Link Spam: Spring Into Josei And Robots And More

I've been sitting on some really great links from other blogs. So many good writers, so little time. I continue to be amazed at the amazing content y'all are creating on a regular basis. It's Thursday, so let's share some of those links!

• Otaku Champloo talks about the silence on josei manga and why there is not a lot written about this kind of manga. Read the comments!
  
• Bateszi Anime Blog reviews a personal anime favorite of mine as they revisit the mecha anime Gundam Wing. If there was a classic Toonami title I wish would come back to American TV, Wing would be it.
  
• At Otaku Journalist, Lauren interviews Lynzee Lamb, professional anime journalist. They discuss learning Japanese and advice for aspiring journalists.
  
• All About Manga asks if the "artist tax" negates the effects of pirating media. Again, read the comments!
  
• Lastly, you may have missed that Tokyopop's CEO and founder, Stu Levy, had a Reddit AMA recently. An AMA is an 'ask me anything' kind of thread, and it certainly got to that point after a while.

What have you been reading lately?

Kawakon 2013 Interviews Now Online

So this year I actually covered Kawakon (the Saint Louis based anime con) as a member of the press, complete with press badge and everything. I even did video interviews with several convention guests! I then shoved all said video off on my long-suffering nakama Aaron, who did a great job editing and making them presentable (and he did a REALLY GOOD JOB TOO). And now they're all online!

Below is my video interview with two members of Three Rivers Okiya. You can find my other interviews with guests like Professor Shyguy and Shane Moore at Aaron's Youtube channel, ALinderVideo. I'm especially proud of the Shyguy interview! Spoiler: it's a long 'un.

In retrospect, I could have done a few things better. I could have presented as less nervous, prepared better for interviews, and brushed my damn Hermione Granger mane better. I also totally should have interviewed the Simon Petrikov cosplayer I met on Saturday! He was boss. I guess that's part of being a student journalist: every day is a learning experience. Perhaps Natsucon 2013 will be my second chance at doing it even better.

Five Things I Learned About Journalism (That's Relevant To Anime Blogging)

This Saturday, I spent pretty much the whole day with fellow journalist students at Webster University for the Society of Professional Journalists' yearly boot camp, which was basically a series of lectures by professionals in the field as well as a writing competition. For disclosure's sake? I did not win the writing competition. But it was a valuable learning experience about reporting breaking news as well as using information from a news conference to blah blah blah what does this have to do with anime?

Because, surprising enough (or not), I picked up a few points from the many seminars I sat through that are rather valuable for anime bloggers. After all, bloggers are a kind of journalist. We investigate stories and write posts about them, doing our best to keep to a set of standards. Many anime bloggers livetweet industry panels at anime conventions, do 'breaking news' posts on events in anime and manga, even interviews with fellow otaku-related public figures (Organization Anti-Social Geniuses is very good on this front). We even get press badges at anime conventions! Okay, sometimes.

Hopefully, one of these tips are helpful to y'all! You can start reading them after the jump.