Comments on: Journalism update http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/30/journalism-update/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:38:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Al http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/30/journalism-update/#comment-1893759 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:32:49 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/30/journalism-update/#comment-1893759 It must be difficult to tread the fine line between reporting news and biting the hand that feeds... It must be difficult to tread the fine line between reporting news and biting the hand that feeds…

]]> by: Elayne Riggs http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/30/journalism-update/#comment-1854541 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:33:35 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/30/journalism-update/#comment-1854541 Would that most current political reporters felt this way! Would that most current political reporters felt this way!

]]> by: Evie http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/30/journalism-update/#comment-1850499 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:24:28 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/30/journalism-update/#comment-1850499 I should add, "The Beat" and a few other outlets know and handle these things quite well... I just mean the young field in general... I should add, “The Beat” and a few other outlets know and handle these things quite well… I just mean the young field in general…

]]> by: Evie http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/30/journalism-update/#comment-1849288 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:01:10 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/30/journalism-update/#comment-1849288 MacPherson has a good point. I work at the primary trade magazine for an entertainment industry, and you have to strike that balance constantly--but it still means telling the story when the story needs to be told. Somebody may be upset with you, but they and their colleagues also need your outlet to inform them of what else is going on, and they need to use your outlet to get their own stuff out. So it's a give and take, and I think comics journalism needs to get there too. MacPherson has a good point. I work at the primary trade magazine for an entertainment industry, and you have to strike that balance constantly–but it still means telling the story when the story needs to be told. Somebody may be upset with you, but they and their colleagues also need your outlet to inform them of what else is going on, and they need to use your outlet to get their own stuff out. So it’s a give and take, and I think comics journalism needs to get there too.

]]> by: Val http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/30/journalism-update/#comment-1849060 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:50:32 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/30/journalism-update/#comment-1849060 My opinion is that you have to take the initiative to "own" your PR before your PR "owns" you. Or is that "pwn?" My opinion is that you have to take the initiative to “own” your PR before your PR “owns” you.

Or is that “pwn?”

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