Comments on: Two online journalism research opportunities http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2010/07/27/two-online-journalism-research-opportunities/ A conversation. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:45:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Olive http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2010/07/27/two-online-journalism-research-opportunities/#comment-16392 Olive Thu, 10 Mar 2011 07:19:59 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=9115#comment-16392 great opportunities. how about other paid research opportunities online, i can get involved in for a pay. please avail me with information if you have heard of any. Thanks From Kampala Uganda great opportunities. how about other paid research opportunities online, i can get involved in for a pay. please avail me with information if you have heard of any. Thanks

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]]> By: Peter Demain http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2010/07/27/two-online-journalism-research-opportunities/#comment-16391 Peter Demain Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:07:18 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=9115#comment-16391 As firmly expanded into the inane and useless as most of academia now is when you compare course content to applications for employment this has to take the cake. If you want to know all that's meaningful to know about it you pick up a couple of books and browse a variety of blogs, start interacting and you are often savvy within a couple of months. How do we 'online journalists' even get paid? If I had a PhD's worth of research behind me...how would I make a living from it? I'd probably just have to get a job elsewhere and supplement my online journalism with something else entirely - in other words my years in academia getting a doctorate have contributed to a 'hobby'. Oh and all the while I've been studying, I could have been online actually doing it and, luck permitting, have gotten a bit of a reputation built-up. Kind of like American Studies...you sit around learning about the USA - why not brush off that pseudo-subject and just spend the time on a long trip to the place? Primary experience is the most valuable of all. You can learn in weeks what courses either can't teach at all or take years to. -Pete @ dirtygarnet.com As firmly expanded into the inane and useless as most of academia now is when you compare course content to applications for employment this has to take the cake. If you want to know all that’s meaningful to know about it you pick up a couple of books and browse a variety of blogs, start interacting and you are often savvy within a couple of months.

How do we ‘online journalists’ even get paid? If I had a PhD’s worth of research behind me…how would I make a living from it? I’d probably just have to get a job elsewhere and supplement my online journalism with something else entirely – in other words my years in academia getting a doctorate have contributed to a ‘hobby’.

Oh and all the while I’ve been studying, I could have been online actually doing it and, luck permitting, have gotten a bit of a reputation built-up. Kind of like American Studies…you sit around learning about the USA – why not brush off that pseudo-subject and just spend the time on a long trip to the place?

Primary experience is the most valuable of all. You can learn in weeks what courses either can’t teach at all or take years to.

-Pete @ dirtygarnet.com

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