ stems from using it as a preposition instead of ‘as’ when comparing nouns and pronouns. Like you didn’t already know that. After all, the title of the play is not “Like you like it.”
Ragan Insider Mark Ragan
The cure for ‘writer’s block’
Mark Ragan’s answer to this fascinating, ages-old conundrum may surprise you. Guess what? He denies its very existence: “There is no such thing as writer’s block,” he uncompromisingly asserts.
Ragan Insider Matt Wilson
Diverse blogging team key to tech publisher’s success
O’Reilly Media encourages ‘alpha geeks’ to share their thoughts on the corporate blog.
Ragan Insider Michael C. Burton
Twitter: Subverting the English language?
The negative effect of LOL-speak and fractured grammar.
Ragan Insider Lindsey Miller
Nonprofit transforms pub into moneymaker
Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare incorporated best practices and audience needs into a successful fundraising newsletter.
Ragan Insider Rob Reinalda
Comma chameleon: How it changes the color of your meaning
A look at the utility infielder of the punctuation team.
Ragan Insider Melanie Rembrandt
3 essentials for avoiding common PR rip-offs
Better knowledge can help entrepreneurs fend off charlatans and save money.
Ragan Insider Ari B. Adler
New player arrives at the crossroads of PR and journalism
Founder of NewsBasis working to differentiate his service from HARO and Profnet.
Ragan Insider Ragan Staff
Survey: Half of employers use social media to engage workers
Intranets, e-mail remain top channels, but social media is gaining steam, according to IABC.
Ragan Insider TJ Dietderich
Dash it all! A guide to ems, ens and hyphens
Why the shortest distance between sanity and madness is a trio of line segments.
Ragan Insider Michael Sebastian
To pitch Vanity Fair, you must first build a relationship
How to begin a discussion with one of the magazine’s contributing editors, Michael Wolff.
