Freelancers Welcome: Fellowships for Health Journalists at USC Los Angeles
By Susan Older Founder, Displaced Journalists Health journalists have an amazing opportunity this summer — to step away from the daily routine and attend a fellowship seminar July 11–16 in Los Angeles. The week-long session explores the intersection between community health, health policy and the nation’s growing ethnic diversity, as well as the role that factors such […]
We’re Not Done Yet; What Shall We Do Next?
By Susan Older Founder, Displaced Journalists We have a rapidly growing, multi-talented Facebook community. What shall we do next with this initiative? As one of our writers, Melanie Kolden, pointed out on our site in March, we really don’t know one another. (Of course, we just started in January.) We share articles, links, and comments. But we […]
Don’t Let Inertia Tie You Down: Adversity Leads to New Opportunities
By Marcie Eanes March 17, 2010 Recent upheavals in journalism have left people scratching their heads at this unprecedented level of uncertainty. All the hard work of building a career can easily disappear with a pink slip. After packing up your desk, commiserating with colleagues, and trying to put on a brave front, the question of what to do next […]
AOL is Still Hiring Regional Editors
AOL is still hiring. If you are interested in any of the following positions, go to the AOL Careers Site, submit your application, and make sure to mention that Andrea Stone, senior Washington correspondent for AOL News, referred you. Then send a your resume to Andrea at andrea.stone@corp.aol.com, so she can pass it along and call […]
Remember Good Reporting?
Memo to Harry Smith & CBS, Re: Colonoscopy Crusading Some of you are starting blogs. Some are starting new ventures, some of you just appreciate knowing that good journalism still exists. Gary Schwitzer’s HealthNews Review Blog serves as a shining example of how we can carry on the high standards we held dear before we […]
The World Needs a Good Editor
By Susan Older Founder, Displaced Journalists One of the things that irritates me most about the layoffs and firings at newspapers, magazines and major websites these days is the fact that the people in charge have chosen replacements who don’t seem to care about the quality of the product. Either that or they are uneducated. I […]
DPJs: I Value Your Ideas, as Well as Your Identities
Melanie Kolden is a former copy editor/arts & entertainment editor who has worked at the Dayton Daily News, the San Francisco Chronicle and the L.A. Weekly. By Melanie Kolden I am a journalist, but I don’t have a recognizable byline. For all of the years that I worked in newspapers (15 plus) I was a behind-the-scenes player. Most […]
Share Your Story With Us
By Susan Older Founder, Displaced Journalists Many of you have written to say you would like to get to know one another. With 685 (and counting) members on our Displaced Journalists Facebook page, that’s not easy. I commend those of you who’ve written about yourselves: Melanie Kolden, Mark Mayfield, Britt Conley, Jules Older (no relation), and Geveryl […]
Print May Be on the Way Out, but Content is Here to Stay
By Mark Mayfield Thirty-two years ago I was a senior in college, and editor of my campus newspaper. I wrote editorials and columns on an old manual typewriter, with carbon sheets placed between cheap yellow pulp paper. Sound familiar? Anyone of my generation can remember a time before computers, before VCRs/DVRS, before cell phones and, of […]