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As a newsletter editor, you’ll sometimes feel like you’re stranded on a desert island, without a good story idea anywhere in sight. Actually, you’re swimming in a sea of material, if you know where to look. Here are 18 ready-made story ideas to choose from…

Ahern Communications, Ink.: Content / / 18 Newsletter Story Ideas: A Checklist.

03.08.10 | Editorial & Programming, Resources

via Stephanie Clifford, Survey Finds Slack Standards at Magazine Web Sites – NYTimes.com.

Slack Standards in Web Editorial

03.05.10 | Editorial & Programming, Organizational Effectiveness, Resources, Theory & Practice

Liz Gannes, Chart: The Web Video Money Pit – GigaOM.

The Web Video Money Pit

03.03.10 | Industry Shift, Products & Services, Resources, Video

Konigi recommends editorial style guides.

02.05.10 | Editorial & Programming, Resources

50 Free Resources That Will Improve Your Writing Skills | Developer’s Toolbox | Smashing Magazine.

12.14.09 | Editorial & Programming, Resources

Top 20 List: World’s Largest Publishing Co’s – Gilbane Group Blog.

The 20 World’s Largest Publishing Companies

11.03.09 | Resources

A style guide is an internal resource that can also be shared with the client and any content collaborators. Its purpose is to foster consistency and effective communication, making editing easier on you and ultimately making your content easier for readers to understand.

Julie Espinosa, All About Web Style Guides « new media mentality.

10.22.09 | Editorial & Programming, Resources, Theory & Practice

Courtesy AIIM Europe.

Diagramming Enterprise Content Management

07.02.09 | Content Management, Resources, Theory & Practice

Innovations In News, a new blog from the Washington Post Company (WaPo and Slate).

Innovations In News blog launch

06.16.09 | Emerging Media, Industry Shift, Resources

Quick Reference Guides | Sample layouts

via Tom Johnson and @indigo777

05.05.09 | Resources

Newspaper Website Design: Trends And Examples | Design Showcase | Smashing Magazine

11.14.08 | Platforms & Channels, Resources

A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods

09.08.08 | Resources

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