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There’s an editor’s truth, and then there’s what really happened. They constantly change my stories to make them A-1 worthy. Truth be damned. My sources are gonna hate me tomorrow.
Walked in this morning to find out we’re having layoffs. Right now. Great!
The most bs excuses for not hiring someone.
1. You can’t spell(as if nobody uses spell check,wtf)
2. Even though you have worked in this industry for years, in one concentration or another,they ask you in the interview,”why are you such a late bloomer”.
3. Your last editor you worked for said,”it took me 45 minutes to edit your article.” Whatever, it doesn’t take 45 minutes to write, then alone edit. And, the final product was as-is.
4. We are looking for entry level people only. This translated means, we only hire those who are in their early twenty’s. To those people getting hired now, wait and see you will get the shaft to when you get to be 35-40.
5. You are too honest.I wish other reporter’s we as honest as you.
6. You are getting to close to being real-and we don’t like that.
7. We only hire the best of the best—yeh!it’s real hard to copy a PR release that has the sources listed for you. A kid could do that.
8. Rush wanted to know where the real journalist are, well, ask the “masons”. A lot of news outlets don’t want reporter’s anymore, but rather english majors that have no concept of journalism.
9. We just don’t like you, even thought you never met the person being interviewed before.
10. Now, why is the industry dying? Well, my guess is that the industry has written articles on civil rights, workers rights and labor laws, yet those same laws are never enforced within. Nobody values the editors opinion anymore.
http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_15980/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=MSkLapEF
That Gannett plans to layoff another 1,000-2,000 workers fills me with a sense of epicaricacy.
Have any of you reporters been forced to file for bankruptcy yet because of your pitiful salaries?
I haven’t yet, although I keep thinking I one day might have no other choice!
“Your paper is doing great. Everyone is on track for quarterly bonuses. But the corporation is in big trouble. We’re taking a week of furloughs this quarter again, and here’s your 5 percent pay cut.”
Please, please, PLEASE sell us off, Freedom Communications. We’re one of the few actual profitable assets in the newspaper industry. Don’t take us down with you.
8319: I am the editor of a daily, with full AP access right at my desk, yet I heard of the Jackson death first from off the street, so to speak. I kept checking AP wire to see if it was true. Hearing it from TMZ was not enough for me. Neither was hearing it from random people. I knew it was true when AP confirmed it. Sure, TMZ got lucky this time. But the truth is, if we’re going to let celebrity sites, blogs and the twitterpated folks be our trusted news sources, look out. Because we (meaning journalists) have ALL heard something that is absolutely true but unconfirmed … only it turns out after taking time to check that it actually is absolutely not true. And haven’t you been glad that you didn’t go into print with the unconfirmed tip? But there are no editors saying “Hold on, kid, how do you know this is true?” in the blogosphere. I shudder when I imagine what would (and will) happen if and when a false piece of news sweeps around the world after the mainstream media is hobbled a little more. Not to mention, after it happens a few more times, people will simply stop trusting the blogsphere (as they should). The mainstream media, with its cautious editors who want real confirmation from a real source, still play a role.
5% pay cut, less than 90 days after we finish taking furloughs. No overtime, and layoffs lurk around every corner, like a horde of bloodthirsty velociraptors.
Is this what you meant by “good important work”, O Publisher? This is how you motivate us?
‘Cause I’m starting to doubt you.
I read a few of the comments under Connie Schultz’s Plain Dealer column calling for a change in copyright law to protect newspapers. The ones that didn’t beat journalists for not embracing technology said the industry deserved to die because “biased” reporters leaned too far left.
Readers are dumb.
#8884 – I’m producing multimedia content for a private university. They want to amp up their web presence to attract more students and provide a better online experience for parents and alumns. It’s not a bad gig – kind of like being a “multimedia reporter” with the university as my beat.