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Long-form blogs were once the outlet of choice, but now sites like Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr are favored.

ProPublica, in an historic first for online journalism, won a coveted Pulitzer Prize on Monday for investigative reporting about controversial deaths at a New Orleans medical center following Hurricane Katrina.

A five-part Los Angeles Times series on the futility of government efforts to quell the growing threat of wildfires won a Pulitzer Prize on Monday, and the New York Times claimed five of journalism's highest awards in a year that recognized the watchdog function of the press even as newspapers struggle to survive.

In an age of Twitter when brevity takes on new meaning the most popular guide to writing clearly and concisely remains The ...

More than 100 years ago, J.A. Loring had his eyes on the California sky and his hand on a pen.

William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White worked four decades apart, but that didn't stop their book, "The Elements of Style," from becoming one of America's most influential and best-known guides on grammar and usage.

Finally, good news in the world of downsizing: Stanford University physicists have broken the historic record for small writing, opening a new door to computing’s future.