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> It's nice to see journalists actually reflecting on how to make journalism better for once. Sometimes I wonder if engineers and doctors are the only professi
by CM30 8y ago
> It's nice to see journalists actually reflecting on how to make journalism better for once. Sometimes I wonder if engineers and doctors are the only profession that constantly hold conferences and write blog posts about how to become better at their jobs.
Journalists actually do have tech conferences and events, as well as blogs about the profession. Though the former are ridiculously expensive given their audience, making me almost wonder how any actual journalist could afford to attend one. It's not like in tech where someone can get a few hundred grand a year in some jobs, it's 'would struggle with rent in a medium sized town' level salaries.
- iamdave 8y agoProbably paid for by their publication.
- repolfx 8y agoJournalists have tech conferences? That isn't quite what I meant. What I mean is, what's the journalism equivalent of proggit or hacker news or arxiv - a place where people come together to debate the latest techniques for raising the quality of journalism on a massive scale? Do they have one? In all my years of reading I've never encountered a rigorous attempt by journalists to define new systems for better quality journalism or debate the decline in their trust.