I wrote a story for WalletPop today about an Internet hoax that Russell Crowe (no relation) was dead. He’s not. He’s fine.
And so am I, although I used the same website that someone used to create the Russell Crowe hoax to come up with the same headlines if I were an actor:
Luxury yacht sinks [...]
I recently wrote about Daylight Saving Time and how it doesn’t really save people money. Mike Sugerman, a reporter at KCBS radio in San Francisco, found it last week and came over to the house to interview me for the story. We talked for about five minutes, and I expected to be on his segment [...]
Like many journalists, I get a lot of pitches from public relations people. Most are good, but some are bad. I edit and write about these topics at WalletPop, a personal finance Web site run by Aol: recession, career, technology, sports & money.
I get plenty of story pitches each week, and I’m glad to get [...]
Aaron Crowe
I’ve thought this for a long time, but it really struck me today in two separate events: Every business should hire a journalist if it wants to be successful.
What would a journalist do for a company? Many things, which I’ll get to in a bit, but up high on that list is checking for [...]
Just what America needs, another excuse to dress like a slob and wear pajamas outside of the house.
As someone who works out of his home as a freelance writer/editor and works most of the day in sweatpants, I realize I don’t have much room to talk here. But come on, pajamas disguised as jeans? Why?
I’m [...]