Is it just me, or does it seem like there’s a uptick in the stories and blog posts on the evolution of the news business and the role independents – writers and others – are playing in it? The sputtering economy is speeding up the pace of change. Here are some developments of interest from […]
You can still be a reporter, just not in a newsroom
Attention journalists. The newspaper reporting and editing jobs you’ve been laid off from aren’t coming back anytime soon, at least not in the form you left them. You probably already know that. So what’s next? You could go to law school, switch to PR or dig up dirt on public companies for a corporate investigator. But if […]
Online News Assn. offers free Semantic Web seminar for writers
The Online News Association is teaming up with Poynter Institute’s News University to offer four training Webinars for writers interested in updating their skills. The first is a class on semantic Web specifically tailored to journalists and it’s free to ONA members. Non-members pay $29.95. Discover Your Missing Links: The Semantic Web will take place […]
Top 10 digital media trends of 2008
This is the last new post I’ll write in 2008, so it seems fitting to look back at the biggest stories of the year in the digital media business and how they’ll affect on freelancers now and in the future. I’ll weigh in with my top 10 first. Feel free to send your own suggestions […]
WordCount recap – Weekly news from the digital media biz
A scenario for news – Prognosticating about the future of the news business on his BuzzMachine blog, industry guru Jeff Jarvis says there’s definitely a place for freelancers. The future of news is all about community – covering it and working with it. Examples of this already abound, such as the Seal Beach Daily community […]
Free multimedia career training for ex-news staffers, other writers
Here’s another journalist bailout program – just in time to rescue all the newspaper reporters and editors Gannett laid off earlier this week. Webbedia Group, a new media training firm created by veteran journalists, is holding two free online training sessions on emerging technology and “post-mainstream journalism careers” for recently laid off newspaper staffers and […]