Robert Hernandez: February 2010 archive
Wanted: Required Web journalism skills
February 9, 2010
[Editor's note: OJR welcomes USC's Robert Hernandez, who will be writing for us on technology and journalism.Also, a continuing reminder: We're taking applications for the 2010 News Entrepreneur Boot Camp. Please consider applying if you're looking for better training on how to make your online news publishing efforts an income-producing business.]
With our industry in such turmoil, the constant technological changes, the evolution of news consumers and the uncertainty of the future, the question on the minds of veteran and aspiring journalists alike is what skills do I need to stay relevant, employed and innovative.
That's the number one question I have gotten over the years. (That and equipment recommendations.)
Everyone has an answer.
There have been pieces written recently saying journalists need to become programmers. Debates over how important Flash is to a reporter. I even remember speakers coming to my class when I was in college advising photographers to look for other careers because still photography, they incorrectly predicted, was dead.
Um, they are pretty much all wrong, in my humble-yet-cocky-sounding opinion. More...
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