‘Nomad’ Digital Mag to Tap Mobile Market, Pay Freelancers Share of Subscription Revenue
A new publishing venture has launched which takes advantage of mobile devices. A group of magazine journalists and editors have formed to publish a weekly digital magazine, Nomad Editions, specifically for mobile technology. Content will be created by freelance journalists with area-specific expertise; readers, who will subscribe through a mobile app, can receive an “exclusive, [...]
Missed the DPJ/Knowledgewebb webinar?
If you didn’t catch Thursday’s Knowledgewebb webinar “10 Steps to a Tech Savvy You,” you will find it through Aug. 20 posted here. All of the notes and links are up there, too, so you can grab those if you didn’t take notes during the webinar. More than 300 of us were online for the [...]
Rooted Austin: Just Follow Your Passion
By Logan Braman Special for Displaced Journalists I’m a journalist, but I don’t consider myself displaced. If anything, I’d say I’m a journalist who has been set free. I, along with three co-founders, just launched the first part of Rooted Austin, a local news portal for Austin, Texas. We think it’s the best time to [...]
Travelwritten: A Travel Writer’s Guide to Self-Publishing on the Web
Travelwritten is a how-to site and blog for travel writers who want to become writer-publishers on the Web. Author Durant Imboden has been co-owner, publisher and editor of Europe for Visitors for nine years. He was with MSN, About.com, and other online companies from 1995 until 2001. By Durant Imboden, Europe for Visitors The Timeses, [...]
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 [...]
Reflections of a Newsosaur: Journalists Running Start-Ups Face Tall Odds
By Alan D. Mutter Posted Monday, June 7, 2010, on Reflections of a Newsosaur Fed up with furloughs and down-sizing – or forced involuntarily out of their jobs – journalists across the land are taking matters into their own hands by starting their own news sites. While I applaud these brave and commendable efforts, I [...]
Programmer-Journalist? Hacker-Journalist? Our Identity Crisis
“Labels matter,” writes 2009 Knight News Challenge Winner Aron Pilhofer. “And as this niche of journalism grows more mainstream, labels will matter that much more. So, who are we?” Read more of Pilhofer’s thoughts on the subject at the MediaShift Idea Lab site. Pilhofer welcomes ideas.
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 [...]
AOL is Still Hiring Regional Editors
AOL is still hiring. If you are interested in any of the following positions, go to the AOL Careers Site, submit your application, and make sure to mention that Andrea Stone, senior Washington correspondent for AOL News, referred you. Then send a your resume to Andrea at andrea.stone@corp.aol.com, so she can pass it along and call [...]
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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]