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 [...]

‘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, [...]

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 [...]

Debunking 5 Myths of Entrepreneurial Journalism

By Jeremy Caplan, Poynter Online Entrepreneurial journalists spot the seeds of start-ups where others see remnants of the news industry’s retreat. Earlier this month, I worked with 19 forward-looking journos who convened at Poynter to get a jumpstart on their new micro-businesses. One narrowed the focus of her niche news site for Filipino Americans, while another refined his [...]

Strange Bedfellows: What Journalism Can Learn From Adult Entertainment

Posted on Poynter.org by Andy Medici at 6:25 AM on Jun. 3, 2010 Let’s role-play for a second. Imagine you are working in an industry that has been battered by the recent recession and rapid advances in technology. Instead of paying for teams of professionals, people are going online to find new content like yours [...]

We’re Not Done Yet; What Shall We Do Next?

By Susan Older Founder, Displaced Journalists We have a rapidly growing, multi-talented Facebook community. What shall we do next with this initiative? As one of our writers, Melanie Kolden, pointed out on our site in March, we really don’t know one another. (Of course, we just started in January.) We share articles, links, and comments. But [...]

Don’t Let Inertia Tie You Down: Adversity Leads to New Opportunities

By Marcie Eanes March 17, 2010 Recent upheavals in journalism have left people scratching their heads at this unprecedented level of uncertainty. All the hard work of building a career can easily disappear with a pink slip. After packing up your desk, commiserating with colleagues, and trying to put on a brave front, the question of what to do [...]

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, [...]

“15 Minutes of Fame” Isn’t Worth Compromise

By Geveryl Robinson February 15, 2010 In 2007, one of my students, John Weldon, was murdered. I was an English instructor at Savannah Technical College, and John, who grew up in one of the worst housing projects in Savannah, was the first person in his family to attend college. The last time I saw John, [...]