Comments on: Anger Management for Journalists? http://ali261178.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/anger-management-for-journalists/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:51:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: cameela http://ali261178.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/anger-management-for-journalists/#comment-4 cameela Thu, 15 May 2008 10:05:56 +0000 http://ali261178.wordpress.com/?p=4#comment-4 Well I'm not too amused. I had a little scroll through the 1100 posts and I have to say, they don't seem at all unreasonable. Journalism is a skill, one which takes a lot of honing. As a reward for our tireless efforts to inform, educate and entertain the public we are indeed underpaid and undervalued. When I heard the recent news that Coleen Mcloughlin, an untrained and, lets be honest, not very good, journalist gets paid £100,000 for her weekly column in Closer I was outraged! How ridiculous! The woman tells us nothing more than how many times she visited the gym last week and how many blisters her new pair of Jimmy Choo's have given her. Us journalist's who have trained to become skilled in our field are offered a starting salary of £14,000 if we're lucky. It's a hard job and we get little recognition for it. Anyone for a career change? Well I’m not too amused. I had a little scroll through the 1100 posts and I have to say, they don’t seem at all unreasonable.

Journalism is a skill, one which takes a lot of honing. As a reward for our tireless efforts to inform, educate and entertain the public we are indeed underpaid and undervalued.

When I heard the recent news that Coleen Mcloughlin, an untrained and, lets be honest, not very good, journalist gets paid £100,000 for her weekly column in Closer I was outraged!

How ridiculous! The woman tells us nothing more than how many times she visited the gym last week and how many blisters her new pair of Jimmy Choo’s have given her.

Us journalist’s who have trained to become skilled in our field are offered a starting salary of £14,000 if we’re lucky.

It’s a hard job and we get little recognition for it.

Anyone for a career change?

]]> By: sadie15 http://ali261178.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/anger-management-for-journalists/#comment-3 sadie15 Thu, 15 May 2008 09:56:42 +0000 http://ali261178.wordpress.com/?p=4#comment-3 What a fantastic port for venting all our frustrated anger! I can't help but wonder though that as we read through some comments we'll only get more frustrated and angered by the ridiculous comments that appear. Furthermore you only know that as the weeks pass there will be blatant references to editorial bosses who are rubbing journalists up the wrong way...let's just hope they won't be reading this site! I mean why would they when they have us to take their anger out on. What a fantastic port for venting all our frustrated anger! I can’t help but wonder though that as we read through some comments we’ll only get more frustrated and angered by the ridiculous comments that appear. Furthermore you only know that as the weeks pass there will be blatant references to editorial bosses who are rubbing journalists up the wrong way…let’s just hope they won’t be reading this site! I mean why would they when they have us to take their anger out on.

]]> By: Martinghewitt http://ali261178.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/anger-management-for-journalists/#comment-2 Martinghewitt Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:40:52 +0000 http://ali261178.wordpress.com/?p=4#comment-2 Indeed this girl has a good point. We are all in need of an outlet for some of the pent up angst that we experience. Undervalued, underappreciated, underpayed and increasingly un-employed. Let us hope people use it for good, not evil... Journos have a bed enough rep already. Indeed this girl has a good point. We are all in need of an outlet for some of the pent up angst that we experience. Undervalued, underappreciated, underpayed and increasingly un-employed. Let us hope people use it for good, not evil… Journos have a bed enough rep already.

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