By Michelle V. Rafter on September 4, 2009
When I went freelance, not only did I lose my full-time paycheck, I lost my tribe. Instead of being part of a pack of 300, suddenly I was on my own – at least that’s what it felt like at the time.
Posted in Freelancing, Social Networks, Technology, Workplace Issues, Writing | Tagged David Hockman, Digital Journalism Camp, Editorchat, Freelance Success, freelance tribes, Mediabistro.com, online groups for writers, Online News Association, Portland Beer and Blog, Seth Godin, Tribes, UPOD, writing groups |
By Michelle V. Rafter on September 1, 2009
But many 2009 Online Journalism Award finalists are online-only publications that aim to pick up where cash-strapped newspapers have left off, especially on investigative news.
Posted in Online news | Tagged 2009 Online Journalism Awards, Muckety, Newspaper Industry, Online news, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, The Chauncey Bailey Project, the future of news, VoicesofSanDiego.org |