[Ipg-smz] [Ipg-l] Wall St. Journal is hiring but ...
Tom Henderson
thenderson at extremelabs.com
Tue Jun 25 16:52:50 UTC 2019
When the grape boycott occurred, I was up there with the United Farm
Workers. I'm for decency for all, no exceptions. The politic of Murdock
et al leaves me cold. That my words puts money in his pocket for his
advocacy/promotion of political ideals I'm opposed to, leaves me also
cold. Corporate advocacy is one thing, but political advocacy quite
another.
I've done research for Israeli companies/entities not affiliated with
the Israeli government (so far as I know). Same goes for Chinese,
Japanese, Taiwanese, Singaporean, and other corps/limited companies/etc.
Doesn't bother me. I've turned down work on (not rare) occasion from
organizations whose donor activity to causes I don't believe in (Prop 8
as an example) and political candidates (either/any party) I don't
believe in.
Working for Fox News seems like a dramatically bad idea to me. Fox & the
WSJ are aligned and logic dictates that one benefits the other-- follow
the money through Murdock pockets into the White House, as an example.
But I'm also the same kind of guy that became a vegetarian because I
don't see a distinction between cattle and cats and dogs and parakeets,
and the concept of 18 chickens in a 28" cubical cage is an anathema to
me. I stood in line at a checkout at a grocery today behind nine others
because I refuse to use the 24 robotic checkout stations, preferring to
benefit the poor cashier's job. He's the son of a neighbor, a nice guy
with a family to support. Supporting Kroger's shareholders and the
burghers of Wall Street is not relevant to me.
Tom
On 6/25/19 6:47 AM, Ron Miller wrote:
> Tom,
> I work for Verizon, which owns TechCrunch. If you going to have those
> kinds of moral filters about your employers, chances are you are not
> going to get much work in this business. The corporate tentacles have
> pretty much reached into every aspect of our business.
>
> On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 10:14 PM Tom Henderson
> <thenderson at extremelabs.com <mailto: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
>> <mailto: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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>> 06/24/19, 06:31:16 PM
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>> On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 5:37 PM Dana Blankenhorn
>> <danablankenhorn at gmail.com
>> <mailto: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 <mailto: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
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>> *Conference line: **(605) 468-8743 132015#*
>>
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