Comments on: To stay relevant, journalists need to 'flee into the future' http://michellerafter.com/2009/10/03/to-stay-relevant-journalists-need-to-flee-into-the-future/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Freelancing in the Digital Age Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:24:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Michelle V. Rafter http://michellerafter.com/2009/10/03/to-stay-relevant-journalists-need-to-flee-into-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-11287 Michelle V. Rafter Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:16:31 +0000 http://michellerafter.wordpress.com/?p=3746#comment-11287 Join the club. It's not just j-school students who feel like it's hard to keep up with changing technologies. But the fundamentals aren't changing - reporting, research, writing, etc. - so make sure you learn those, and the tech part will sort itself out. Michelle Join the club. It’s not just j-school students who feel like it’s hard to keep up with changing technologies. But the fundamentals aren’t changing – reporting, research, writing, etc. – so make sure you learn those, and the tech part will sort itself out.

Michelle

]]> By: JS http://michellerafter.com/2009/10/03/to-stay-relevant-journalists-need-to-flee-into-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-11277 JS Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:08:52 +0000 http://michellerafter.wordpress.com/?p=3746#comment-11277 As a journalism student, I am definitely trying to "flee into the future as fast as I can." But I feel like I can't keep up! I thought I was learning all of the "new media" but it has now become old. Students, myself included, need to realize that media is ever changing and we have to keep up in order to make it in the future of journalism. I found this website helpful. It has interviews with professional journalists about the future of journalism. http://www.ourblook.com/index.php?topic=future_of_journalism As a journalism student, I am definitely trying to “flee into the future as fast as I can.” But I feel like I can’t keep up! I thought I was learning all of the “new media” but it has now become old. Students, myself included, need to realize that media is ever changing and we have to keep up in order to make it in the future of journalism. I found this website helpful. It has interviews with professional journalists about the future of journalism. http://www.ourblook.com/index.php?topic=future_of_journalism

]]> By: Michelle V. Rafter http://michellerafter.com/2009/10/03/to-stay-relevant-journalists-need-to-flee-into-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-1699 Michelle V. Rafter Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:37:34 +0000 http://michellerafter.wordpress.com/?p=3746#comment-1699 Thanks - it's still in beta. Let me know what you like, don't like, would like to see more of. Michelle Thanks – it’s still in beta. Let me know what you like, don’t like, would like to see more of.

Michelle

]]> By: drew myron http://michellerafter.com/2009/10/03/to-stay-relevant-journalists-need-to-flee-into-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-1646 drew myron Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:42:46 +0000 http://michellerafter.wordpress.com/?p=3746#comment-1646 Love the new look! Very streamlined and clean. - drew Love the new look!

Very streamlined and clean.

- drew

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]]> By: Bridget (cyberchondriac mom) http://michellerafter.com/2009/10/03/to-stay-relevant-journalists-need-to-flee-into-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-1641 Bridget (cyberchondriac mom) Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:13:55 +0000 http://michellerafter.wordpress.com/?p=3746#comment-1641 Useful info Michelle -- thanks. If you find out more about those twitter lists and other apps for journalists, please keep us posted. cheers, Bridget Useful info Michelle — thanks. If you find out more about those twitter lists and other apps for journalists, please keep us posted. cheers, Bridget

]]> By: Susan Birk http://michellerafter.com/2009/10/03/to-stay-relevant-journalists-need-to-flee-into-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-1640 Susan Birk Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:04:43 +0000 http://michellerafter.wordpress.com/?p=3746#comment-1640 Great wrap-up, Michelle. Thanks much. Great wrap-up, Michelle. Thanks much.

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