[Ipg-smz] [Ipg-l] Wall St. Journal is hiring but ...

[Mac McCarthy]

What you write for the WZJ is unlikely to require a pro- or anti-capitalist
mindset. Beyond the fact that it is after all a business publication.  You
are unlikely to be writing  editorial opinion pieces, after all.

On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 7:15 PM Tom Henderson <thenderson at extremelabs.com>
wrote:

> Is there a moral question in working for a Murdock publication? Or is it
> too altruistic of me to believe that writing for a publication whose
> editorial bias is the nearly opposite of mine is immoral? It's not that I'm
> anti-capitalist, rather, I find their political leanings nearly the polar
> opposite of my own. I wouldn't take their money.
>
> Tom
>
>
> On 6/24/19 9:50 PM, Sharon Fisher wrote:
>
> Not for this gig. The wall St. Journal isn't that technical and they make
> it clear they're interested in stories about people.
>
> On Mon, Jun 24, 2019, 7:34 PM Kishore Jethanandani <
> kishorejethanandani at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>     I have written a great deal on intersecting emerging technologies
>> like AI, IoT, SDNs and my experience is that it takes a great deal of
>> knowledge to even frame the questions. Interviews help a great deal because
>> there is never a time when you know enough.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>>
>> Kishore Jethanandani
>>
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>> On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 5:37 PM Dana Blankenhorn <
>> danablankenhorn at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> When I was at Northwestern, many many years ago, we were told a good
>>> reporter could cover anything. Just learn the industry lingo and quote
>>> people accurately. It worked. I'm here.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 24, 2019, 7:09 PM Allen Bernard <abernie182 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> So I just saw this on Cision (thanks Evan!). The job sounds like
>>>> something almost any one of could do but WSJ no longer cares about
>>>> experience. How do you cover this business tech without knowing what the
>>>> hell your talking about?!? I find it infinitely sad that this is from WSJ,
>>>> a publication I used to hold in very high esteem before the Murdoch's
>>>> bought it.
>>>>
>>>> Check out this from the job description:
>>>>
>>>> The Wall Street Journal seeks an experienced and innovative journalist
>>>> to cover the technology and technology companies that are changing business.
>>>>
>>>> The rise of new tools and business models like machine learning,
>>>> cloud-computing, and subscription-based software is reshaping not only the
>>>> multitrillion-dollar IT sector but other industries, from aerospace to
>>>> agriculture.
>>>>
>>>> This reporter will find distinctive stories that illuminate these
>>>> changes and the companies and personalities driving them. At the core of
>>>> this coverage are a handful of important companies, chiefly Microsoft,
>>>> Oracle and Salesforce.
>>>>
>>>> We are looking for someone capable of dominating coverage of them --
>>>> breaking important scoops of fact and also conceiving and executing
>>>> agenda-setting enterprise pieces. Knowledge of the subject matter is a
>>>> bonus though not required.
>>>>
>>>> Allen Bernard
>>>> Business & Technology Journalist
>>>> Business, Technology & Industrial Copywriting
>>>> 614-937-2316
>>>>
>>>> *Conference line: **(605) 468-8743 132015#*
>>>>
>>>> Internet Press Guild
>>>> Columbus CIO Forum
>>>> CIO Solutions Gallery
>>>>
>>>> Portfolio page: Contently.com <https://allenbernard.contently.com/>
>>>> LinkedIn profile: Linked In <http://www.linkedin.com/in/allenbernard>
>>>> Twitter: @allen_bernard1 <https://twitter.com/allen_bernard1>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *"Great writing is worthless if readers wonder why they read it." *
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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