Studying the intersection of journalism, interactive communications and public discourse
The Association of Opinion Journalists hosted a Minority Writers Seminar on Nov. 12-17, 2015 at the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, FL. The diverse group of participants, myself included, hailed from all over the country and included freelance writers, full-time news reporters, editorial writers, academics and college students. I’m the one in blue in the …
Here are a few more insights from Patch folks who were recently laid off, and from a couple of editors who are still working in Connecticut. “I think the layoffs were done too quickly, too thoughtlessly, and without enough input from those who know the area. But, that’s pretty typical of Patch’s approach.” “One thing …
Now that AOL has laid off 40 percent of the Patch workforce, those of us concerned about the local news landscape in Connecticut want to know what’s going to happen to the state’s 67 Patch sites. Which sites will be shut down? Will AOL partner with existing Connecticut news organizations or independent news purveyors to …
– What Should Journalism Professors Tell Their Students? – Technology Is Newspapers Undoing
By the Project for Excellence in Journalism “The state of the American news media in 2008 is more troubled than a year ago. And the problems, increasingly, appear to be different than many experts have predicted. Critics have tended to see technology democratizing the media and traditional journalism in decline. Audiences, they say, are fragmenting …
New York Times financial reporter Diana Henriques, talking to journalism students at Penn State: “If you don’t want to do this more than you want to do anything else, then don’t, because it’s too hard otherwise.”