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Writing for the Web is a Different Animal. [March 5, 2012, 8:35 a.m.]



Let's get to it.

Find an essay or an article that was originally intended for a print audience. It could be anything from The New Yorker to New England Journal of Medicine to National Geographic.  Whatever floats your boat--just as long as it’s long form (longer than a page).

Summarize the article for a blog post.

Post the link to your summary here, along with answers to the following questions:

  • What’s different about your summary versus the original article? Consider length. Tone.  
  • How does the post appear, visually, that is different from the print article?

 

Recommended reading: “Lazy Eyes: How We Read Online” by Michael Agger.