[PLUG-TALK] OSDL Linux Ona Desktop Machine Conference Headlines Business Section of Oregonian
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
znmeb at cesmail.net
Wed Nov 30 02:39:44 UTC 2005
Yeah ... back in the stone age, I almost went into journalism. I had
dreams of being a science writer/editor for a big-city newspaper.
Somewhere along the line, I got convinced there was more money in
computer programming, and I turned out to be very good at that. Maybe I
was too technical to be a journalist (or an actor or a musician or a
poet or a manager or a statesman).
So ... count me in for the seminars ... I'll demonstrate my favorite
"science toys" if I can find someone else to apologize for the awful
performance of OpenOffice.
<ducking>
David Mandel wrote:
>Rich and all,
>
> (1) I deal with a number of journalists.
> Like people in other professions, some journalist are
> a pleasure to work with. Others are a pain.
> Mike Rogoway at the Oregonian is a pleasure to work with.
> He is very professional and generally does good work.
>
> (2) However, Rich you are correct. Most journalists aren't
> highly technical, and they have a hard time understanding
> and relating to people in the Open Source world.
> Seminar/presentations with a hands-on lab oriented to
> journalists sounds interesting.
> I'm going to think about this some more.
> I think this is an idea worth exploring.
>
> Sincerely,
> David Mandel
> Chief Activist
> Portland Linux/Unix Group
> 560 SE Alexander
> Corvallis, Oregon 97333
> (541) 737-9153 at work (OSU)
> (541) 730-5285 cell
>
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>
>On Tue, 29 Nov 2005, Rich Shepard wrote:
>
>
>
>>On Tue, 29 Nov 2005, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Still, I've found nearly every reporter is willing to learn, and IIRC most
>>>of the Oregonian reporters have their email addresses at the bottom of
>>>their articles. He or she might welcome an invitation to join one of our
>>>email lists.
>>>
>>>
>>Ed,
>>
>> In some subjects their response is "the truth is too complicated for our
>>readers, so we make it easy for them." Been there; done that.
>>
>> However, it might be worth the time of the Chief PLUGger and Honorary
>>Penguin, with the help of other computer professionals, to offer a couple of
>>hour seminar and demonstration for those reporters who cover the industry.
>>Define terms, clear away FUD, answer questions, let them play with
>>applications on a linux box, give them copies of Knoppix, and build rapport.
>>
>> 'Tis a good idea.
>>
>>Rich
>>
>>--
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