Early thoughts at Poynter

January 14th, 2008 Comments

One thing sticks out at the online storytelling seminar at the Poynter Institute: the background of those attending.

Consider this:

Attendees by Medium

I can’t explain why this gulf exists, but it appears photojournalists are more willing to try learning new skills. One of the hosts said that photojournalists are more pliable than print reporters.

Perhaps, it’s less of a step to go from being a photojournalist to a multimedia journalist. I don’t know, but I do know that only three print reporters are attending the inaugural online story telling seminar at Poynter, and there are a lot more print reporters than photojournalists in this country.

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