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Journalists continue to be laid off in Tennessee this week as The Tennessean eliminated roughly 30 positions on July 9th which ranges from those reporting on the street to account execs to press operators.
It’s not a new story. It’s happening to many of us and it will continue to. The big question [...]
Journalists’ Typewriters Go Silent
Wearing The Inner Fedora And Getting The Scoop
The world of news is continually changing. A testament would be to the social media networks covering the death of Michael Jackson. The thing to remember though is that even with the instant nature of breaking news (which is still being touted 16 hours later on CNN as I type this) that we have forgotten [...]
I Love It When A Plan Comes Together!
Trace isn’t going to mention it here, but something happened over the last couple of days that we’d be silly not to recognize. She broke a national story over at her own blog, Newscoma.
The details of the story, the discussion over the issues, etc.–we’ll leave that over to her blog where it belongs. In fact, [...]
First Thoughts Of An Unemployed Journalist
Your kind and gentle hostess here at NewTechZilla has taken a bit of time off from our endeavor here because the inevitable finally happened. I was downsized at my newspaper and according to my publishers, it came down to money.
Scott was very kind in letting me go through the six degrees of seperation and work [...]
The Alien News Network And A Link Dump
Been a crazy few weeks for Scott and I here at NewsTechZilla. I have been downsized as predicted and he’s been carrying much of the load. I wish to thank him and get back to bidness.
Hopefully things will get back to normal.
Let’s scoot around these innertubes, shall we?
Reading Online Comments Shouldn’t Be Icky – Jack [...]
Evolving Because We Don’t Have A Choice
The news continues to be bad for many journalists so I keep trying to find the good ones. As a person that is still on the cusp of whether or not she will have a job by the end of the year, it’s disheartening to always see bad news.
I had trouble finding any good news, [...]
Preparing For Life After Newspapers
I’m one of the lucky ones because I still have a job. So many journalists right now have been laid off, furloughed, bought out or are sitting on the cusp that it’s hard to keep up with the magnitude of it all. When this is your chosen profession, for some of us, it’s like waiting [...]
Your Words Belong To You
Those pesky terms and conditions are something we all need to be reading. Especially if you write something online and it can be used for a book or monetary gain later on.
Case in point: True Mom Confessions. Two Tennessee bloggers are taking on the case.
Kat Coble breaks down the situation.
Few things strike a raw nerve [...]
Comments In Your Online Community
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Comments can be the best friend you have ever had, or the bane of your existence. The issue comes down to while building your online community, comments are a way to see if your writing has wings.
On the other hand, many of you comments may have moved to Facebook or Twitter. And, you have to [...]
Is Twitter Doomed?
Is Twitter doomed now that it’s gone mainstream?
– As Ashton Kutcher becomes the first to collect 1 million followers on Twitter and Oprah Winfrey sends out her first tweet, tech observers are debating: Does Friday mark a new peak for the microblogging service? Or the beginning of its demise?
Personally, I don’t think Twitter is doomed [...]