Poynter: Survival guide for journalists

A series from Poynter on 'what to do before the axe falls' starting with creating an online presence and backing up your work contacts. Full story...

Tags: online presence

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Canadian Association of Journalists: Job cuts impact quality journalism

A news release that claims job cuts by Canadian media owners could lead to 'our news becoming nothing more than rewritten press releases'. "The decisions taken this fall will lead to more centralization of news in Canada, fewer opportunities for Canadians to learn from different voices and will threaten the very existence of quality local and investigative reporting," says Canadian Association of Journalists president Mary Agnes Welch. The CAJ fears "journalism in Canada is reaching a tipping point where the decline in the quality of news content will lead to an industry death spiral of less content, smaller audiences, and yet more cuts". Full story...

Tags: Canada, Canadian Association of Journalists, media owners

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Gawker.com: Jobs go at social-blog network

"LiveJournal, the San Francisco-based arm of Sup, a Russian internet startup, has cut about 20 of 28 employees and offered them no severance," Gawker reports. Full story...

Tags: internet startup, job losses, livejournal, San Francisco, Sup

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LitmanLive.co.uk: How to get a job using Twitter

How to get a job using the microblogging service - from someone who was hired through Twitter. Full story...

Tags: Twitter

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WFSJ: Science groups campaign against CNN cuts (via CJR)

The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, the National Association of Science Writers, the Society of Environmental Journalists and the World Federation of Science Journalists have sent a joint letter to the networks presidents to protest against CNN's decision to cut its entire science team. Full story...

Tags: CNN, Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, job losses, National Association of Science Writers, Society of Environmental Journalists, Time Warner Inc., World Federation of Science Journalists

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HoldtheFrontPage: Wales weeklies staff cut hours to help save staff

Newsquest was looking for one redundancy from the Milford Mercury and Western Telegraph reporting team. Instead, all four reporters agreed to an equal cut in hours. Full story...

Tags: milford mercury, western telegraph

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OutWithABang: Rick Waghorn reflects on his old newspaper job as it ‘goes down the Newsquest toilet’

"I was the Gazette’s one-man sports department from the Saturday through to the Wednesday when the editions rolled off that newly-bent, L-shaped press to be delivered to the three corners of Wiltshire on the Thursday," writes Waghorn. Now, the job is dead. He takes a look at 'a sign of the times'. Full story...

Tags: Rick Waghorn, sports department, the Gazette

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Bill Dyszel’s ‘Morbid Major Magazine Song’

My colleague Judith made a valiant effort getting our 12 days of Christmas for journalists to fall into rhythm - glad we didn’t attempt the below, created by writer Bill Dyszel (found at mediabistro.com):

Tags: Bill Dyszel, USA

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MediaGuardian: Newsquest could face legal action over Glasgow redundancies

Herald Group's National Union of Journalists (NUJ) reps have hired employment lawyers following claims that staff could lose redundancy benefits if they do not either volunteer for redundancy or reapply for a position. Last month publishers Newquest told 250 journalists and production staff they must reapply for 30-40 fewer jobs or face redundancy in 90 days. Full story...

Tags: Herald, Herald Group, Herald&Times, Legal, National Union of Journalists, Newsquest, nuj, Scotland

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FreshNetworksBlog: Who’s still getting hired? Community managers

The FreshNetworks Blog looks at the role of community managers, one of the few journalism-technology jobs still in demand. Full story...

Tags: Jobs, journalism-technology jobs

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