Actually, the part of the post by Paul Conley (from his blog about business-to-business journalism) that really grabbed my shirt collar was a recap of a posting he made two years ago:
at this point, you can't blame the boss for not teaching these things. The difficult truth is that people who can't insert a hyperlink, who won't read a blog, who don't know how to work with Photoshop and can't upload a video file just aren't worth having around anymore.
He decries the fact some journalists don't seem eager to explore the Web on their own, and that if you're not eager enough to learn on your own, you don't belong anymore.
And, in a manner of speaking, I can't argue with him. Teenagers (and tweens) learn this stuff on their own in bedrooms around America. Who are we to complain that — because we don't have a formal training room established complete with a syllabus and someone to hold our hand — we can't figure things out?
Now, even he concedes that training is helpful, but what really comes across in his sense of urgency. I don't think he's panicking.
Far from it.
• Fighting Hole Tactics: Part One -- No More Training
• Teaching Online Journalism: No room for Web newbies?
(UPDATE: Steve Yelvington weighs in)
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