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Since becoming the Detroit Free Press' recruiter in 1990, my work and the journalism industry have changed in unexpected ways. The transformation is rapid. One benefit is that I now learn from and help other Gannett recruiters. NewsRecruiter.com is a hub site that helps keep everything organized. It tells you what I am up to, it links to my latest work and it is a test site for new projects. My best ideas have always come from you, so please write.
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• Mondays: Cuppa Joe  • Tuesdays: News Job Café • Wednesdays: J-Schools • Thursdays: Job Hacks • Fridays: Apply With Care This is a test |
MediaStorm at Missouri MediaStorm creator Brian Storm, returned to his old J-school at the University of Missouri at Columbia, and took the campus by -- no, I am not going to say that. Let's just say he was water to a room full of students, thirsting for long-form, storytelling journalism in the digital future. On its Facebook page, MediaStorm, founded in 2005, says its "principal aim is to usher in the next generation of multimedia storytelling by publishing social documentary projects incorporating photojournalism, interactivity, animation, audio and video for distribution across multiple media." Storm has built a platform-agnostic company that builds substantive stories that attract audience and sponsors. He time shifts by looking for an aggregation of readers over time and not all at the launch. In fact, he often finds that viewership starts slow until buzz causes it to spike on the Web and it then settles in at a new, higher plateau. Here are some of Storm's nuggets. They are not in chronological order: "The place that I hope we're moving to is a far more collaborative place." "There is no magic bullet." This time in journalism "is like being at the beginning of the industrial revolution." "Storytelling is not new. It's that the tools are so affordable." "If you're a journalist and you're not doing a long-term project, you're cheating yourself." "I would love to see newspapers stay connected to the high end ... we have to do what we're best at, which is telling important stories." "The gatekeeper role of ABC and CBS is coming to a close." "Every time yo break to a chapter (in a video), you're begging me to go to Facebook." "I'm a big believer in if yo build it they will come." "It would make sense to have a business class inside the journalism school." "I was at a photo service for a few years and I really missed publishing. Now I have a press (the Web)." "The next hire we're goingto make is a composer because music is so important to what we do." "I don't care if you watch it on an iPhone, but this is really cool to be here and do this with all of you in front of a 12-foot screen. This is a communal experience." Add comment (0) |
 The Best of Ask the Recruiter: Thousands of journalists Poynter Online looking for answers to career questions. How do you get ahead? What should you ask in an interview? Or insist on in a salary negotiation? What is the future for news media? The best have gone into this book. Each chapter contains an essay by a guest recruiter or journalist with experience in newspapers, TV, radio, online or academia. So, through the questions of your inquisitive peers, get a recruiter's eye view of managing your career. >Buy it
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 Bringing the News Century-old postcards celebrate newsies in photographs and artwork, in groups or singly, black and white or color. The newsboys -- and girls, as well as a few adults -- are always portrayed in hard-knock ways. Feet and calves are sometimes bare. Patches cling to elbows and knees. They cover their heads with stocking caps or the floppy hats we still know as "newsboys." If there is inside you a scrappy, survive-by-your-wits newsie, you'll enjoy this collection of cards and carriers bringing news in old-fashioned ways. (Twenty-five images.) >Buy it
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