Comments on: It's not your imagination, there are more journalism jobs

By: 24.156.104.173

24.156.104.173 — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:12:52 +0000

maybe but I have a feeling they are only up in specific catagories and some of the increase is longer running ads while waiting to fill the position. Also rate decrerases have resulted in more entities using Journalismjobs as a result of E&P and others dropping listings. I myself have checked JJ.com and never saw more than 2 circulations jobs in any week for over a year.

By: 156.62.3.23

156.62.3.23 — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:21:10 +0000

I’ve just completed a small research project on job ads in USA, Canada, UK, Australia & New Zealand.

You might find some of the numbers and

By: 198.49.125.26

198.49.125.26 — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:24:06 +0000

While hiring may be increasing, I suspect salaries are not. It’s been a major tide-change in newsrooms across the country and those being hired are probably newbies and multi-platform journalists — i.e. doing more with less. I foresee that even this new crop will see journalism at best as a temporary stop on the way to something better and more lucrative.

By: Robert Niles

Robert Niles — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:05:56 +0000

To advance Robert’s point, let’s not forget that this data doesn’t include jobs that are created when journalists become solo entrepreneurs, starting their own income-producing publications.

Nor does it include the additional jobs being created for people with journalism reporting and production skills at start-ups which don’t advertise openings on websites frequented by traditional journalism industry folks.

If you are willing to look beyond a traditional newsroom gig in a traditional newsroom, plenty of opportunities are waiting for you.