Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

How bad is the publishing recession?

According to anecdotal evidence – it’s pretty bad. It’s not a good time for journalism students graduating this year, certainly.  Tracking the job ads on Journalism.co.uk gives a rough indication of how the job market is going.  Just before Christmas 2008, there were just over 100 jobs on the site – mainly journalism, but with […]

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Saving the web for posterity

I posted here about how knowledge on the web, and on digital media generally, disappears – risking the impoverishment of future historical research. Just before I could post this follow-up, Jessica anticipated me and commented that I should try Archive.org. Well, guess what – this is all about that. A recent interview with British Library chief Lynne […]