Working for a newspaper in today’s economy is like being in an abusive relationship. It has its brilliant highs — experimenting with new technologies, connecting with readers like never before, getting the story first and right, building lasting relationships with sources and colleagues and becoming the articulate, hard-hitting reporter you always knew you could be. ...
Innovate.
I actually really enjoy these clips. These are not full stories of course, but I think the technique is fun, interesting and still has journalistic value. It also inspires me to do a video cover letter like this.
...Journalists, such as those in the RevenueTwoPointZero conference, cling to news as it's been done. Their entire premise is about preserving what has already fallen. Journalism's fight can be likened to Terri Schiavo's case. The questions we ask:
Pew's annual report about journalism's prospects for 2009 is due out on Monday. According to an Associated Press story: "The state of journalism is bleak, but an annual study of the industry suggests all hope should not be lost." In other news, Pew has an interesting story about the changing face of the Washington press ...
In the past week a lot has been written about Jon Stewart's skewering of CNBC and the faux-populist Rick Santelli. In the midst of all the praise for what was truly a deserving comedic spanking of arguably the most-watched group of financial journalists on television, others are concluding that Stewart's eight-minute jab-fest was an example ...