Journalists and the Art of Bouncing Gracefully

By Fara Warner Special for Displaced Journalists A few months ago, I was interviewed by the director of a journalism program for a faculty position at one of the top communications schools in the country. To be honest, I was simply honored to even be in the room. At the very least, I thought, I’d [...]

The Life of a Freelance Biz Reporter, aka Getting Your Life Back

Talking Biz News exclusive Heidi N. Moore has been a financial reporter for more than a decade, working in such newsrooms as Institutional Investor, The Deal and The Wall Street Journal. But in May 2009, Moore struck out on her own and became a freelance business journalist. Since then, she has written and reported on [...]

USA Today Shakes Up Staff in ‘Radical’ Overhaul

By Michael Liedtke The Associated Press Friday, August 27, 2010; 9:46 AM SAN FRANCISCO — USA Today, the nation’s second largest newspaper, is making the most dramatic overhaul of its staff in its 28-year history as it de-emphasizes its print edition and ramps up its effort to reach more readers and advertisers on mobile devices. [...]

Corporate Social Responsibility’s New Advocate

By Jessica Guberman NY Nonprofit Business Examiner Examiner.com Although the term “CSR”— for Corporate Social Responsibility — started in the early 1970s, it is a term that is beginning to gain wider traction and broader, inherent meaning. Highly debated and criticized as a way to distract from the fundamental economic role of business, CSR is [...]

Free Webinar: Mobile Reporting and Publishing

Displaced Journalists’ partner Knowledgewebb is planning another free webinar. “Getting Started: Mobile Reporting and Publishing” is the topic, and it’s scheduled for this Wednesday, Aug. 25 at 2 p.m. EDT. You don’t need to be a member of Knowledgewebb to participate in the webinar. However, if you haven’t considered joining, remember that our partnership with [...]

WRITERS LIFEGUARD: Mantrae of Our Times

Way back when — in April, 2009 — I called Writers Lifeguard No. 16, “Mantrae for Our Times.” It had but four markers of change: Screen is the new Paper Short is the new Deep Pictures are the new Words Free is the new Pay Now, more than a year further into our climb — [...]

Newsday to Hire 34 Journalists, Add News/Opinion Pages

Memo from Newsday’s editor From: ND-Communication Office Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 11:29 a.m. To: ND-Communication Office Subject: A message from Debby Krenek Dear colleagues, Newsday’s newsroom is hiring! In a big step forward on boosting our local coverage, during the next six months we will hire 34 new journalists for our newsroom and digital [...]

The Revolutionary Anti-Resume for Journalists

By Angela Lussier Special for Displaced Journalists For those journalists who have read the writing on the wall and are looking for ways to get out of traditional newspapers and into Web-based writing, now’s the best time in the history of the Web to do so. Journalists who follow market and business trends know that, [...]

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 [...]