From the Editors

May 9, 2008

Wondering about serial commas? Unsure about spelling foreign words? Curious about when God gets an uppercase? The TMN House Style Guide has been updated for all the latest concerns, so whether you’re writing a finals exam, editing your new scrappy literary magazine, or just curious about why we use serial commas, give it a look.

Enormous thanks as ever to TMN managing editor Kate Schlegel and TMN copy editor Liz Entman for all the heavy lifting and keeping us tight.

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May 5, 2008

Several new web sites have joined The Deck, TMN’s advertising network. We will let Mr. Zeldman explain our enthusiasm. Thinking of advertising with TMN and our cohorts? Here is why you should:

The premier network for reaching creative, web and design professionals, The Deck serves up tens of millions of page views each month and is uniquely configured to connect the right marketers to a targeted, influential audience.

We’re picky about the advertising we’ll accept. We won’t take an ad unless we have paid for and/or used the product or service. Sell us something relevant to our audience and we’ll sell you an ad.

Here are all our current advertisers; support them and you support TMN. For potential advertisers, limited opportunities are now available through the Third Quarter of 2008. Visit The Deck and get in touch.

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April 29, 2008

Not only does she have the internet’s best web address, Jennifer Daniel recently had the grace to join TMN as a contributing artist, and we are thankful.

You may have seen her work for Todd’s Levin’s series “Consoles I have Known”, or in that poster calendar your cubical mate bought, or perhaps in pretty much every section of the New York Times. Either way, we’re excited to say you’ll be seeing much more of her around these parts. Welcome, Jennifer.

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April 19, 2008

Next week we’ll be publishing our monthly installment of Of Recent Note; and just like last month, we’re inviting you to participate. Here’s this month’s assignment:

“Things We’re Denying Ourselves”

What have you been holding back on, holding out on, holding yourself up to? Ideals of health, beauty, personal will, and self-control lead us to deny ourselves simple pleasures, favorite vices, and all the rest: So what have you been denying yourself lately? Give us those things you’re not letting yourself have, and provide a reason as to why. (Example: cigarettes, for the obvious health reasons but also because you’ve lately found yourself buying your grandmother’s brand.)

Send us your denied items, and the reasons why (and why not): 75-150 words, to bridgetfitz@gmail.com by 6 p.m. E.D.T. on Wednesday, April 23. And please include a link to your personal site or wherever you’d people to go when they click on your name.. Thank you to everyone who sent in items!

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March 18, 2008

We are now accepting applications for our Summer 2008 intern position. Applicants should email us a short description of why they want to intern at TMN, their complete contact information, and a résumé that’s pasted in the body of the email (don’t worry about fancy formatting). Detailed descriptions of any kind of editorial, publishing, or web-work experience are appreciated. Please also inform us of any summer plans.

Duties include whatever you imagine it takes to keep TMN chugging along: news reading, deadlines, proofreading, lots of email, going to the post office, more deadlines. Approximately 10 hours of work per week from home, Starbucks, or wherever you like. This internship is unpaid, excluding beer and good times.

Bridget, 2007-8 intern:

If you’re going to sign on for an unpaid internship, you should be so lucky to get this one. In the cozy internet family that is TMN, your work is appreciated, your projects are interesting, and your loyalties are tested under pain of death. Someday you’ll be at a party with another TMNer, and when you mention how you know each other, someone across the room will overhear and say, “Wait, I read The Morning News—I love The Morning News!” and you will feel all aglow.

Deadline: Friday, April 18, 2008 We’re no longer accepting applications for this positions—thank you to everyone who applied!

Thanks,
The Editors

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March 18, 2008

We’re trying a new thing here. We’d like you to tell us your most recent, favorite download—a song, a movie, a piece of software, anything at all that you downloaded from the internet to your computer or whatever you compute on. Please send us your 75-100-word entry by Wednesday, March 19, at 6 p.m. Eastern.

Also, if you’re contributing more than one item, each should have its own separate write-up. And if you could also include a link to the download—as well as a link to your personal site or anything you’d like us to link your name to—we’d be much obliged.

Thanks,
The Editors

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Saturday, May 17, 2008

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