Duties of the Online Journalist: ‘Writers’ and ‘Trainers’
As a group, online journalists in North Carolina spend more time writing original stories for the Web than doing anything else. But that’s because a few journalists spend most of their time on that one...
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Update: Shannan Bowen does a nice job summarizing the recent online conversation about this topic. The highlight? It is dominated by young journalists determined to do good work. I would like to thank...
View ArticleJournalism Education: Training the Trainers
Earlier today I wrote about the duties of online journalists. One of the underlying purposes of my survey is to find out how journalism schools can better prepare students for the near future, and...
View ArticleTraditional Concepts Most Important to Online Journalists
Once again in my survey of online journalists at North Carolina newspapers, we see a return to tradition. They say that news judgment and the ability to work under time pressure are the concepts that...
View ArticleJournalism Programming: Supply and Demand
One of the reasons I’m so struck that online journalists in North Carolina have such an emphasis on traditional skills and duties is that it starkly contrasts with the skills I hear editors at top...
View ArticleReaction: Survey of Online Journalists
The survey of journalists working online at North Carolina newspapers has begun to receive some insightful feedback from others, both on this site and around the Web. It’s a good time to summarize some...
View ArticleSurvey of Journalism Want Ads
I can’t wait to read the results of this study by Serena Carpenter at Arizona State University. I’m particularly interested to see whether there’s a disconnect between the words that hiring managers...
View ArticleSurvey of Online Journalists: They’re Young, White Copyeditors
Earlier this week, the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism came out with a survey about the attitudes of online journalists. I’m sad to say that the survey has limited use in...
View ArticleConvergence in the Classroom, Metamorphosis in the Newsroom
“Convergence” has always been my least favorite word to use to talk about newsrooms. Yesterday’s AEJMC conference presentation by John Russial and Arthur Santana reminded me why. Oh, their presentation...
View ArticleHow to Teach ‘Multitasking’ to Journalism Students
When Ying Du and I presented our paper at AEJMC last month, we noted that “multitasking” was a critical skill that is needed in online newsrooms, but not being taught in journalism schools. That...
View ArticleDuties of the Online Journalist: ‘Writers’ and ‘Trainers’
As a group, online journalists in North Carolina spend more time writing original stories for the Web than doing anything else. But that’s because a few journalists spend most of their time on that one...
View ArticleTampa Tribune Reorganization
Update: Shannan Bowen does a nice job summarizing the recent online conversation about this topic. The highlight? It is dominated by young journalists determined to do good work. I would like to thank...
View ArticleJournalism Education: Training the Trainers
Earlier today I wrote about the duties of online journalists. One of the underlying purposes of my survey is to find out how journalism schools can better prepare students for the near future, and...
View ArticleTraditional Concepts Most Important to Online Journalists
Once again in my survey of online journalists at North Carolina newspapers, we see a return to tradition. They say that news judgment and the ability to work under time pressure are the concepts that...
View ArticleJournalism Programming: Supply and Demand
One of the reasons I’m so struck that online journalists in North Carolina have such an emphasis on traditional skills and duties is that it starkly contrasts with the skills I hear editors at top...
View ArticleReaction: Survey of Online Journalists
The survey of journalists working online at North Carolina newspapers has begun to receive some insightful feedback from others, both on this site and around the Web. It’s a good time to summarize some...
View ArticleSurvey of Journalism Want Ads
I can’t wait to read the results of this study by Serena Carpenter at Arizona State University. I’m particularly interested to see whether there’s a disconnect between the words that hiring managers...
View ArticleSurvey of Online Journalists: They’re Young, White Copyeditors
Earlier this week, the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism came out with a survey about the attitudes of online journalists. I’m sad to say that the survey has limited use in...
View ArticleConvergence in the Classroom, Metamorphosis in the Newsroom
“Convergence” has always been my least favorite word to use to talk about newsrooms. Yesterday’s AEJMC conference presentation by John Russial and Arthur Santana reminded me why. Oh, their presentation...
View ArticleHow to Teach ‘Multitasking’ to Journalism Students
When Ying Du and I presented our paper at AEJMC last month, we noted that “multitasking” was a critical skill that is needed in online newsrooms, but not being taught in journalism schools. That...
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