Why Wente’s actions matter and why everyone’s talking about them
In an industry that’s already trying hard to figure out how to stay relevant and profitable, a crisis of confidence is the last thing we need.
Category: Media Matters
Thoughts on writing and journalism.
Things I wrote recently
I’m officially in Week 4 of my internship at the Financial Post and things are definitely humming. I have stories on the go, I’m pitching regularly and every day I’m still wondering how much I can soak up in the next few weeks. Summer is practically flying by.
Being a beginner and bridging the gap
When it comes to writing, I am a beginner. I mean, I’ve been writing on blogs since I was 14 and making up stories since I was very small and writing in some sort of journalistic mindset since I was in my mid-teens, but make no mistake, I am still a total beginner.
Big news!
I wrote recently how I thought I wasn’t really sure what to do next after coming back from South America. I applied for a few jobs and things, but they all didn’t work out (bad fit, didn’t get hired, irrational inner fear).
Well, that was awkward
On the night of Saturday, June 2, I was sitting at home when news of the Eaton Centre shooting broke. I follow a lot of journalists and editors on Twitter, and details of the event started to flood my Twitter stream.
About three hours after the first 911 call to police, I tweeted about the “strange, sudden urge to organize a vigil” the next day at Yonge-Dundas Square.
I had no idea what I was about to get myself into.
Supply, Demand, and the Systemic Problems of Business Journalism
On Saturday, April 28, 2012, I attended a panel on business journalism at the CAJ National Conference. There was a lot of complaints. There was a lot of yelling. But when it came time for questions, I found myself yelling back.
The truth about writer’s block
Screenwriters John August and Chris Mazin do podcast called Scripnotes. In their latest episode, they address the real reasons behind “writer’s block”. “Writer’s block” is an overused term. When a writer claims to be suffering from it, he is usually wrestling with some combination of three common problems: procrastination, perfectionism, and fear. “Writer’s block” is … Continue reading The truth about writer’s block
Longshotmag: Magazine Summer Camp for Grown-Ups
A few nights ago I was looking at a new Longshot Radio project when a thought popped into my head, “Whatever happened to the documentary on Longshot Magazine?”
After a little bit of Googling, I found it.
That’s when the memories started rushing back.
On what matters.
Writing is a scary thing. Putting your thoughts, ideas, observations out there for the world to dissect, discuss and dismantle isn´t an easy thing, and anyone who tells you otherwise probably isn´t doing it right or hasn´t received their editor´s notes back yet. So what draws people back to it? To a job one friend … Continue reading On what matters.
Reality and Kai Nagata
I understand what it’s like to be 24 and in a job that seems enviable to a lot of others but that’d you’d like to quit on a daily basis. I’m sure lots of us have had daydreams of leaving jobs we hated with a great screw-you flourish.
The truth is, there are very few people I know who genuinely love their jobs, even the ones who have their idea of a “dream job”. Even the great jobs have slog-filled moments, minor annoyances and some sort of office politics. There is no job purely made up of sunshine and rainbows. This is the mystical unicorn of employment fantasies.
Karen K. Ho 