Comments on: Some good points about journalism

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:38:58 +0000

Hey Alex, thanks for that. And good luck :)

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:24:47 +0000

Thanks for that, some good points there. I’m actually in high school right now and seriously considering journalism as a future career.

At my recent careers evening at school I was told by some journalists to get into writing now, start writing for local papers etc. Firstly, though, I’m setting up WP and blogging.

This is quite useful stuff to keep in mind.

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:36:20 +0000

don’t they teach that in Journo 101

Not all journos went to journo school :)

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:22:30 +0000

Hmm. Isn’t this the same Kieren Mccarthy who accused Apple of a coverup regarding the bogus wifi vulnerability? And while the point about two types of people reading your articles is true (if a bit obvious: don’t they teach that in Journo 101?) it doesn’t excuse spelling and grammatical errors on the scale evident in the post. (Oh, it’s only a blog post, is it? No need to act professional then, I guess.)

http://daringfireball.net/2006/09/mccarthy_still_a_jackass

By: Squander Two

Squander Two — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:45:10 +0000

That could be an insight.

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:57:25 +0000

Heh. I used to work with someone like that.

I do think the “people know more” thing is one of the best things about interactivity: rather than a piece being The Final Word on a subject, it’s more of a beginning – in an ideal world the people who know more than you will then come along and add their insight.

Or call you a cock.

By: mupwangle

mupwangle — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:54:52 +0000

Also remember that the people that know more than you are not necessarily any good at communicating this stuff to people who know less than they do and they may take what you say, correct any inaccuracies and repeat it in answer to the question “How was your day,dear?”