A guest post by Drew Tewksbury for Write to Done
It’s not hard to get discouraged about writing and journalism with all the negative news in the media world.
Newspapers are ceasing production, magazines are going online-only, and new outlets are few and far between. But there is a way for writers to survive.
The key to surviving the clear cutting of print publications: Re-define and re-imagine.
Try to adjust your self-image, you’re no longer just a writer, you’re a multimedia producer. You produce, you create, not just words on the page, but images, sounds, stories. You don’t have to go back to journalism school to learn to use multimedia tools or spend a lot of money on equipment; many new journalism tools... More...
