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 [...]

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: Don’t Let the Bastards Rip You Off

By Jules Older I’m not one who regards editors as bastards. I yam an editor. I try not to be a bastard. Sometimes I even succeed. Ditto publishers. They’re the ones who feed my family, and I don’t go around biting the hand that feeds. But. But the ones who don’t pay… ah, now yer [...]

‘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, [...]

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: The Content Mill Way

By John D. Vincent Special for Displaced Journalists The revelation that Demand Studios is producing content for reputable news sites is disturbing. Like a rancid baklava, it is bad on countless levels. For those of you who don’t know, Demand Studios produces short, rigidly-formatted articles for a variety of sites using a pool of underpaid [...]

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, [...]

WRITERS LIFEGUARD: No Reply is the New “No Thanks”

By Jules Older After the positive work reports I’ve received in response to the last Writers Lifeguard, this note arrived: “Well, Jules, I wish I could say things are looking up for me, but it’s really hard not to get discouraged with a capital D. After unsuccessfully hunting for a magazine staff job last summer/fall [...]