Journalism is the “Most Regretted” College Major
87% of journalism graduates say they wish they had pursued a different plan of study in college.
Media: Demographics – Who works in the media?
Interesting demographics of journalists. About 77% have a degree is the arts or humanities, much higher than the overall population of degree holders. Fewer have a Master’s degree than in many other fields. Journalism pay is not very good.
Media: How to create your own Content Mill
The linked article explains the business of content mills.
Reporter David Axe publishes literally the same headline, every month for a year – and all of them have been wrong – updated
Source: Reporter David Axe publishes literally the same headline, every month for a year – and all of them have been wrong – Social Panic At this point, it’s hilarious. The reporter David Axe has a BA in history and an MA in fiction writing (really).
Climate: How the media reported on tropical storm Hilary in California
The spin began with “deadly”, “life threatening”, “catastrophic” speculation, then followed that afterwards with “It wasn’t that bad”, and stories saying the tropical storm was 100% caused by the Global Boiling ClimateCrisis, and then a few adding historical context of past tropical storms and even a hurricane.
Media: Content mills and the eliteness of reporters
“Content mills” and “Content Generation” services are becoming the backbone of web “journalism”. Related: many journalists having surprisingly elite backgrounds, greatly disconnected from the rest of society. At the national level, most have attended elite universities, went to private high schools, and have done studies abroad, They have degrees in English Lit, Creative Writing, History or Political Science, and sometimes journalism – yet often call themselves “Science” or “Environmental Science” reporters, even though they have no background in those subjects. A bit of a surprise.
Media: Content farms are using AI-generated text to sell eyeballs to advertisers
“Content mills” and “Content Generation” services are becoming the backbone of web “journalism”. 57% of newsroom jobs at newspapers went away from 2008 onwards. What does those people do now? They write stories about that one weird trick that explains why this airport did something to someone… in other words, fluffy filler click-bait articles.
The Daily Doomer: “Existential threats are getting worse: nuclear war, AI fears, climate change”
We are all going to die, Really Soon Now. Your dose of The Daily Doomer.
Media: “61% of Americans” live paycheck to paycheck
Every few months, the media tell us that – horrors! – 61% (or whatever) of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Left out of the breathless reporting is that this is pretty much where it always is, except during recessions when it goes up higher.
Media: An outstanding reporter – the late Jim McKay
One of the long ago greats in journalism, the late Jim McKay.