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Re: AJ #4263: You and others have commented about this issue before. Wish granted. From now on, no more “angry AT journalists” comments. Vent on.
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Geez, I was never out to get rich, but I at least thought journalism would give me enough to pay the bills and then have a little spending money left over at the end of the month. I would have just dropped out of high school and gotten a job working in a convenience store if I’d known I’d make this kind of salary.
So much for the value of a college education!
I’ve never seen another industry where management and/or shareholders think it’s possible to boost revenue by reducing quality. Has this ever worked anywhere? Seriously. If anyone knows of any industry anywhere that has succeeded by charging more money for a weaker product, please tell us about it.
I thought this was supposed to be “AngryJournalist.com,” not some LiveJournal 3-page whine about “oh, I’m a recent j-school grad making $30,000 a year. I’m worried about time for a family.” Boo hoo.
OK, so a quick “angry” post:
I think newspapers that can’t afford to reimburse any sort of lengthy travel for an interview, yet expect a decision on a job offer within 24 hours, SUCK. What if I wanted to journey out there myself, with my own money? But I haven’t been given the time to find out if I’d even like the place.
P.S. - it feels good being on the other side of rejection letters.
Our publisher tells us we need to think long-term because the industry is changin, but every corporate-level decision is based on the short-term. If we have a lousy month (which is pretty much every one, these days), the bean counters start slicing and dicing resources and people to make the bottom line look better.
Harveyize.huge spenders!sabers,uninterestingly streaming!computers
4621…if you have to ask, you should do something else. As you say, 30K is great when your 21, but 10 years from now when your making…ohhh…35K and the 2nd kid is on the way your going to be bitching like all the rest here.
It ain’t worth it.
To #4622: How poignant. Couldn’t have said it better myself.
I’m angry journalists can’t understand that they could be constructively looking for a real job but instead spend hours composing a tome for this lame site.
I’m angry because my editor gets a brilliant idea about something, and then we have to ring around endlessly to get someone to say what he wants them to say. If they don’t say it, or say the opposite, the story gets held and I’m told to call more people until I can find someone to back up his opinion.
Yes, we should call different people and get different viewpoints. But surely it’s just as biased to be deciding how a story will go before speaking to anyone.
i love my job. i love being a journalist. i have a lot of days when i’m an angry journalist, but a lot more days when i go home feeling like i’ve had a productive day. at the end of every day i have something to show for myself. i can pick up the paper every morning with something to be proud of. yes i’m angry, yes management sucks and there’s not enough pay and editors get grumpy, and readers whinge and attack me for reporting something they don’t like. i fight with media personnel. but at the end of the day, it never feels so bad and if i didn’t love it, i wouldn’t be doing it.