KnowGoodWords https://knowgoodwords.com/ For Freelancers & Content Creators Fri, 19 Dec 2025 19:06:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/knowgoodwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cropped-cropped-Miche-logo-highlight.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 KnowGoodWords https://knowgoodwords.com/ 32 32 103979637 Dealing with Sources Who Want to Hide https://knowgoodwords.com/journalist-dealing-with-sources-who-want-to-hide/ Fri, 19 Dec 2025 19:06:00 +0000 https://knowgoodwords.com/?p=22098 You're a journalist facing a deadline. You have fragments of the story. And you don't have anyone willing to speak on the record. What do you do?

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]]> 22098 Victory: $3 Million Payout for Newspaper Raid https://knowgoodwords.com/3-million-judgment-marion-kansas-newspaper-raid/ Wed, 12 Nov 2025 20:25:15 +0000 https://knowgoodwords.com/?p=21746 A win for press freedom and small media, a $3 million payout has been awarded to those impacted by raids involving the Marion County Record in Kansas.

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]]> 21746 Don’t Write Before You Sell https://knowgoodwords.com/dont-write-before-you-sell/ Wed, 03 Sep 2025 22:18:06 +0000 https://knowgoodwords.com/?p=21127 Here's why it's a major mistake to write before you sell your work...

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]]> 21127 How to save your Dept. of Energy FOIA request https://knowgoodwords.com/how-to-save-your-dept-of-energy-foia-request/ Wed, 20 Aug 2025 17:50:39 +0000 https://knowgoodwords.com/?p=20911 The Department of Energy announced it'll be purging some FOIA requests if those who made the requests don't make it clear they're still interested. Here's what you need to know...

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]]> 20911 6 Reasons Editors Stop Working With Freelance Writers https://knowgoodwords.com/6-reasons-editors-stop-working-with-freelance-writers/ Wed, 06 Aug 2025 22:39:35 +0000 https://knowgoodwords.com/?p=20722 Ever been working with an editor then suddenly got ghosted? Do you want to prevent that from happening to you. Here are six mistakes freelancers make that cause editors to cut them off...

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]]> 20722 The Zero-Click Internet: How Creators Can Survive https://knowgoodwords.com/zero-click-internet-search-survival-for-publishers/ Thu, 31 Jul 2025 15:32:50 +0000 https://knowgoodwords.com/?p=20619 With AI, there's a shift to zero-click internet activity. That's bad news for many in the creator economy, according to the CEO of Cloudflare. Here's what creators need to know about how to survive...

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]]> 20619 Brands Want More. But What Are Creators Getting? https://knowgoodwords.com/creators-takeaways-cannes-lions-creativity-festival/ Thu, 10 Jul 2025 17:13:18 +0000 https://knowgoodwords.com/?p=20289 A private roundtable at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity reveals brands want MORE from content creators. But what are they giving? And what do creatives need to watch out for?

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]]> 20289 What Freelance Writers Don’t Realize About Grammarly https://knowgoodwords.com/what-freelance-writers-dont-realize-about-grammarly/ Tue, 08 Jul 2025 18:40:25 +0000 https://knowgoodwords.com/?p=20249 Freelance writers who use Grammarly should read this before editing one more line using that program. Knowing is half the battle.

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]]> 20249 Why Creatives Opposed the AI Enforcement Pause https://knowgoodwords.com/fate-of-states-ai-enforcement-pause-for-creatives/ Thu, 03 Jul 2025 19:36:18 +0000 https://knowgoodwords.com/?p=20165 An AI enforcement pause that was considered a very risky prospect for creatives was making its way through Congress in the Big Beautiful Bill. Here's why it was potentially a problem and what happened...

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]]> 20165 Freelancers, Is Scope Creep Silently Crushing You? https://knowgoodwords.com/freelancers-is-scope-creep-silently-crushing-you/ Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:17:01 +0000 https://knowgoodwords.com/?p=20144 For freelancers, scope creep can be a silent killer. Here's what it looks like, why it's dangerous, and how to shut it down without burning bridges.

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