Comments for Frustrations of a young journalist http://frustrationsofayoungjournalist.wordpress.com I believe in the profession of journalism. Thu, 07 May 2009 17:04:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Being an intern in unsure times by ‘My Future Collapse Around Me’ | NewsTechZilla http://frustrationsofayoungjournalist.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/being-an-intern-in-unsure-times/#comment-185 ‘My Future Collapse Around Me’ | NewsTechZilla Thu, 07 May 2009 17:04:09 +0000 http://frustrationsofayoungjournalist.wordpress.com/?p=154#comment-185 [...] by Trace Sharp Trace Sharp’s Website // Hilary Lehman writes of watching her future at a newspaper during very dark times. My internship at the Herald [...] [...] by Trace Sharp Trace Sharp’s Website // Hilary Lehman writes of watching her future at a newspaper during very dark times. My internship at the Herald [...]

]]> Comment on Being an intern in unsure times by Links for today | Links para hoje « O Lago | The Lake http://frustrationsofayoungjournalist.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/being-an-intern-in-unsure-times/#comment-181 Links for today | Links para hoje « O Lago | The Lake Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:12:56 +0000 http://frustrationsofayoungjournalist.wordpress.com/?p=154#comment-181 [...] Being an intern in unsure times, Frustrations of a young journalist My internship at the Herald was not, in many ways, ideal. Four weeks into my internship, the next round of newsroom layoffs was announced. Three weeks later, they were implemented. Those three weeks were tense and quiet. The silence was the most unnerving. A few rumors swirled, but nothing like what you would expect from a room full of journalists. People talked about furloughs and discussed privately whose jobs they thought were in trouble. Then the layoffs came, and everyone from secretaries to editors were crying in the bathroom. Being an intern during that time was draining. I wasn’t completely a spectator, but I wasn’t participating either. My job wasn’t at stake, and my career wasn’t on the line. As an editor darkly noted later, I didn’t even take a pay cut. But I was watching my future collapse around me. [...] [...] Being an intern in unsure times, Frustrations of a young journalist My internship at the Herald was not, in many ways, ideal. Four weeks into my internship, the next round of newsroom layoffs was announced. Three weeks later, they were implemented. Those three weeks were tense and quiet. The silence was the most unnerving. A few rumors swirled, but nothing like what you would expect from a room full of journalists. People talked about furloughs and discussed privately whose jobs they thought were in trouble. Then the layoffs came, and everyone from secretaries to editors were crying in the bathroom. Being an intern during that time was draining. I wasn’t completely a spectator, but I wasn’t participating either. My job wasn’t at stake, and my career wasn’t on the line. As an editor darkly noted later, I didn’t even take a pay cut. But I was watching my future collapse around me. [...]

]]> Comment on Being an intern in unsure times by Hilary Lehman: ‘Being an intern in unsure times’ « DAILYMAIL.ME http://frustrationsofayoungjournalist.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/being-an-intern-in-unsure-times/#comment-179 Hilary Lehman: ‘Being an intern in unsure times’ « DAILYMAIL.ME Sat, 18 Apr 2009 07:04:42 +0000 http://frustrationsofayoungjournalist.wordpress.com/?p=154#comment-179 [...] Full post at this link… [...] [...] Full post at this link… [...]

]]> Comment on Being an intern in unsure times by Katie http://frustrationsofayoungjournalist.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/being-an-intern-in-unsure-times/#comment-178 Katie Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:41:39 +0000 http://frustrationsofayoungjournalist.wordpress.com/?p=154#comment-178 Wow. This also happened to me while I was on work exp. in Lancaster, UK a couple of moths back. The sub-editing staff was cutby two-thirds, and since I left, the editing team and most of the reporters have lost their jobs too. It was an awkward and unpleasant experience, like you said, you're watching your future career collapse around you. People joked to me that perhaps I was getting myself into something I didn't understand - maybe I should go back to school and learn how to be a teacher - but the truth is I still want this more than anything else, and I'm prepared to fight for it. I really feel for those people who have been made redundant, but I'm perhaps naively optimistic that when the economy picks up again, journalism jobs will be in a greater supply once more. Until then I'll be writing for free and gaining experience. It's not a big change for me. Wow. This also happened to me while I was on work exp. in Lancaster, UK a couple of moths back. The sub-editing staff was cutby two-thirds, and since I left, the editing team and most of the reporters have lost their jobs too.

It was an awkward and unpleasant experience, like you said, you’re watching your future career collapse around you. People joked to me that perhaps I was getting myself into something I didn’t understand – maybe I should go back to school and learn how to be a teacher – but the truth is I still want this more than anything else, and I’m prepared to fight for it.

I really feel for those people who have been made redundant, but I’m perhaps naively optimistic that when the economy picks up again, journalism jobs will be in a greater supply once more. Until then I’ll be writing for free and gaining experience. It’s not a big change for me.

]]> Comment on Being an intern in unsure times by Hilary Lehman: ‘Being an intern in unsure times’ | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog http://frustrationsofayoungjournalist.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/being-an-intern-in-unsure-times/#comment-177 Hilary Lehman: ‘Being an intern in unsure times’ | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:30:54 +0000 http://frustrationsofayoungjournalist.wordpress.com/?p=154#comment-177 [...] Full post at this link… [...] [...] Full post at this link… [...]

]]> Comment on Being an intern in unsure times by acturnage http://frustrationsofayoungjournalist.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/being-an-intern-in-unsure-times/#comment-176 acturnage Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:56:42 +0000 http://frustrationsofayoungjournalist.wordpress.com/?p=154#comment-176 I completely agree with you (that we need to look at innovations in the business model), but I wouldn't say we need to look past journalism innovations themselves. We need to do both. That being said, I definitely think it would be a good idea to have students in J-schools in the future take some business/advertising classes as well. I completely agree with you (that we need to look at innovations in the business model), but I wouldn’t say we need to look past journalism innovations themselves. We need to do both. That being said, I definitely think it would be a good idea to have students in J-schools in the future take some business/advertising classes as well.

]]> Comment on Being an intern in unsure times by paulbalcerak http://frustrationsofayoungjournalist.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/being-an-intern-in-unsure-times/#comment-175 paulbalcerak Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:56:51 +0000 http://frustrationsofayoungjournalist.wordpress.com/?p=154#comment-175 <a href="" rel="nofollow">Sandy</a> - To be frank, <a href="http://www.ourblook.com/The-Media/The-Future-of-Journalism.html" rel="nofollow">that post</a> is a lot of hot air: "Papers should do both ... charge for their content and work hard to get advertising on the site." Go ahead and throw up a pay wall around your site—see what happens (also, I doubt there's an ad department in the land that isn't "working hard" to sell ads in <em>any</em> medium right now). The industry isn't in great shape, but it's got nothing to do with giving away content for free. Newspaper companies never made a significant amount of money off subscriptions anyway. Moreover, <a href="http://www.yelvington.com/node/530" rel="nofollow">print is still a viable business venture</a>. <a href="http://frustrationsofayoungjournalist.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/being-an-intern-in-unsure-times/#comment-174" rel="nofollow">Hilary</a> hit on a very good point—"we need to start looking ... to innovations in the actual business model." Exactly. The journalists of the future will be journalist/businesspeople hybrids. The days of a fortified wall between the editorial side of a news company and the business side of a news company will have to come down if the industry is going to thrive again. Sandy – To be frank, that post is a lot of hot air: “Papers should do both … charge for their content and work hard to get advertising on the site.” Go ahead and throw up a pay wall around your site—see what happens (also, I doubt there’s an ad department in the land that isn’t “working hard” to sell ads in any medium right now). The industry isn’t in great shape, but it’s got nothing to do with giving away content for free. Newspaper companies never made a significant amount of money off subscriptions anyway. Moreover, print is still a viable business venture.

Hilary hit on a very good point—”we need to start looking … to innovations in the actual business model.” Exactly. The journalists of the future will be journalist/businesspeople hybrids. The days of a fortified wall between the editorial side of a news company and the business side of a news company will have to come down if the industry is going to thrive again.

]]> Comment on Being an intern in unsure times by Hilary Lehman http://frustrationsofayoungjournalist.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/being-an-intern-in-unsure-times/#comment-174 Hilary Lehman Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:43:34 +0000 http://frustrationsofayoungjournalist.wordpress.com/?p=154#comment-174 @acturnage, Actually, I took Mindy McAdams's class, where passages of that book were required reading. I have yet to finish it -- in fact, I think it's in my suitcase. My thought, though, after being in a newsroom that is doing everything it can to innovate, is that we need to start looking past journalism innovations and to innovations in the actual business model. It's not so much the journalism that's lacking, in my opinion -- it's the money we're making off of it. @acturnage,
Actually, I took Mindy McAdams’s class, where passages of that book were required reading. I have yet to finish it — in fact, I think it’s in my suitcase.

My thought, though, after being in a newsroom that is doing everything it can to innovate, is that we need to start looking past journalism innovations and to innovations in the actual business model.

It’s not so much the journalism that’s lacking, in my opinion — it’s the money we’re making off of it.

]]> Comment on Being an intern in unsure times by acturnage http://frustrationsofayoungjournalist.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/being-an-intern-in-unsure-times/#comment-173 acturnage Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:21:37 +0000 http://frustrationsofayoungjournalist.wordpress.com/?p=154#comment-173 I like Paul's outlook. I'd recommend you read Charlie Beckett's "Supermedia: Saving Journalism so It Can Save the World." Obviously, it looks pretty bleak right now. But we journalists are a smart bunch, and if we go about it the right way, we'll entually be able to squeeze some money out of this whole Internet thing. I like Paul’s outlook. I’d recommend you read Charlie Beckett’s “Supermedia: Saving Journalism so It Can Save the World.” Obviously, it looks pretty bleak right now. But we journalists are a smart bunch, and if we go about it the right way, we’ll entually be able to squeeze some money out of this whole Internet thing.

]]> Comment on Being an intern in unsure times by Rebekah http://frustrationsofayoungjournalist.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/being-an-intern-in-unsure-times/#comment-172 Rebekah Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:58:09 +0000 http://frustrationsofayoungjournalist.wordpress.com/?p=154#comment-172 The 50-inch feature you wrote about the boat show was an awesome article (and it totally helped me at my job - the PR for the boat show) Thanks again! oh and just an FYI (I'm sure you know this) but it was the 68th Miami International Boat Show and Strictly Sail. The 50-inch feature you wrote about the boat show was an awesome article (and it totally helped me at my job – the PR for the boat show) Thanks again!

oh and just an FYI (I’m sure you know this) but it was the 68th Miami International Boat Show and Strictly Sail.

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