Last updated: September 8, 2025

Editor’s Picks: August 28 Edition

Curated by Nina Caldwell, Editor-in-Chief, TRW Digest

Today’s current carries a layered complexity. From new energy tech to the spiritual anatomy of a person, from SEO strategy to public health institutions—there’s a quiet urgency threading it all. The stories here don’t just inform; they tilt your view, sharpen your lens, and in some cases, demand pause.

Strategy, Signals & Search Power

TRW Consult goes beneath the buzz in its breakdown of Google’s “Preferred Sources”, drawing lines between visibility and credibility. TRW Consult UK complements this with practical insight on meta descriptions, especially for WordPress users navigating the blurry space between content and clicks.

Business Digest strikes a confident tone with “Adieu to the Social Media Content Deluge”, a timely take on focused publishing in the age of algorithm fatigue.

All three pieces urge one thing: rethink how you’re showing up online—before it’s filtered out of relevance.

Mental Strength, Family Ties & Workplace Grace

Health & Fitness Digest offers a grounded framework in “10 Practical Steps to Prioritize Your Mental Health”, while Masculine Digest shares a human, intimate moment in “Bonding with Your Stepson”. Both pieces—radically different in form—reveal the quiet power of presence.

ThriVers Academy keeps us anchored in productivity with its guide on staying productive during recess. It’s framed for researchers, but its lessons span teams, families, and freelancers.

When in doubt, start there.

Truth, Reflection & the Quiet Tensions

From Babatunde Oladele’s Publisher’s Thoughts column comes “Seeking vs. Retention”, a brief but necessary meditation on what we chase—and what we keep. That same energy pulses through Daily Dew Devotional’s layered teaching on spirit, soul and body.

There’s also grace in Daily Dew Testimonies, where “One Closet Can Always Be Altered for Two” unfolds like a parable-meets-personal. It finds company in Daily Dew Reflections’ contemplative “Testing the Water” and Daily Dew Inspiration’s gentle nudge through “The Mystery Man”.

One of these will hit exactly where it’s needed. You’ll know which.

Writers, Words & Publishing Lives

In this corner of our world, language is both a tool and a legacy.

The Ready Writers Consult dissects the subtleties of “Excuse Me,” “Sorry,” and “I Beg Your Pardon”—small phrases with big emotional economies. SOI Publishing delivers a literary spotlight on 10 influential women writers who turned personal truth into literary architecture.

Meanwhile, the Literary Renaissance Foundation reports on a generous book donation from Bookworm Café, a quiet win for literacy access. And if you’re still searching for your voice, this Internship Training video on writing niche and identity offers more than technical advice—it’s an inner compass.

These stories remind us: what you write, and how you say it, both matter.

Systems, Safety & Scientific Turns

In Security Digest, social engineering takes center stage in this practical guide, aimed at organizational defense and internal policy makers. It’s tactical, clear, and essential.

At Techie Digest, the future jolts into the present with a supercapacitor that charges your phone in one minute. Real innovation, not vaporware.

Stati News publishes a sobering dataset on Northern Nigeria’s education system, filled with truths that demand policy over pity. And in STEM Trends, fire prevention enters a new age in this research-backed piece.

All four remind us: innovation isn’t just about invention—it’s about application.

Culture, Nation & Diaspora

Naijaspora shares a deeply inspiring portrait of Jimi Olaghere, whose journey from survival to advocacy reminds us why the platform exists: to showcase the achievements and strides of Nigerians in the diaspora.

Church News offers a quiet celebration with Peterson Okopi and Prudent Gabriel’s baby announcement, while TRW News highlights a structural update from Uniport’s Senate in their new DVC elections.

Breaking News reports on oil prices retreating after a surge, and NewsTrenders confirms a welcome reversal in telecom taxes: the 5% excise duty has been suspended.

News Extractors contributes a powerful health perspective: caregiver intuition may outperform AI in spotting crises. A quietly revolutionary claim.

If you missed Naijaspora’s profile on Jimi Olaghere, revisit it. It’s the kind of story that makes you exhale.

Ground, Growth & Generational Shifts

Agriculture makes a return in Agric Digest’s guide to types of fertilizers that sustain soil integrity. And from Ogidi Olu Farms, a necessary pivot: getting young people into farming—not just as a tradition, but a business.

Both are compelling when paired with Travel Digest’s piece on new roles for foreign service construction engineers. Infrastructure, talent, future.

Read the Ogidi Olu Farms post again. It offers more than advice—it holds vision.

In Passing

• Diverse Writers Grant – Speculative Literature Foundation

• Editor’s Picks: August 26 Edition

• Common Beauty Secrets Every Woman Should Know – StellAfrique

• Book of the Week: Street Tears – Iwe.Store

• Webinar: The Nuggets of Destiny

• Podcast: The Currency of Achievement

Stay sharp, stay safe — Nina