Archive for July 29, 2008
A tale from a disgruntled journalist
I received an e-mail today from a reader who had a story to share about being stifled by corporate and management. The good news for journalism is that this person isn’t down on journalism itself, just some journalism companies. Unfortunately, this is not a unique story in today’s journalism world: I’m beginning to liken my [...]
Journalists leaving newspapers because of culture and corporate
More and more talented journalists (often young) are leaving journalism for other industries. Not because they fear being laid off or fired, but because the culture at newspapers (especially newspaper corporations) doesn’t allow for the kind of innovation necessary to save newspapers. Case in point: Braden Nicholson left the Indianapolis Star because corporate knew how [...]