Category Archives: TNTJ

TNTJ: What I want to do in journalism — Covering the environment as a journalist who cares

This post is part of this month’s “Tomorrow’s News, Tomorrow’s Journalists.” Each month a group of young journalists picks a topic to blog about, similar to “The Carnival of Journalism.” For October 2008, the TNTJ topic is What would your ideal journalism job be and why? I wasn’t always interested in journalism. In high school [...]
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Young journalists challenged to work outside of mainstream media

Note: This post is part of this month’s Tomorrow’s News, Tomorrow’s Journalists discussion on challenges facing young journalists. As a young student and journalist I have one great fear after graduation — not finding a job. Strings of layoffs, hiring freezes and newsroom roadblocks to innovation keep me on edge, especially when I remember I’ll [...]
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Tomorrow’s News, Tomorrow’s Journalists: What’s the goal of young journalism bloggers?

So last week I mentioned a new blog ring for young journalists (courtesy of Dave Lee) and after some name debate, we’ve got a label: Tomorrow’s News, Tomorrow’s Journalists. Here’s what I see coming from this group: We can serve as a resourceTNTJ brings the youth of the industry together to pool our knowledge. The [...]
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