WRITERS LIFEGUARD: Anne and Me, We Disagree
By Jules Older Anne Lamott is my favorite writer who writes about writing. “Bird by Bird” by Anne Lamott is my favorite book about writing. “Word by Word” by Anne Lamott is my favorite audiobook about writing. But I’ve got a bone to pick with Anne Lamott. It’s because of something she said at the [...]
Print May Be on the Way Out, but Content is Here to Stay
By Mark Mayfield Thirty-two years ago I was a senior in college, and editor of my campus newspaper. I wrote editorials and columns on an old manual typewriter, with carbon sheets placed between cheap yellow pulp paper. Sound familiar? Anyone of my generation can remember a time before computers, before VCRs/DVRS, before cell phones and, [...]
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]