The Week Journalism Got Shot At and Threatened from the Top
Physical danger in the ballroom. Presidential pressure on ABC. Misinformation faster than facts. All at once.
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Physical danger in the ballroom. Presidential pressure on ABC. Misinformation faster than facts. All at once.
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The Editorial Strategist Is Back in Demand Something worth watching in today's listings: organizations are hiring for roles that blend editorial judgment with strategic leadership in ways that go well beyond "manage the blog." Three…
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Sara May spent years as a Netflix executive helping build the streamer's European slate. Now she's launching Sonderworld, an action-and-genre banner backed by Goodfellas, operating out of Paris with no studio parent company. Fauzan Zidni…
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NBC is banking on Mariska Hargitay carrying Law & Order: SVU to a thirtieth season. A French production company is greenlighting a biopic of Bernard Loiseau, the celebrity chef who loosely inspired Ratatouille's Auguste Gusteau.…
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The Editor-in-Chief Pipeline Is Wide Open Something worth paying attention to: multiple senior editorial leadership roles posted in the same week, each one carrying genuine strategic authority. These aren't glorified content manager positions repackaged with…
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Search for freelance copywriter rates, and you'll find a range that goes from $0.05 a word to $500 an hour. Both numbers represent working professionals with real clients. Little bit of a scary range, isn't…
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The most common mistake in content writer interviews is treating the portfolio like a test. It isn't. A portfolio shows you what someone produced when they had unlimited time, picked their best work, and chose…
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Graphic design is one of the few creative roles where hiring managers regularly confuse aesthetic preference with candidate evaluation. The portfolio review goes well, the work looks polished, the offer goes out. Three months later,…
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The media industry's AI moment just split into two paths. Major publishers are installing ad-funded chatbots on their sites and calling it a revenue strategy. A legacy metro daily nearly shut down because it couldn't…
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Niche Expertise Is the New Currency Generalists, look away! The most compelling roles on our job board right now are looking for people who already live inside their industries. Earthjustice wants someone who can translate…
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