ABSTRACT

There is growing evidence that print journalists are being lured away from good jobs to even better ones in the e-media. For careers as e-journalists they need all the traditional journalism skills – and a few more. Some knowledge of the way the Internet works and how websites are constructed, or at the very least a willingness to learn, is important, as is the ability to adapt to a changing environment. As Julia Frazier wrote in the OJR:

Success means being a Journalist Plus. Plus what? Plus a specialization: business development, e-commerce, project management. And plain old news jobs are still out there, too, especially for journalists with good HTML skills and a willingness to go where the work is.