tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372432597939901873.post5109007220283745291..comments2022-03-12T01:01:57.705-08:00Comments on J416 Online Journalism: The Crazy World of Online JournalismMark W. Tatgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13494539257756180433noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372432597939901873.post-62239032334664796862011-04-08T14:24:30.542-07:002011-04-08T14:24:30.542-07:00At Senior Saturday, recent grads talked about work...At Senior Saturday, recent grads talked about working conditions like this and bade us kiss our social lives goodbye. Once we broke into groups, older alumni on the news/editorial/online panel advised us against working so much overtime -- not only to avoid burnout, but also to not set managerial expectations so high that you're not able to consistently meet them. I left wondering what a real work-week looks like. I get the impression that it depends a lot on how ambitious you want to be and where you chose to work.<br /><br />As I'm looking for jobs in this, my second career, finding an environment where I can be busy but still maintain a healthy family and social life is very important to me. In web development, I watched my young colleagues work more than 60 hours a week, then bemoan all of the work they couldn't finish. I call that job security. But that's an easy attitude to adopt when your deadlines were weeks and months, not days or hours.<br /><br />I'm hoping that because online journalism is so new, eventually, the business will settle down a bit. The emphasis should be on building loyal readership, not online "scoops." Anyone can break the news -- the real value lies in making sense of the aftermath. (This is to say nothing of the inaccuracies inherent in whiplash reporting.) Absolutely agree with Courtney (above) re: quality over speed. It's a numbers game, which I understand, but news organizations are focusing on the wrong set of numbers.Lauren Hutchisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13096625689874864149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372432597939901873.post-36435719135927304542011-04-06T11:45:09.662-07:002011-04-06T11:45:09.662-07:00I too switched to online journalism for the contin...I too switched to online journalism for the continuous open ended opportunities that the sequence brings. But why the intense competition among online writers to be the first to publish "even the smallest nugget of news?" Shouldn't the story based on quality, truth and detail rather than timeliness?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372432597939901873.post-55887241801093278902011-04-06T11:44:01.857-07:002011-04-06T11:44:01.857-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372432597939901873.post-82552554690183931252011-04-04T17:19:55.101-07:002011-04-04T17:19:55.101-07:00Part of the reason I switched to online journalism...Part of the reason I switched to online journalism was the opportunity to write for myself and set my own quota and deadlines.<br /><br />But we all know how well that pays.tanyarbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16586121720846861277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372432597939901873.post-79714840108635216852011-04-04T16:50:49.320-07:002011-04-04T16:50:49.320-07:00If this article was intended to scare me, it defin...If this article was intended to scare me, it definitely did its job.AWichiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491356274722448926noreply@blogger.com