How’s this sound? The Chicago Sun-Times wants its journalists to work 10 hours a day before they can qualify for overtime pay, according to Jim Romenesko. They’re also calling for the “creation of a new, lower-paid classification of reporters, photographers, designers and copy editors” to work for as low as $13.50 per hour in an intern capacity, with the hopes of being hired as (ostensibly) part of the higher-paid classification. We know the newspapers are trying to gauge the best way to handle this crisis of technology. The European newspapers are starting to feel the plague too. The notion of “overtime” does seem to change in online journalism, where the cycle doesn’t abate.
Pew Poll Shows Men and the Highly Educated Read Most News
Poynter has the results of a Pew poll that shows men and the more highly educated are the most active news junkies out there. The study also showed that young people–despite their almost total aversion to print publications–take in digital news at a similar rate as older people. Most of those polled said that they prefer a “print-like reading experience” on digital devices. Obviously, this bodes well for advertisers seeking to reach the 18-29 demographic through the web.