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February 28th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
“You are 20 years old and in college. You have a staggering amount of choices for who want to be and what you want to study. And you’re intentionally taking a path that will likely lead to destitution and misery. I mean, jeez, you’re already miserable and haven’t started working yet! Presumably you’ve read some of what’s been posted on this site. Why are you wasting your time in this way when you have options and all these other posters do not? You demonstrate my earlier point about lack of intellectual sophistication among (aspiring) journalists.
I have a journalism degree and worked 10 years for big city papers. I was a damned skilled newspaper reporter. Five years ago, when I saw my paper’s circulation (and others) plummet by double digits year on year, I went back to school to focus on quantitative, business-oriented graduate degrees. You, AJ, can do just about anything in science, law, business, healthcare — but get the hell away from that student paper.”
This poster has it right. Wish I’d done this when I was 20!
As for the person asking how the newspaper is going to get by without photogs, it’s obvious. They’ll make the writers starting taking pics.
February 28th, 2009 at 5:46 am
8146, Excellant post.
February 28th, 2009 at 1:52 am
1) The RMN closed down.
2) Seattle might not have ANY daily papers by the end of the year and the San Francisco Chronicle might also dissolve.
3) I got laid off Jan. 12 from a paper after seven years working there, and I still haven’t found a job.
4) I actually thought about leaving journalism behind altogether today, and that made me really, really mad.
February 28th, 2009 at 1:12 am
I just finished a front page that I was SO proud of, only to see it in its final form, after our know-nothing assistant copy chief got hold of it, with the headlines blown up to giant size, out of proportion, butting up against my lines and out of line with the art on the page.
I think I might quit.
February 28th, 2009 at 12:25 am
I just got done with a 15 hour shift and need to be to work at 6:00 tomorrow morning.
February 27th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Angry Journalists work for organizations that are essentially legal monopoly’s in their individual markets. To reaffirm that some markets had newsholes that were even protected by the Department of Justice.
These Monopolies have charged excessive advertising rates (by billing confiscatory rates to the advertiser and then charging the reader again)in markets where there was no competitive papers.
The Monopolies maintained a mindset and format that has been unchanged since the 1700’s
I don’t understand how liberals work for monopolies, unless they enjoyed the monopolistic exposure? Is that what the appeal is?
February 27th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
everyone at my network has to reapply for their jobs–including submitting a cover letter and resume, sitting through a job interview and being tested on writing/editing abilities by a third-party evaluation company. these are the jobs we already earned that way. there will also be a five-week evaluation period and myriad writing seminars and tests.
February 27th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
i’m sick of getting producer’s questions within seconds at the drop of dime no matter how busy I am.. but when I need to update producers on a story, or correct them, i get nothing but blank stares into their cpu screens, like I don’t even exist
-Assignment Editor
February 27th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Having to give up two half days of my weekend for coverage rather than letting the weekend reporter do it. Call me a whiner, if you wish, but our paper used to either a) pay OT or b) cut people decent time off after long assignments. Not in today’s world. Must get out soon. This business is no longer somewhat humane. Perhaps it never was.
February 27th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Recently, the weekly newspaper where I work laid off two people and cut the rest of the staff’s pay by 10 percent. Our modest base pay was always augmented by performance and profit-sharing bonuses – no more. There’s more work, less money and great stress about if we’ll even have jobs for the rest of the year. Somehow, though, we’re supposed to continue to be creative, and be “thankful” we have a job. How?
February 27th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
#8133 obviously doesn’t remember what it was like to go to school 18+ hours a week and work at a newspaper full time. Best days of our life? Right.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
I know, I know, we’re all conflicted about the web/newspaper future.
The Rocky Mountain News’ video on its last edition today is the most impressive example of a newspaper using video to its advantage that I’ve seen so far.
Their embrace and expertise in multimedia is astonishing, and humbles the video portion of the newspaper where I work.
I’m sorry for you all. Best of luck in whatever you do.
February 27th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Angry Journalist #8097: Take up space? Yeah, right. I wrote more stories and more in depth stories than half of the reporting staff I worked with. I actually kept track because it became clear my editor wasn’t paying attention to the product, just who he liked to go out and have beers with on weekends. I was constantly pumping out front-page stories and using my own days off to do investigations and depth reporting, but talent and hard work, I’ve learned, doesn’t mean that much when you work at a poorly managed newspaper run by an Old Boys Club. You don’t know what you’re talking about and your attitude sucks — you’re a lot like the people I had to work with before I got laid off. Thanks for reminding me of why I’m so happy to be done with being a newspaper reporter.
February 27th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Another one bites the dust, eyes now turn west to San Francisco.
February 27th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
the RMN has closed and no one has posted anything? how often is this site updated? ever?
February 27th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
I’m angry because the Rocky Mountain News (Denver, Colorado) published its last edition today — a 149-year and 311-day run. A sad day for Denver, Colorado and journalism. Tip one tonight for the Rocky and all of the good people who worked there.
February 27th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
I am angry because today we lost the Rocky Mountain News… and I live in Canada.
February 27th, 2009 at 10:24 am
This community likes to blacklist innocent people. Even though this is a competitive field it doesn’t give you permission to slander somebody’s good name even if your personality doesn’t click.
After working in this field since 1994 my friend went back to get her education. The young students were always trying to down the credibility of her/often saying false things about her that weren’t true(like she is unable to write) or causing harm to her and then running back to the teachers saying she said this when nothing was ever said.
I’m aware that this is a little imature–but when those rummors spread to hiring officials and prevents this person from getting hired it is no longer fare competition–it’s slander.
This girl ran into the same problem in Escanaba. The bickering among other women. This girl did a good job, she is intelligent and good looking;yet kept too herself and was quiet.
She is tired of stupid interview questions;like do you empathize with criminals. Why would somebody ask this gets me. Now, if the system was 100 percent correct and the prosecutors were 100 percent right and if everybody told the truth, then I would say I would never question anything. But as a reporter it is our duty to find out acurate information and report it objective matter.
Ask any investigative reporter and they will tell you that the system has flaws and politics and procedures often get in the way of the system working.
So,does she think everybody is guilty when proven so…no, she doesn’t. Some people just don’t do their jobs in appropriate matter. There are some towns were corruption over rules a persons constitutional rights. There are some officials that bring their personal life into work.
Somebody please tell me why this person isn’t getting hired. Honestly, no bullshit comments like their are no jobs, because everybody knows that there are.
February 27th, 2009 at 10:19 am
Let’s please have a moment of silence for the late…and great…Rocky Mountain New.
February 27th, 2009 at 10:11 am
R.I.P. Rocky Mountain News. Good luck to all you hard working folks.