graphic designr » Palm Beach Post http://graphicdesignr.net/blog Conversations about journalism, news and design Sun, 26 Sep 2010 18:32:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Back in my day … http://graphicdesignr.net/blog/2008/03/30/back-in-my-day/ http://graphicdesignr.net/blog/2008/03/30/back-in-my-day/#comments Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:30:45 +0000 Erica Smith http://graphicdesignr.net/blog/2008/03/30/back-in-my-day/ I’ve come to a realization: I’m too old for my profession.

OK, it’s not that I’m too old. I’m only 31. There are quite a few people older than me hanging around the newsroom and getting paid for it. (I am getting dangerously close to the age where I am required to sit at my desk and lament about the good old days: When newspapers were only 50 cents — and some were less!; when X-Acto knives, line tape and wax were used to piece together newspaper pages; when typewriters and fax machines were commonly heard in the newsroom; when everyone in the world turned to the newspaper for news and entertainment. I’ll start saying clever phrases like “holy buckets.” I already say “e-gads” sometimes and refer to anyone younger than 30 as “kids” — usually “damn kids.”)

No, I’m too old for the profession I want — the techy, multimedia savvy, creative job that doesn’t mess with dirty newsprint or day-old news. Those jobs are currently held by people younger than me.

Take the Palm Beach Post’s new Backyard Post, for example. The three guys behind that? The oldest is 29; the other two are 26. And they even have official-sounding titles!

Two years ago, there might have been hope. Now, it’s all downhill. Damn kids.

(Cross-posted … because I can)

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• Colorado’s Fallen: “They were called to serve. Young Coloradans with bright visions of the future left family and friends for a distant battlefield. But bullets and roadside bombs do not spare the dreamers.” Video interviews and family photos. Denver Post
• Making it home: “After a 14-month tour in Iraq, Andrew Snow returned home to Florida to a welcoming party.” Two slide shows with audio tracks. Washington Post
• The Men of Bravo Company: “When they finally return this summer, the Minnesota National Guard will have been gone nearly two years, one of the longest stints of any guard unit since 9/11.” Washington Post
• Georgians killed in Iraq: “Georgia service members who have died in Iraq or supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.” Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• Area servicemembers killed: “Remembering those who have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001.” Interactive graphic Kansas City Star

Still looking for other Memorial Day multimedia presentations; send ‘em my way if you see any.

Other fun Web finds:
• The Washington Post’s Date Lab is brilliant.
• So is the Indy Star’s IndyPaws. (Although there’s something a little creepy about people writing as their pets.)
• “Star Wars” turns 30! The Palm Beach Post gets all dressed up for the occasion.

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