So you want to be an online journalist
27-Aug-07
Some students just know they want to be online journalists.
Others have no idea what it means to be an online journalist.
None of them really know what it takes to be an online journalist. But I have some ideas.
Four attributes you need to be a successful online journalist:
1. You have to be at least mildly interested in some of the geeky stuff. Just like newspaper people dig the smell of ink and paper, online journalists have to admire, respect and maybe even revel in the evolving nature of the Web.
2. You have to be curious. This is a given for all journalists, but it’s especially true for online journalists. You are going to have to be constantly learning new and different technologies and storytelling methods.
3. You have to be as comfortable carrying a video camera as a pen and a pad.
4. You have to be prepared for anything. At all times. Twenty-four hours.
Do you have what it takes to be an online journalist today?