Interesting how much this quote can relate to journalism, too. (KN | Kitsune Noir » Creativity Is Just Connecting Things)
"I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” —Thomas Jefferson, third U.S. president."
— I’m usually not big on quotes, but this one’s really good (via Alyssa Magnotti).
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Loss and destruction has been almost all that I’ve ever known in journalism. Sure, there has been great work along the way, almost always at the individual level. But many of those innovators that I chronicled at BeatBlogging.Org moved on to other jobs and other fields.
And that was depressing. These were our beacons of light, and they couldn’t make it. The journalism industry has lost a lot of journalists, and many of those that it has lost were the best, brightest and most innovative.
But the real problem isn’t a journalism problem. Journalism is moving forward. It’s a business model problem, and [that’s] something I can’t help that much with.
""I question why any editor on earth would care if a student got a Master’s degree if that didn’t include some sophisticated new journalism skills."
