Comments on: The Pimping Journalist: A Story of Money and Sincerity http://ryanthornburg.com/2008/07/07/the-pimping-journalist-a-story-of-money-and-sincerity/ Ryan Thornburg Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:54:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: John Zhu http://ryanthornburg.com/2008/07/07/the-pimping-journalist-a-story-of-money-and-sincerity/#comment-35 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:34:59 +0000 http://www.ryanthornburg.org/blog/?p=45#comment-35 I think part of journalists’ unwillingness to publicly advocate for their own work stems from the whole idea of “not making yourself the story.” That and the traditional value of putting up a wall between the editorial and the advertising sides of a newspaper probably make any sort of self-promotion seem like “pimping” to many journalists. I’ve always thought that journalists do a pretty crappy job of promoting their work, even when it’s the best of the best:

http://visualeditors.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=1985197%3ABlogPost%3A18039

BTW, nice blog. I just stumbled across it today. Being an UNC J-school alum and a former journalist who worked in the area (and still live here), I find a lot of the stuff you write about very interesting.

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