By Michelle V. Rafter on May 19, 2009
At 21, Steven Walling has accomplished what some writers twice his age are still trying to figure out: how to make a living as a digital freelancer. Despite his youth, Walling took a very old fashioned path to get where he is today. Fresh out of high school, he took whatever paid writing work he [...]
Posted in Careers, Freelancing, Online news, Oregon, Technology, Web 2.0, Writing | Tagged AboutUs.org, digital natives, freelance writers, how to write wikis, Portland tech community, Portland writers, Steven Walling, Wiki Wednesday, Wikipedia, wikis |
By Michelle V. Rafter on May 7, 2009
If you think reporters, editors, newspaper pundits, Sam Zell and the Sulzberger family are the only ones worried about the fate of the media business, you haven’t spent a Saturday morning with a room full of geeks. At last weekend’s BarCampPortland III meetup, the assembled developers, programmers and Web 2.0 entrepreneurs were just as concerned [...]
Posted in Blogs, Media Business, Newspapers, Online news, Oregon, Technology, Web 2.0 | Tagged Abraham Hyatt, BarCampPortland, BarCampPortland III, digital media, hyperlocal news, John Hill, Neighborhood Notes, OurPDX.com, Steven Walling, The Columbian, the future of news, the media business, The Portland Sentinel |