The Words of Quentin Letts being interviewed in this morning's Independent
Described as Britain's busiest freelance journalist and perhaps he gives a pointer to future careers
"interesting to have a range of clients. I approach it like being a business and you need to diversify a bit
2 comments:
What Quentin says is very much a worrying truth of being a current journalism student. It appears that journalism is becoming less of a skill, with more and more focus on civilian journalism meaning that anyone and everyone can be a journalist.
Not being confident with either TV or radio does make me extremely concerned about my future job prospects, even if I was the world's best writer. Convergence is a big cloud hanging over everything to do with journalism, and it appears if you cant do a bit of everything, you aren't of much use.
I share and understand your concerns James.
I think the citz journalism is over promoted.There is a huge amount of difference between someone turning up with a phone camera taking pictures and a trained journalist writing a story.
The problem is that the public's appetite for news can often be the splash,quick news easily digestable.
I agree with your comments on the convergence issue and we should all have all the skills to compete in the market.
I still believe that quality journalism and quality journalists will rise to the top
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