“ ‘I don’t know that there will be jobs. There will be careers,’ said Charles Whitaker, a professor at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism, which teaches more about the business side of media than in the past. ‘We’re … read more
By Anne Sedjo If you’re reading this to learn how my informational interviews or my social networking are going, you may want to keep browsing. When asked to write this blog, I had to say to myself, how … read more
By Tonie Auer How can your publication succeed online? What points should a social media policy address? What challenges will face us as we convert our magazine from print to digital only? Answers to these questions — and … read more
By Tonie AuerDFW Chapter President While I don’t mean the blog post title to be too suggestive, I really never thought I’d see the benefits of social media professionally. It was in the summer of 2008 at the … read more
By Elena Gontar When I first heard of Facebook I thought it was a social network website to communicate with friends and connect with long lost acquaintances. I thought it would be primarily for people who want to … read more
The headline says it all: “support.com to Laid-Off Journalists: ‘We’ve Got Your Back’ ” Looks like support.com hopes to get in the good graces of laid off journalists, so when they go back to work, they’ll sing their … read more
By Tonie AuerDFW Chapter President A day in the life of a journalist is seldom routine or boring. I find myself switching gears from covering the construction industry in Texas to commercial real estate nationwide. And, then there … read more
By Tonie AuerDFW Chapter President Just last week I was part of a conference call informing me that the publication I’ve been writing for since October 2005 has virtually eliminated all of its editorial staff. Now, what had … read more
If you’re in or around the Chicago area on June 5, it may be worth your time to attend the Chicago ASPBE chapter’s first Do-It-Yourself Roundtable discussion. Why do-it-yourself? Because we realize that more heads are better than … read more
By Michelle V. Rafter This blog post originally appeared on Michelle Rafter’s WordCount blog and is copyright 2008 Michelle Vranizan Rafter. It is reprinted here by permission. The original post can be found here. In the past week … read more
