Mr. Magazine, Samir Husni, reports on a speech from Texas Monthly editor Evan Smith to the Morris Communications Company. Titled “Why Content Drives Our Future as a Business”, the speech included 10 elements that matter in making a great magazine:
Better covers
Compelling storytelling
Public interest journalism
Great profiles
Provocative essays
The very best service journalism
Non-traditional narratives
Nerve
Humor
Self-awareness
Those are certainly all qualities [...]
A couple of weeks ago, I began posting to the password-protected version of Truemors, a site that allows you to “post your rumors, news, and sightings, and anyone with web access can read and rate them within minutes.”
Noted venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki is behind the site, which went public yesterday. It’s garnered a lot of [...]
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Texas Monthly won 11 awards at the 22nd Annual National City and Regional Magazine Awards competition last week, including including top honorsvin excellence in writing, excellence in design, cover and special issues.
The magazine came in just behind Los Angeles magazine in number of overall awards, and the LA mag also won gold in general excellence [...]
The finalists of the 2007 AltWeekly Awards were announced last week, with the Austin Chronicle taking in three nominations.
The team of Karen Barry, Cassidy Frazier, Dan Hardick, Erin Collier and Aubrey Edwards were nominated in the newly created Ad Design category for their “Trade Up” campaign. Kevin Brass’ Media Watch columns (“Snoring Out Loud,” “KUT [...]
What is Pecha Kucha? It’s a Japanese term for “chit-chat”, and it’s a grown-up show and tell for people who love design.
Pecha Kucha nights have been gaining popularity across the globe, and Austin will host its first event on May 10. Presenters show their work in a very tight format - 20 slides, 20 seconds [...]
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Giveaway Eye Drops Burn Gizmodo Editor: Gizmodo’s Matt Buchanan has a nasty experience with Rhoto Eye Drops. Folks were handing these out on the street outside of the convention center at South By Southwest. I’m glad I passed.
Good News for Southwest Austin: Austinist comes through with great news for the neighborhood, with an update on [...]
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Austin realtors Steve and Sylvia Crossland were featured today by Steven Levitt on the author’s Freakonomics blog for a post they wrote asking whether street names matter when selling a house.
Levitt gives thanks to “achen” for the heads-up on the Crossland’s post. I suspect that’s Allen Chen of Austnist.
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