Writers Lifeguard: Why can’t I write killer ledes?
This is a Writer’s Lifeguard column Jules Older wrote before we started publishing his commentary here on Displaced Journalists. If you’re sensitive about reading what a few Amazon reviewers called “raunchy” language in reference to one of the books Jules mentions, stop reading now. Otherwise, enjoy. It’s one of those pieces that never loses its [...]
Note to J-schools: Don’t close, just reinvent
In a recent Boulder Daily Camera story about the University of Colorado’s decision to close its journalism school, several sources wondered whether more J-schools will soon close. They won’t, not as long as visionless journalism schools are willing to take tuition from students blind to the harsh realities of the profession.
Harlan Ellison: Pay the Writer
Do you ever feel like caving in and writing “for exposure”? Do you just want a reminder of why you haven’t done so? Watch the Harlan Ellison video: Pay the Writer. It’s a classic.
Reminder: Maynard multimedia fellow deadline
Displaced Journalists: Apply by April 15 at 11:59 PDT to receive a multimedia editing fellowship from the Maynard Institute at the Reynolds School of Journalism, University of Nevado-Reno.
Wikileaks’ Julian Assange and NYT’s Bill Keller Trade Barbs at UC Berkeley
By Matt Smith San Francisco Weekly Blogs Julian Assange is a paranoid, misguided, smelly bag lady — not an open government hero. And New York Times executive editor Bill Keller? Well, he is a cynical dissembler interested more in covering his own ass than telling the truth. A couple hundred journalists, including yours truly, assembled [...]
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]