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The Spark

Scholarly Journal's Twittery New Look

WMRA | By Martha Woodroof

Published March 4, 2013 at 12:03 PM EST

The grand old academic journal, the Virginia Quarterly Review, has boldly uploaded itself into the iPhone era with a zazzy website brimming with eyecandy. We'll meet the VQR web-editor, Jane Friedman. Their website looks as 21st century as "Wired" magazine. Jane's own website includes a "free advice for writers" area.

See also:

"New Yorker" article about Facebook.

"Economist" article about tablet-mags.

NYT "Tunnel Creek" article with 3-d style terrain graphics at bottom

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The Spark

Martha Woodroof

Marth Woodroof has retired from WMRA and is now spending her time as a full-time writer and published author.

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