Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Wasting too much time on blogs so you don't have to: Angry journalist edition

(Otherwise known as links I stole from Gawker).

At Angryjournalist.com, you can rant anonymously about your co-workers, your recent layoff or how you feel your journalism degree isn't worth the paper it's printed on. For the views of laid-off journalists, the hopeful and the hopeless, on the future state of the news industry, there's Parting thoughts, recently started by the Columbia Journalism Review. (Sample thought: "I still want journalism. Journalism just doesn't seem to want me.")

On a less negative note, are you a reporter scrambling for a source? A publicity whore looking to get your name in the paper? Then check out Help a Reporter, the free site that links reporters and sources. Gets good reviews from Gawker commenters, for whatever that's worth.

But why am I wasting so much time on Gawker? Because I am taking a break from working on a blog post for the Temple University Editing Residency blog, started by Dr. Trayes and this year's crop of interns. So I'll let you know when that's posted.

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