Struck by how you can swap out the proper nouns and this story is a universal tale of any site circa now. https://theoutline.com/post/2156/mic-com-and-the-cynicism-of-modern-media …
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Believe me I am a fan of the 'here's how that site you used to read a lot broke bad, for both the gossip and the schadenfreude, but
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In every one of these there is a silent generation of journalists who want to work hard and learn how to do good work. We are failing them.
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They don't get these skills at local papers like they did a generation ago. At the MicWorthies they're learning how to hack SEO which ...
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... is a skill a lot of the legacy sites still need. But then who helps you merge that skill with maturity and judgement?
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There is a generation of 'young' journos with digital skillz coming out of these places craving mentorship. There's no one there to help.
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I was so lucky to have awesome mentors at my first job in Buffalo. Local news drain is robbing people of chances to go somewhere and learn.
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I had print jobs that basically forced me to read every headline on AP for years. INVALUABLE experience no one really cares for now.
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Running an assignment desk was the job best training ever. You learn how to be everywhere and work with different parts of the newsroom.
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