These Articles Won’t Edit Themselves!

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Tam Putnam, who is now the editor of a biannual guide to SF that’s produced by 7×7 magazine, got her great advice from the managing editor at Working Mother, where Tam worked in the 80′s. “She told me you have to ask for what you want. Prove yourself, and then ask for that better job. No one’s going to give it to you as a present.”
To brush up on your skills, take Copyediting 101
-Taffy Brodesser-Akner

MEDIABISTRO EVENTS

Launch a Successful Social Media Campaign

Join Baratunde Thurston (left), The Onion’s Director of Digital and author of How to Be Black, for an entertaining look at creative social media campaigns in our Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting this Thursday, February 16. Other speakers include Morin Oluwole (Facebook), Michael Brito (Edelman Digital), and Tim Devane (bitly). Register now.