What’s your digital strategy? First, get a grip
REFLECTIONS OF A NEWSOSAUR MUSINGS (AND OCCASIONAL URGENT WARNINGS) OF A VETERAN MEDIA EXECUTIVE, WHO FEARS OUR NEWS-GATHERING COMPANIES ARE STUMBLING TO EXTINCTION By Alan D. Mutter, June 5, 2013 More often than you would think, an editor or publisher will contact me to ask, “What should my digital strategy be?” The inquiry is alarming on a […]
How Does the Internet Give You a Voice? Help Craig Newmark Celebrate Internet Freedom Day
Posted by Craig Newmark on CraigConnects.org, Jan.9, 2013 Internet Freedom Day, January 18th, that’s a big deal. Folks, I want to know: how does the Internet give you a voice? I’m collecting answers about how the Internet gives people a voice that I will share on Internet Freedom Day next January 18th. Here’s the deal: Write about how the Internet […]
Writer’s Lifeguard: Tax Preparation H?
By Jules Older Saw an accountant, showed her my recent tax returns. She said, “Hmmm.” “Hmmm? I don’t like the sound of hmmm.” “Well, for the past two years, your expenses have been greater than your income. One more year like that and the IRS could declare you a hobbyist.” Hobbyist. One word that manages to combine my […]
USC’s Robert Hernandez: Hijack Your J-School’s Assets to Selfishly Improve Your Skills
Here’s Robert Hernandez, journalism professor at USC’s Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism, with ideas on how students can make the resources of the j-school, and the web, better work for them. Hernandez says students should bypass the normal route. “Hijack your school’s assets,” he advises, “to selfishly improve your skills.”
Writer’s Lifeguard: Death by Tartar Sauce
By Jules Older Greetings, fellow Lifeguards, from a sunny winter day in Auckland. I’ve just learned that my new ebook is now for sale on all e-platforms: Kindle, iTunes, Nook and a few I’ve never heard of. Should you decide to recklessly squander $3.99 USD on it, please rate it as well. And if you’re inclined […]
Resilience is the Key to Surviving a Layoff
By Eileen Briesch For Displaced Journalists Two years ago, I got the word: Your life is ending. The career for which you worked the past 30-plus years is over. It was a normal Friday night, and then it wasn’t. We were going to order pizza from my favorite pizza place, and I was going around […]
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 […]
Gloating and the War in the World of Local
Schadenfreude, Part Two: I Apologize By Debbie Galant, Baristanet Posted September 8, 2011 on Authentically Local Schadenfreude, or gloating over another’s misfortune, is not a pretty thing. By definition. And though I’m used to being scolded by readers, my upbraiding by some of the Patch rank-and-file over my last post here has left me unexpectedly chastened. I meant […]
Readers Can’t Trust Sites that Run Sloppy Copy
Susan older DisplacedJournalists.com news sites lose reader trust when they publish errors and sloppy copy.
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