Comments on: On missed opportunities

By: Bookmarks about Journalism

Bookmarks about Journalism — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:30:26 +0000

[...] - bookmarked by 4 members originally found by Kurahie on 2008-08-17 On missed opportunities http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/07/21/on-missed-opportunities/ - bookmarked by 6 members [...]

By: Mariana Passos e Sousa

Mariana Passos e Sousa — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:57:06 +0000

Back in Portugal, online journalism was received as a salvation for the increasing number of journalism graduates who were flooding the work market. Every newspaper got a website, posted news and then, bam!, lay-offs began and people were left with nothing.
Blogs back home associated with the press are written by people who are prominent polititians or news commentators whose opinions are already widespread. The mass of journalists that got laid off have no idea where to start.
I’m learning a lot from your blog, and from other sources, and I’m working as a freelancer. I know that the likelihood of getting a job at a conventional newspaper is next to zero, but at least, I’m trying to make my voice and my stories heard. Let’s see what happens in a year, when the economy stabilizes a bit.

By: Angela Connor

Angela Connor — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:43:17 +0000

The newspaper industry’s unbelievable denial is what kept innovation at bay and it’s just a shame. While I met some amazing, talented people when I worked at a newspaper, it was very frustrating to work with naysayers who were dead set against trying new things.