Comments on: Stand Up For Journalism http://www.stephennewton.com/stand-up-for-journalism/ ...stuff I've seen, stuff I've heard and stuff I've read Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:12:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Rob Artisanhttp://www.stephennewton.com/stand-up-for-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-1007 Rob Artisan Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:03:14 +0000 http://www.stephennewton.com/stand-up-for-journalism.html#comment-1007 Rob,Neil's comments are spot on.So many journalists and freelancers struggle to make a living and this situation is not healthy for the profession. Unfortunately it is a popular career and where one journalist is lost there is another eager replacement, which makes it hard to maintain or increase wages and respect for the journalist.Rob Rob,

Neil’s comments are spot on.

So many journalists and freelancers struggle to make a living and this situation is not healthy for the profession. Unfortunately it is a popular career and where one journalist is lost there is another eager replacement, which makes it hard to maintain or increase wages and respect for the journalist.

Rob

]]> By: Neilhttp://www.stephennewton.com/stand-up-for-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-1008 Neil Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:19:10 +0000 http://www.stephennewton.com/stand-up-for-journalism.html#comment-1008 Of course, newspapers are highly profitable. That is the cause of the problem. It started some years ago when journalists found they had less time to get out of the office and actually interview people. Fewer and fewer journalists are being employed and their bosses have little, if any, respect for them. Journalists are, in fact, a crucial part of democracy. They ask questions on behalf of others who can't. They tell people what is being done in their name. And yet their bosses think of them only as people who fill the space between ads. They should be ashamed. Of course, newspapers are highly profitable. That is the cause of the problem.
It started some years ago when journalists found they had less time to get out of the office and actually interview people.
Fewer and fewer journalists are being employed and their bosses have little, if any, respect for them.
Journalists are, in fact, a crucial part of democracy. They ask questions on behalf of others who can’t. They tell people what is being done in their name.
And yet their bosses think of them only as people who fill the space between ads. They should be ashamed.

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