So I wrote in to the New York Times’ Ask the Newsroom thing, asking what kind of new media things student journalists should learn. They answered the question, but some other kid asked it first. Oh well.
Advice for the Aspiring Journalist/Programmer
Q. I’m a student journalist trying to break into the journalist-programmer field. I’m curious — [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Some Kid Stole My Question
Posted in New Media on January 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Food for Thought and Reads
Posted in Industry, Reads on January 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I haven’t been very good about updating this blog over the break. I plan on going back to an at-least-every-other-day schedule once school starts next Monday.
I will be going to the inauguration tomorrow, possibly even leaving tonight. Expect pictures later.
Here are a few things I’ve enjoyed the past week:
David Carr, NYT’s media critic, wrote a [...]
Reads: serial robbers, bees on coke and mean editors
Posted in College Park/UMD, Industry, Reads on January 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s hard not having decent local news coverage. Here’s a few things going on that I know of.
The serial armed robber is apparently still on the loose. While the CP Police Report only lists one business robbery, that doesn’t seem to be related, the cops passed a bunch of flyers around town saying he struck [...]
On Being a Young Journalist
Posted in Student Journalism on January 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It’s scary. It’s depressing. My smarter friends are coming up with escape plans.
Here’s the thing: I don’t want to do anything else. I would rather work at a crappy paper than not be in journalism at all. Especially since so far I have no internship offers for this summer, I am resigning myself to the [...]
