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Yes, there are. But if your living is content, then ignoring developments in your industry is a failure to engage in your career - and if you blithely blame oth
by sharpn 17y ago
Yes, there are. But if your living is content, then ignoring developments in your industry is a failure to engage in your career - and if you blithely blame others for the result of that failing in print then you diminish your authority with your readership further.
- brandnewlow 17y agoWe're on the same page here, but realistically, what is he to do? What specific advice would you give someone like him beyond "start a blog"? It sounds like he spent his career typing down his thoughts on the issues of the day and handing them off to an editor to publish. He's not in a good place.
- sharpn 17y agoI agree he's not in a good place & I empathise. But the awkward fact is that his work is lowering in value because of greater transparacy, not because of a decrease in worth. There are several good UK writers earning decent money via newspaper readers today - for example Alexander McCall Smith serialises fictional accounts of ordinary lives, Robert Fisk explores international injustice, Luke Johnson muses on small businesses and Jeremy Clarkson rails against what annoys him - and many others. Unfortunately, there are also many people paid to write for newspapers because previously nobody knew which articles customers read - now that's becoming clear, some people will lose out. Sad, but true.
- WinterAyars 17y agoAdvances in technology have often killed jobs. Actually, advances in technology kill jobs continuously. Like, since the invention of the wheel probably. It's just that technology hasn't made people LIKE THIS obsolete before. At least, not recently. Now we're killing the jobs of people who can write stuff to thousands, if not millions at a time. It's all fair until it's YOUR job, right?