Debunking 5 Myths of Entrepreneurial Journalism

By Jeremy Caplan, Poynter Online Entrepreneurial journalists spot the seeds of start-ups where others see remnants of the news industry’s retreat. Earlier this month, I worked with 19 forward-looking journos who convened at Poynter to get a jumpstart on their new micro-businesses. One narrowed the focus of her niche news site for Filipino Americans, while another refined his [...]

Getting Rich Slowly, Living on the Line

By Jules Older As journos, writers, editors and authors, we’re living on a fault line. And journos, writers, editors and authors in San Francisco live on two fault lines. The famous one is the San Andreas Fault, which may bring the house down sometime soon. The lesser-known one has already brought down many colleagues and friends. [...]

Job Quest Advice: Take Your Skills with You

By Michael Gauger For nearly 20 years, I was a newspaper copy editor in Milwaukee, where I was born and grew up. But in the last few years, the Journal Sentinel had been cutting its staff through buyouts. In the summer of ’09, a round of buyouts didn’t yield enough cuts for the company, and in [...]

E&P: Newspapers Sink Below Internet and TV as Information Sources

By Mark Fitzgerald,  July 28, 2010 CHICAGO – – Newspapers continue to be seen as less important at their primary job — being sources of information – according to the latest edition of the nine-year-old Digital Future Project from the USC Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism. The study found that just 56% Internet users [...]

WRITERS LIFEGUARD: No Reply is the New “No Thanks”

By Jules Older After the positive work reports I’ve received in response to the last Writers Lifeguard, this note arrived: “Well, Jules, I wish I could say things are looking up for me, but it’s really hard not to get discouraged with a capital D. After unsuccessfully hunting for a magazine staff job last summer/fall [...]

WSJ: Five Mistakes Online Job Hunters Make

By Elizabeth Garone, 
The Wall Street Journal Posted 7/22/1020, 10:57 EDT In a tight job market, building and maintaining an online presence is critical to networking and job hunting. Done right, it can be an important tool for present and future networking and useful for potential employers trying to get a sense of who you [...]

Knowledgewebb Launches Displaced Journalists Partnership with Free “Tech Savvy” Webinar

By Amy Webb CEO, Knowledgewebb Knowledgewebb is pleased to partner with Displaced Journalists to offer community members a deep discount on its annual membership dues. Knowledgewebb offers hands-on training, self-directed courses, ongoing webinars and more for professionals working in publishing and small-business communications. Need pointers on how to edit an audio podcast? Want to brush [...]

Hacks/Hackers Survival Glossary for Journalists

If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the jargon associated with digital media, you are not alone. As Displaced Journalists eager to get back in the game, we all need to be well-versed in ever-evolving technology lingo. Hacks/Hackers, a network concerned with the intersection of journalism and technology, has come up with a list of important technology [...]