Displaced Journalist Replaces “The Rocky” with ”Fit to Print” Life
M.E. Sprengelmeyer is ”reporter/publisher” of The Guadalupe County Communicator, a 2,000-circulation weekly in the colorful Route 66 community of Santa Rosa, New Mexico. M.E., as he prefers to be called, was Washington correspondent for the Rocky Mountain News when the Denver-based newspaper published its final edition February 27, 2009. He was a displaced journalist, but not for [...]
Get “Toxic Tour: LA” Proposals in by Nov. 12
Never let it be said that independent journalists can’t make their mark on a community, state, nation — or on the world. Newsdesk.org’s 2009 series “The Bay Area Toxic Tour: West Oakland” covered the impacts of pollution from the Port of Oakland on adjacent communities. The project was produced by three independent journalists, financed by [...]
Who Needs Meetings? Online News Ventures Do
By Susan Older Founder, Displaced Journalists I realized quite recently that I’ve been missing out on something that should be fascinating: TimesCast – a daily video feature on The New York Times site featuring interviews with writers and editors covering hot stories of the day and snippets from meetings of senior editors discussing what should [...]
Knight News Challenge: Deadline is Dec. 1
If you’re planning to enter this year’s Knight News Challenge, you may have a little more time than you thought… Earlier information about this contest indicated a deadline of Nov. 30. However, the Knight Foundation has clarified that the deadline is in fact Dec. 1, 2010. To apply visit www.newschallenge.org or follow @knightfdn and #knc [...]
Welcome to Our Community
Is there life – or work – after newspapers? A lot of us are in the process of finding out. Because it’s generally a somewhat lonely endeavor, it struck me, in January 2010, that it might be comforting – and possibly very productive – to go through it together.
Displaced Journalists is a community – our community – where we find common ground, where we can begin to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and get on with our lives and livelihoods. [more]