Skype Interviews and the future of Journalism
Two articles from Time.com.
The first is from an interview with Malcolm Gladwell. For you I-Thinkers in the Sage community, you know who he is. For those who don’t know, I consider his books, Tipping Point, Blink, and Outliers, to be must reads for everybody. He has thoughts about what he would do differently were he getting into journalism now.
“Aspiring journalists should stop going to journalism programs and go to some other kind of grad school. If I was studying today, I would go get a master’s in statistics, and maybe do a bunch of accounting courses and then write from that perspective. I think that’s the way to survive. The role of the generalist is diminishing. Journalism has to get smarter.”
One man’s opinion. The interview can be found here.
The next article is about Skype interviewing. Imagine being able to interview from the safe haven of your dorm room or home. Sounds simple and comfy, right? What about the barking dog? What about the poster of inappropriately-posed-pop-star in the background? What about all the little details that must be accounted for so your interview is not derailed by (for example) you sitting too close to the camera so the interviewer can see up your nose? Follow this link for a nifty article about all of the above.
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