tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49026266074420102712024-03-13T12:18:45.492-07:00Displaced Journalistsa gold mine of talentSUSAN OLDERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832786344211302901noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902626607442010271.post-58171938351551628822010-01-25T00:22:00.000-08:002010-09-03T15:09:51.437-07:00Join Us at Displaced Journalists (The Website)<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><div class="article-content"><div class="RichTextElement"><div><span style="font-size: small;">Is there life – or work – after newspapers? A lot of us are in the process of finding out. Because it’s generally a somewhat lonely endeavor, it struck me that it might be comforting – and possibly very productive – to go through it together.</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Displaced Journalists is intended to be a community – <i>our </i>community – where we find common ground, where we can begin to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and get on with our lives and livelihoods.</span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">We hope our site will be a place where we can build on our tech skills so we can get back in the game or completely reinvent ourselves, hatch new ideas and strategies, and explore whole new fields of study. Either way we still have the brains and the talent that took us so far in our careers.</span></div></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">This will be a forum in which we can learn from defeat and share in our victories. In time, we hope HR specialists and headhunters, in journalism, pubic relations and other fields, will come to Displaced Journalists to find job candidates with the qualities that are unique among seasoned journalists and communicators.</span></div></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Remember: We know the difference between their, there and they're. Lots of writers these days don't. We come from newsrooms that gave us the mandate and the confidence to interview anybody, anywhere, anytime. We can call government officials and Supreme Court justices at any hour and expect them to pick up. We know how to get inside people's heads, to ask the tough questions and to write about complex matters clearly and concisely. We understand community. And, yes, we do understand the nature of the Internet.</span></div></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our skills are still unique and relevant. It’s just the infrastructure that has changed. We can and will find new ways to exercise our talent. Once again we will feel valued and appreciated, and we'll earn a living in the process.</span></div></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="mailto:susanolder@displacedjournalists.com" style="color: black; padding: 2px; text-decoration: underline;">Susan Older</a></span></div></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Founder, <a href="http://www.displacedjournalists.com/">Displaced Journalists</a></span></div></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div>SUSAN OLDERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832786344211302901noreply@blogger.com0