Advice for old(er) journalists - Poynter
Briefly

Before you email to tell me that they're lazy, I'd point out that expecting to be paid for the hours that they work and not working unpaid overtime seems pretty reasonable. And before you email to tell me that they lack the skills you had when you came into the newsroom, I'd point out that your good-old-days newsroom was probably a physical space, there wasn't a pandemic and technological shifts happened every few years, not every few days.
Instead of offering advice to our newer colleagues, how about we listen to them a little more? If we're lucky, they're here to stay.
Roselyn Romero, The Oaklandside: 'Stop saying local news is dead! There are plenty of efforts to keep local journalism not only alive but thriving and sustainable.'
Nika Bartoo-Smith, Underscore/ICT: 'Remember that sometimes 'rejection is a redirection.' You can't know the path that life will take you on, but I know from experience that sometimes not getting that job I really wanted has led to better thin'
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