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.
Why Journalists Should Learn Computer Programming
By Roland Legrand, June 2, 2010 Yes, journalists should learn how to program. No, not every journalist should learn it right now — just those who want to stay in the industry for another ten years. More seriously, programming skills and knowledge enable us traditional journalists to tell better and more engaging stories. Programming means going [...]
Is Print Media Doomed Worldwide or Just in the US?
As I walked in the headquarters of the Jawa Pos—the flagship newspaper of one of South East Asia’s largest print media empires—I was wondering just how screwed my profession is; globally I mean. Is the death of print a world-wide certainty or merely an American reality? After all a lot of “old economy” businesses are thriving [...]
Not Sure What to Do? Sometimes It’s OK to Laugh About Journalism
This is “Multimedia Immersion Rap” — a fantastic video about being multimedia journailsts produced by Evan Vucci and Matt Ford to kick off the NPPA Multimedia Immersion workshop in Syracuse, N.Y., in May. It’s a parody of Jay-Z’s “On To The Next One” and just one of 10 wild and crazy short videos about journalism you’ll [...]
Who Needs Meetings? Online News Ventures Do
By Susan Older Founder, Displaced Journalists I realized quite recently that I’ve been missing out on something that should be fascinating: TimesCast – a daily video feature on The New York Times site featuring interviews with writers and editors covering hot stories of the day and snippets from meetings of senior editors discussing what should [...]
Knight Workshop/Fellowship for Journalists in Transition
By Susan Older Founder, Displaced Journalists February 10, 2010 The Knight Digital Media Center, which is associated with the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, will offer three free workshops this spring – one for independent journalists, and two for multimedia journalists. These are fellowships and you must be accepted to attend. Capacity is limited, but [...]
Sad About My Layoff? Not Me, I’m “The Photo Garden Bee”
Like everyone, I’ve been holding my breath each time rumors regarding “downsizing,” “right-sizing,” “cutbacks” or “sacrifices to the stock market gods” started swirling around the newsroom. Unfortunately, more often than not, most of the rumors have been followed by real layoffs of really talented friends and co-workers. This past December 1st was no different. The [...]
Travel Writers 2 Travel App-ers
By Jules Older So there we were. Jules: former magazine editor-in-chief, former website director, Global Interactive Content, former person with income. Effin: widely published photographer, suddenly not widely published. Hi. I’m Jules. Not long ago I start getting email asking if I’d like to cover San Francisco for a travel website. It will be, oh, two [...]
« go backWelcome 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]