More missives from the Rethinking Journalism Education conference...
If he had two candidates who were equally well qualified, and one of them blogged, Howard Owens said he'd hire the blogger. Why?
"It indicates a passion about the web," said Owens, who is VP/Interactive for The Bakersfield Californian.
Bill Gannon, editorial director and managing editor of Yahoo! News said, "The great thing about blogging is that is reveals talent and passion."
Here are the kinds of candidates Chris Jennewein says he doesn't hire: "It's as if they have a vision of the way things were, not the way they can be."
What he wants is people who are risk-takers, says Jennewein, director of internet operations at the Union-Tribune Publishing Co., San Diego. He reminded educators at the Morro Bay conference that new types of media mean new opportunities for their students.
"Your students have got a great future," Gannon said. "I want you to be as encouraged about the future as we are. I think that the future is indeed incredibly bright."
1 comment:
I also have to agree with my fellow students. I do not think that blogs are really seen as official news. They are purely opinion and with out much credibility. I think that if newspapers, or the news in general shifted to using blogs as a staple, they would find themselves in a lot more trouble than they currently are.
Also, I wonder if it would be considered discrimination for someone to be hired over another with the same qualifications just because they blog. What if the other candidate chose to go hiking every day, that makes him passionate about the outdoors? Should he then be hired for a park ranger position? I don't think that blogging should have any weight on whether or not someone is hired for a job. They can be just as passionate about the internet with out writing blogs.
I don't want to completely disagree though, I must say that since the news has become so readily avaiable on the internet that many more people are accessing it and actually paying attention to it. The internet may very well be the future of our news industry.
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