Elaborate Journalism Scam Actually Pays Off
Expect to see Laurel Touby sell MediaBistro any day now that there's empirical evidence of its success: Finally someone who shelled out $400 for one of its seminars actually got published. Sure, it's an essay in Newsweek, the magazine you read when someone else at your podiatrist's has already grabbed S.I., but no matter: For one student, at least, MediaBistro gets results.