Invisible Inkling

Ryan Sholin on the future of newspapers, online news and journalism education.

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Further notes on the new journalism skillset

February 5, 2007 – 9:32 pm

Andrew Venegas, a journalism student at San Jose State University, asks in comments:
“How many skills do you think an online editor/reporter needs? Is HTML and CSS enough? Do you need to know Flash, Photoshop and Premiere Pro as well? How about Sound Studio? All in all, working for the paper you do today, how much [...]

The best thing about being on a team…

January 25, 2007 – 9:15 pm

…is that you don’t have to do everything yourself.
That’s what I’m finally learning after 3.5 months at my new job. Everyone has a specialty, and the best thing you can do is let everyone do what they do best, whether it’s design, code, manage, write, shoot, edit, record, or evangelize.
I spent my lunch hour [...]

More advice from Rob Curley

January 14, 2007 – 12:54 pm

If you’re an aspiring young (or not) journalist and you don’t have the good sense to pay attention to what Rob Curley says, I sort of feel sorry for you. That’s the truth, harsh as it may seem. Whenever guys like Curley or Holovaty or anyone else speaks up who has taken online [...]

Job opening in Roanoke

October 28, 2006 – 1:10 pm

Want to work with an all-star award-winning online and multimedia journalism team for a daily that’s big enough to have lots of resources but small enough that you get to get your hands dirty as the lead developer on some projects?
Go to Roanoke.
From Seth Gitner, the multimedia editor at the Roanoke Times in Virginia, comes [...]

Advice for recent J-School grads

October 17, 2006 – 8:37 pm

Expecting a serious post about what I think journalism students should be learning in order to get a great job when they graduate?
Been there. Done that.
Instead, go check out what my all-time favorite Spartan Daily columnist has to say on the topic. Especially if you’re an SJSU student or alum - you’ll get [...]