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Time Capsule of a More ProsperousEra
By encinoman
Cleaning out my office I found some &;sacred artifacts of the past&;, as Leonard Cohen sang in another context (about the loss of the &;naked man and woman&;).
What did I find? I found a Family Computing Magazine from 1999, talking about the best computer and printer to buy, how to set up your home office, fight viruses, etc. At the time, people would pay $2.99 for a magazine that would impart such wisdom. And writers and editors would actually get paid for their expertise in technology.
I used to say, &;If you can write about tech, you&;ll always eat. You may not want to live, but you&;ll always eat.&;
No more.
In a related development, I found a NY Times classified ad page that had no less than ten (10) columns offering editorial jobs, from managing editor, puzzle editor, editorial/idea shaper, reporter, development editor, producer editor at Times Mirror for hunting and fishing websites, music editors, editorial assistants, and even a copyeditor!
Rather than save these depressing time capsules, I tossed them.
The paperless era appears to be the payless era as well. As Everybody knows&;
Tags: copyediting, death-of-journalism, death-of-print, Leonard-Cohen
This entry was posted on October 15, 2009 at 3:55 pm and is filed under Journalism, technology-and-its-discontents, technology-journalism.
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