It wasn’t until half-way through my journalism degree that I realized I wasn’t going to be a traditional reporter. I wasn’t even going to be a multimedia reporter. I was going to be a programmer/journalist. Putting a slash in your title makes you more important.” - Megan Taylor, How Computer-Assisted Reporters Evolved into Programmer/Journalists
I’m writing a paper for Computer-Assisted Reporting this afternoon and came across this article. The end was my favorite part.
“Putting a slash in your title makes you more important.” I’ve always loved that concept - Nora Ephron taught it to me. It’s not enough to be an excellent researcher or a high quality journalist. Whether you want to be a novelist/journalist, photographer/journalist, pop-star turned journalist - you’ve got to be multidimensional. You just have to. #journalism #writers #doublethreat #triplethreat
