WRITER’S LIFEGUARD: Saving the Chron
By Jules Older, independent columnist For better and worse, I tend to work on inspiration, not preparation. Better because I drop everything except deadlines and focus like a laser on the new project. Worse because I drop everything except deadlines. When everyone around you is expecting a right turn, a sudden swerve to the left [...]
WRITER’S LIFEGUARD: Show Me the Money
Editor’s note: Our most prolific Displaced Journalists member is definitely Jules Older, who shares my last name, but not my genes. We ran one of his Writer’s LifeGuard columns titled “Don’t Let the Bastards Rip You off” August 12, 2010. (Just check our archives.) These two columns deal with the same subject: what freelancers can [...]
The Story of Prohibition… in Napa
Editor’s note: Jules and Effin Older (no relation to me) are dedicated Displaced Journalists members. They have had successful careers as children’s book authors and travel writers. We all hope they will make substantial money doing those things again. For now, though, they have reinvented themselves as iPhone/iPad app creators (in the iTunes store: [...]
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]