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Wednesday, 02 April 2008 |
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What makes a journalist tick?
“Ten different Sports columns or columnists, compared to zero political voices”
“This reasoning: Hmmm lets make an entire special section all photo based, with photos taken by unskilled government officials… and lets have our staff photographer organize it, edit it and design it.”
Angryjournalist.com is a web site that allows journalists to anonymously post their frustrations with the industry.
Here is a random selection of things that make journalists tick
“I’m angry I got plagiarized by a blogger, and that other bloggers picked up “his” story. I’ve posted comments on the original and related blogs, linking to my story. But, what else can I do?” Angry journalist 2927
“Management’s collective inability of not recognizing the Internet as a dominating competitive force.” Angry journalist 17Angry “Angry because mediocrity and bullshit is celebrated while true quality is punished or ignored.” Angry journalist 58
“Sometimes people just don’t understand your art. Do I always have to dumb myself down to your level so that people can understand the beauty of my message?” Angry journalist 199
“We make multimedia projects, sure. But let’s make them only because we want to enter contests. Forget about storytelling, our journalistic responsibility to the public, our tools/resources and throw it all away for a CHANCE to win a contest.” Angry journalist 257
“I’m angry because editorial boards recommend candidates in primaries and elections. Why not assume your readers have read all of your [unbiased] stories and figured it out for themselves? What is with the hubris of anointing a candidate?” Angry journalist 301 "I’m angry that the useless female anchor twit got a nice 25% bump in her salary — while everyone else has to make do with the budget cuts." Angry journalist 1819
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Wednesday, 26 March 2008 |
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The New York Times has a good piece on the absence of newspaper reporters on the campaign trail. "Among the newspapers that have chosen not to dispatch reporters to cover the two leading Democratic candidates on a regular basis are USA Today, the nation’s largest paper, as well as The Boston Globe, The Dallas Morning News, The Houston Chronicle, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Baltimore Sun, The Miami Herald and The Philadelphia Inquirer (at least until the Pennsylvania primary, on April 22, began to loom large)."
Those reporters who are sent on the campaign trail do so at a cost. Jon Meacham, Newsweek editor estimates
"one writer (doing double duty for print and the Web) to ride full-time on the Obama and Clinton planes — at a cost that can exceed $30,000 a month per person."
In the end, no matter the cost, the reader is left with fewer perspectives.
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Monday, 24 March 2008 |
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Nico Pitney of the Huffington Post has made an interesting mosaic to commemorate the 4000 Americans who have thus far given their lives in the Iraq war. In his own words: "In remembrance of the 4,000 brave men and women who sacrificed everything for us -- and the two men who would continue this great tragedy, despite the cost to our soldiers, our military, and our nation."
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