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.
Reminder: Maynard multimedia fellow deadline
Displaced Journalists: Apply by April 15 at 11:59 PDT to receive a multimedia editing fellowship from the Maynard Institute at the Reynolds School of Journalism, University of Nevado-Reno.
Reynolds Center seeks business journalists for visiting professor program
Displaced Journalists reports: The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation Visiting Business Journalism Professor’s Program will begin January 2012, with a visiting professors assigned to four campuses to teach business journalism coursework during a semester in residence.
Maynard Institute offers multimedia fellowships
Editor’s note: We have plenty of members of the Displaced Journalists community who work at news operations (online or print) and fear they won’t keep their jobs unless they boost their digital and multimedia skills. This Maynard Institute month-long fellowship is a great opportunity to get that training. — Susan Older Multimedia Editing Fellowships Available [...]
Free Webinar: There Are No Stupid Questions
Displaced Journalists’ partner Knowledgewebb, a premier site for digital media and other helpful training, is giving us all a free webinar for Christmas. It’s Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. EST. From Knowledgewebb.net, Nov. 17, 2010 We’ve all been there. You’re sitting in a meeting or in a conference session, and someone mentions a [...]
CJR: Yahoo’s New Digital Media Stylebook
By Bill Grueskin August 12, 2010 11:11 a.m. The Yahoo Style Guide: The Ultimate Sourcebook for Writing, Editing, and Creating Content for the Digital World | St. Martin’s Griffin | 528 pages, $21.99 If you strolled by a copy editor’s desk at any metro newsroom thirty years ago, you would have likely seen, sandwiched between [...]
Fund Seeks Grant Proposals for Local and Ethnic Media Investigative Reporting
If you’re a staff or freelance reporter investigating issues in your state or local community, or are working on investigative stories for ethnic media, you could be eligible for a boost from the Fund for Investigative Journalism. The fund is currently seeking grant proposals and is keen to support precisely those kinds of projects, thanks [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Which is Worse: The Waiting or the Fear?
By Holly Kerfoot “Dead man walking!” The feeling that this should be shouted in the newsroom when I pass by has faded, as have the murmurs of sympathy from those who – for now – will be keeping their jobs. What remains is the uncertainty. You see, I work on a copy desk that is [...]
keep looking »Welcome 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]