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I love this business, but I am so depressed

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Billy Monday, Sep 21, 2007.

  1. Colton

    Colton Active Member

    Billy, sounds like you're a CNHIer, too.

    Hang in there, pal.
     
  2. Joe Williams

    Joe Williams Well-Known Member

    Good advice. Of course, buggy-whip makers did the same thing. Really focused HARD on making better ones. Sure helped them.
     
  3. Some Guy

    Some Guy Active Member

    Now they just sell them to the porn industry. Problem solved.
     
  4. fishwrapper

    fishwrapper Active Member

    This would seem to be the genesis of our current worriment.
    Who let this slip and told the public?
     
  5. Cansportschick

    Cansportschick Active Member

    If you enjoy doing what you are doing, then you should be fine. Days can be stressful and yes, there are times that the news is not so great in the industry but remember that you aren't the only one feeling this way.
    You just have to keep on pressing forward and stop worrying about the future of the business. Think of the present.

    And might I add that a drink often helps most of the time when there are days like this. I can attest to that. ;D
     
  6. pressmurphy

    pressmurphy Member

    Start changing your mindset. You are not in the newspaper business, you are in the information business. Practice your craft with diligence and enthusiasm to be the best that you can be, and embrace the new technologies such as the Internet so that you will be ready to thrive in the new paradigm of news delivery.

    And then slash your wrists when you get downsized from your $27,000 job because corporate missed its quarterly net profit target twice in a row and needs to replace you with someone who doesn't know the difference between "its" and "it's" but only costs $23,000 a year.
     
  7. Billy Monday

    Billy Monday Member

    What is CNHIer?

    I realize there will always be a need for what we do. The republic depends on it.
    But who's going to pay for our salaries?

    A few Internet ads that cost $25 each won't fund the resources and staff we need to do a good job.

    Somebody please tell me I'm wrong before I go back to the liquor store this weekend.
     
  8. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    I hate to say it, but anyone who is expecting this to get better sometime soon is living in Happyland...

    It's going to continue to get worse and will probably never get better... Right now the main thing keeping print editions out there are our grandparents, who are the primary subscribers to the morning paper because they're creatures of habit and aren't on the Internet as much... Everybody else isn't willing to pay for something they can get for free online...
     
  9. Yawn

    Yawn New Member

    Thomas Petty, the prototypical kiss ass. Don't buy his bitching on here people. He kisses corporate ass with a pucker more profound than Mick Jagger could provide.
     
  10. TrooperBari

    TrooperBari Well-Known Member

    A CNHIer is someone working at a paper owned by Community Newspaper Holdings Inc., one of the more tight-fisted chains out there. Misery seems to be a recurring theme among its employees posting here.
     
  11. Sxysprtswrtr

    Sxysprtswrtr Active Member

    Best advice yet: Keep expanding your skill set. Don't settle for just knowing how to write a running and then a follo. Ask about ways you can do more, learn more, add more programs to your computer, etc. Hell, if you have to, take some web classes at a local community college. The Internet is where it's at - not saying give up print - but find ways to incorporate your journalistic skills into what's in store for us down the line.
     
  12. Piotr Rasputin

    Piotr Rasputin New Member

    Mizzougrad and pressmurphy are both right.

    If you're truly worried, don't just plunge yourself into your work. Don't assume that even if information gathering survives, you'll still have a job. And, since this is your livelihood and career we're talking about, do not listen when people say things will get better in this business. For proof of this folly, ask them just what makes them think that.

    Start plotting a Plan B, different from your current situation. Learn new skills, make yourself as valuable as you can. But in the event you're whacked for someone cheaper or the situation reaches a head for whatever reason, have an idea in place.

    If and when you use it, the level of relief will be quite profound.
     
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