by dankeelan | Oct 10, 2023 | Future of Work, Journallism
When my mom met my dad, she had three requirements for their relationship: She would never get married, have children or leave New York. She held firm to two of those terms. But it’s her “no children” rule that I like to revisit — something I distinctly admire in the...
by dankeelan | Oct 19, 2021 | Journallism, Technology
“The tiniest hole in the dam can make the whole thing explode, and that’s what happens with trauma,” says British-Iranian journalist Sahar Zand. With a childhood that included being smuggled across borders as her family tried to escape political persecution,...
by dankeelan | May 4, 2021 | Featured, Journallism, Unions
Thirty years ago, The New York Times did not have a website. Now, the company employs more than 700 tech workers, almost half its number of journalists. On Tuesday, those tech workers announced they want to form a union. Almost half the Times is already...
by dankeelan | Apr 27, 2021 | Featured, Journallism, Media, Tips
Newsroom layoffs have become an evergreen storyline in the media industry today. More than 16,000 newsroom jobs in the U.S. were slashed in 2020, across local newsrooms and media giants alike. Whether by choice or increasingly out of necessity, it is...
by dankeelan | Sep 8, 2020 | California, Featured, Gig Workers, Journallism
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law Friday that exempts freelance journalists and a handful of other professions from a 2019 landmark labor law meant to protect gig workers. While the original law was meant to benefit workers, freelance...
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