Journalists
Posts about journalists and the way they work.
Journalists: Link To Win Paid Members Public
People have, on occasion, described TechCrunch (and ex-TechCrunch) writers are “bratty” in their writing style. MG Siegler does a pretty good job of proving the point in his complaints last week about the lack of credit he got from the Wall Street Journal [http://parislemon.com/post/18182094905/the-wall-street-journal-is-fucking-bullshit] : >
I work on it, why should I read it? Paid Members Public
John Robinson wants to know what we would do [http://johnlrobinson.com/2012/01/what-would-do/] if… > * Half of your employees — including those in the newsroom — don’t read the paper (except for their own stories)? Sadly, that’s been the case in pretty much every big magazine I’ve
Journos and Scientists: observed… Paid Members Public
I am a journalist. I am married to a scientist. You can guess why I enjoyed this so much… [http://deepseanews.com/2011/10/scientists-journalists-a-field-guide/] > The journalist and the scientist are two species that inhabit the same ecosystem, but have very different behaviors. I have spent many years carefully
Journalists: a bunch of reactionaries Paid Members Public
Rosie Niven comments [http://rosieniven.co.uk/2011/10/24/bbc-staff-banned-from-having-rubbish-bins-near-their-desks-to-stop-them-being-territorial-and-defensive-telegraph/] on the BBC’s attempts to get its staff to mix it up a little: > I’ve been in a few newsrooms now and while I applaud the attempt to get staff out of their fiefdoms and mixing
While you're waiting for iOS 5 to drop... Paid Members Public
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2011/10/3721f2083b87418982eb6acae0758875_7.jpg] …here are some links to distract you. - [Getting “digital first” right in the “newsroom”](http://www.yelvington.com/content/getting-digital-first-right-newsroom) – a nice, detailed look at why this is a more complex idea than many people
Maybe I should have a caption competition... Paid Members Public
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2011/09/6a011278fa639228a4014e8bb9b3cf970d.jpg] Just an ordinary day in the* Community Care* office, with the team wearing the regulation head temperature maintenance gear, as approved by occupational health…Oh, all right. They’re helping [publicise Woolly Hat day](http://www.communitycare.
Learning to be a mutable journalist Paid Members Public
Since my job morphed from “head of blog development” to “editorial development manager” (which happened a while before the job title change), I’ve struggled to give a clear, one sentence description of what I do. The closest I’ve got is “figure out how changes in technology, journalism and
Who wields influence amongst UK online journalists? Paid Members Public
Well. I’m back from my break in France, and feeling relaxed, refreshed and recharged. There’s much blogging I want to do, but I’ve been flat out with strategy and training and liaison and other exciting work things since I returned. My diary opens up a bit from
