Gene Weingarten on the Changing American Newsroom
Washnigton Post columnist Gene Weingarten fondly reflects on the ever-changing newsroom:
Not very long ago, the typical American newsroom had three types of jobs: reporter, editor and photographer. But lately, as newspapers have been frantically converting themselves into high-tech, 24-hour online operations, things are more complicated. Every few days at The Washington Post, staffers get a notice like this: “Please welcome Dylan Feldman-Suarez, who will be joining the fact-integration team as a multiplatform idea triage specialist, reporting to the deputy director of word-flow management and video branding strategy. Dylan comes to us from the social media utilization division of Sikorsky Helicopters.”
It gets even better, and you must read on to see how Weingarten worked in “sirloin steak with a side of maggots” as an analogy.





Jodi Williams says:
Jul 23rd, 2010
Gene is one of my favorite WaPo columnists!