Why I wish I was at BlogHer '09 this week
I wish I was heading to Chicago this week for BlogHer '09.
Tina Brown, longtime magazine editor, was interviewed by the Chicago Tribune in anticipation of her speaking at BlogHer '09 this week. Her thoughts rang true to me."People who decide, 'I'm going to wait around until [media are] fully transitioned and hope I don't get laid off,' " do so at their own peril, Brown said. "Obviously everyone has their responsibilities and has to make their own decisions. But as night follows day, things are really tipping, and it's better to have that training early rather than late."
I resigned last week. Gave a 2-week notice and will be leaving big media at the end of the month.
I am going to a job as Web Managing Editor at the Reynolds Center (goal: make business journalism in the U.S. better) which is based at Arizona State University.Still working on what it means to leave the 10th largest newspaper in the country and join a small band of people to work on professional development in newsrooms around the world.I think my move looks something like this: journalism => business => Web => teaching => telling better stories => making the world better.
Brown, founder and editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast, will take part in "Traditional Media Chops Meet a New Media Calling," a keynote panel at BlogHer '09, the fifth annual blogging conference. I won't be there. Couldn't get Old Media support to be there.
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