Comments on: Programmer/journalists http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/06/09/programmerjournalists/ by Jeff Jarvis Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:39:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Marc http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/06/09/programmerjournalists/#comment-351097 Marc Sun, 10 Jun 2007 00:38:11 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/06/09/programmerjournalists/#comment-351097 As a real life programmer-journalist I've summed up my views on this topic by saying, "it's not as important to know how to build an RSS feed as it is to know what an RSS feed is." I say that with real fear for this industry because at the relativly large daily newspapers my company supports, those that know what an RSS feed *is* are virtualy non-existent. Yet they talk about "reinventing themselves" and all that other good stuff, but what they're saying is far different from reality. As a real life programmer-journalist I’ve summed up my views on this topic by saying, “it’s not as important to know how to build an RSS feed as it is to know what an RSS feed is.”

I say that with real fear for this industry because at the relativly large daily newspapers my company supports, those that know what an RSS feed *is* are virtualy non-existent.

Yet they talk about “reinventing themselves” and all that other good stuff, but what they’re saying is far different from reality.

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