links for 2006-02-03

• Paperback Writer: A Bakersfield, California literature and music blog: Conversation journalism? No way. Should bloggers write for free when in big media print? No way - By N.L. Belardes
  "The Californian says "Journalism is a conversation" by implying bloggers are citizen journalists who are merely "conversing" with readers, and that "conversing" is news because it's part of the human experience regarding citizen-related events. Hogwash."
  (tags: conversation conversational+media citizen+journalism adversarial blogs business economics disagreement journalism mycomments mycoverage mainstream+media media shortsighted)
• Talk It Up!: The two-second statement
  "The two-second statement, however, is actually a short statement (five to eight words) of a single benefit for the listener. For example, "I help people create and manage wealth," "I return phone calls," or "I wrangle geeks so you don't have to."
  (tags: language benefits conversation content+quality content+strategy content+style context good+example monitoring+conversations conversational+media mycomments mycoverage problem+solving relationship+building writing)