If you are looking to raise your stock through Linkedin recommendations, you’ll find that giving references can be even more helpful than getting them. Here’s how to write a great one.

Twitter Lists are just out and I have put up my first: Links to journalism training.

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If you feel uncomfortable being someone’s reference, it’s best to tell them and get out of it. But how do you do that to someone without hurting their feelings and jeopardizing the friendship?

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Small, family-run newspaper in Michigan hires people who can multitask.

First Kanye West, then the Balloon Boy. The only thing they have to distinguish themselves is accuracy, but it is not showing up in quotes.