Posts Tagged as ‘journalism’

April 16, 2009

Freelancers are first to go at New York Times

As a freelance jouranlist, this latest memo from New York Times executive editor, Bill Keller, has me worried: — We expect to roll out a trim of freelance budgets within the next few weeks. Taken together, these moves will save millions of dollars — savings that would otherwise have to come out of payroll. So [...]

November 30, 2007

Challening my inner walrus

“What are you reading at the moment?” asked Jeremy Keehn, managing editor of The Walrus. “Um… well, the new Harry Potter,” I said, face turning red.   Harry Potter?! Here I was squaring off against three editors and a no doubt highly-skilled intern at Canada’s most lauded magazine – and a bespectacled wizard was the [...]