8 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Date a Journalist

8 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Date a Journalist

Someone very sexy once told me, "Journalism is a sexy profession."

Indeed, it is.

We interview good looking people, we drink expensive champagne, we get to stay "two nights and three days" in luxurious island resorts and we get it all for free. Sexy (and smug) on all grounds, damn straight!

While it's bursting off its seams with sexiness, there's also a very dangerous side to journalism that very few are aware of. Well, apart from all the sleepless nights from unforgiving deadlines that make them crazy delirious, there's another alarming factor.

There are many reasons why journalists make the best partner one can ever have; but there are also reasons why they can be your absolute nightmare. Taking optimism by its balls, I'm here to talk you through -- and warn you -- of the latter.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shitika-anand/8-reasons-why-you-shouldn_1_b_4746544.html

FAQ: Big data and journalism

FAQ: Big data and journalism

In the same way they always have. Journalists' role has always been to make choices about which information to prioritise, what extra information they need, and what information to include in the story they communicate.

Data is just another type of information. So journalists decide: what is the story I'm reporting here? What parts of the data will help me to find that story? Which parts will flesh out the context, or detail? Which will lead me to interesting human aspects?

Different journalists will find different things interesting – or 'meaningful' – in the same piece of data. Often there are many different stories to tell, so it's a case of prioritising and focusing.

http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2014/02/09/faq-big-data-and-journalism/

Ian Burrell: Broadcasters’ new recruitment policy shows that somebody still loves newspaper reporters

Ian Burrell: Broadcasters' new recruitment policy shows that somebody still loves newspaper reporters.

Even now, post-Leveson and in the midst of the phone-hacking trial, the written media still commands the greatest respect in broadcasting for setting the news agenda by breaking exclusive stories. The best wordsmiths are also admired for their ability to analyse news, using a medium that affords them luxuries of greater time and space.

It's why so many press journalists have recently been asked to work in front of the camera. Key vacancies in television newsrooms have been filled by Kamal Ahmed, who is leaving The Sunday Telegraph to become business editor of the BBC, and Ian King, who has been recruited from The Times to become the new business presenter on Sky News.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/opinion/ian-burrell-broadcasters-new-recruitment-policy-shows-that-somebody-still-loves-newspaper-reporters-9117973.html

The world's hacks now think that UK press is less free - they may be right

The world's hacks now think that UK press is less free - they may be right

Just this week Polis hosted a group of journalists from newsrooms and regulation bodies in countries as diverse as Norway, Uruguay, America and Pakistan. UK experts in favour of strict enforcement of the Leveson proposals such as Martin Moore from Media Standards Trust (And Hacked Off), Steven Barnett and Natalie Fenton sat alongside critics such as Tim Luckhurst (Kent Uni) and George Brock (City Uni – ex Times) and myself. Regardless of the arguments we have in the UK about this – or perhaps because of them – the delegation seemed confused on the details. Luckily there were lots of experts on hand with lots of facts, albeit with differing interpretations of those facts.

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/polis/2014/01/17/the-worlds-hacks-now-think-that-uk-press-is-less-free-they-may-be-right/

Where are the deadliest places for journalists?

Where are the deadliest places for journalists?

At least 70 journalists were killed around the world in 2013, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), with Syria proving the deadliest.

The annual report states that "Syria remained the most deadly place for journalists on the job in 2013, while Iraq and Egypt each saw a spike in fatal violence". In total, the Middle East accounted for two thirds of journalist deaths with a motive confirmed, last year. The deaths of another 25 journalists in 2013 are also being investigated by the CPJ to determine whether or not they were work-related.

http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/jan/07/where-deadliest-most-dangerous-place-journalists-syria

Collaboration, not competition, is the future of journalism

Collaboration, not competition, is the future of journalism

Sending a reporter to a crowded press conference used to make sense. Elbowing aside rivals to publish the story first was expected. Beating the competition–even by one minute—mattered. That all went away with Twitter because no one beats Twitter at breaking news.

But journalists can do something that Twitter can't: in-depth, transformational investigations such as the exposé on the dangers of acetaminophen by ProPublica and "This American Life." These types of stories don't happen through competition. They happen through collaboration.

http://www.knightfoundation.org/blogs/knightblog/2014/1/7/collaboration-not-competition-future-journalism/

Vice News wants to take documentary-style storytelling to hot spots around the globe

Vice News wants to take documentary-style storytelling to hot spots around the globe

If there's a mantra for the team behind Vice News, it might be: Go where the story takes you. The soon-to-launch news channel from Vice is designed for the type of journalist who wants to strap a camera to her back and jump head first into a conflict zone. That's already taken Vice reporters to places like Sudan, Syria, and the Central African Republic, to report on violence inside the country's borders. When Vice News goes live this month, look for a lot more of that.

http://www.niemanlab.org/2014/01/vice-news-wants-to-take-documentary-style-storytelling-to-hot-spots-around-the-globe/

Expectations for digital journalists

Expectations for digital journalists.

For all the gloom and doom you hear about the future of the news business, new opportunities seem to pop up all the time. Take the job Holly Edgell has at WCPO, the Scripps-owned television station in Cincinnati, Ohio. She's the "community editor" for WCPO-Digital, a new position that puts her in charge of social media strategy and hyper-local digital news. She's also been charged with fostering the integration of web and TV content.

http://www.advancingthestory.com/2014/01/06/expectations-for-digital-journalists/

10 Jobs That Are Actually Worse Than Being A Journalist

10 Jobs That Are Actually Worse Than Being A Journalist

Journalism is a regular on all the worst job lists. Sure, the pay is shitty, the hours are bad and the perks are pretty much non-existent (unless you consider free notebooks a perk). Despite all that, there's no way journalism, the Fourth Estate, is the worst job ever. We found 10 jobs that will make you thankful that you're an overworked, underpaid journo.

http://www.newscastic.com/news/10-jobs-that-are-actually-worse-than-being-a-journalist-1300020/

Mobile Journalism

Mobile Journalism

This is a collection of mobile resources from Mike Reilley and the Poynter Institute's Regina McCombs, Dave Stanton and Damon Kiesow, as well as many others. A list of mobile reporting tools appears at the end of this page. Most apps are tailored to the iPhone but have versions available for many other smart phones, too.

http://www.journaliststoolbox.org/archive/2014/01/mobile-journalism.html