π°5 things I learned as a journalist you wouldn't believe.
Mainstream media is dead, long live mainstream media: Context Collapse #200
Confession time: Iβve spent a huge chunk of my adult life working in journalism and digital media.
I started working as a freelance journalist in 2004. This was followed by three years of working as an βinternβ (LOL) at Gawker Media working on projects for sites like Wonkette, Gridskipper and Deadspin. I worked full-time digital media jobs in-house at places like the 92nd Street Y and Menupages. From 2010-2017 I worked as a masthead reporter at Fast Company and also wrote op-eds for the Los Angeles Times alongside articles for publications like Wired, Esquire and Foreign Policy.
All of this is a fancy way of saying I know a lot about how modern journalism works. Iβm 42, which means I had a front-row seat for the transition from print to digital journalism. Here are five things I learned as a journalist that I wanted to share:
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