Thanks for reminding us Charles. Its not my intention to market to anyone who is out of work. My thoughts about this, from a sales perspective, where geared towards media companies and their decision makers. I'm very much into finding quality solutions to the business & societal problems of our day. Plus I'm a big new nerd. Named my son after the journalist I.F. Stone. :)
-BrianR On Aug 19, 1:58 pm, Charlie <[email protected]> wrote: > As the aforementioned journalist at Office Nomads, I can tell you that one > of the biggest reasons that journalists likely don't populate coworking > spaces more is that people tend not to value our work anymore. I don't want > to turn this into a scree about how you all should subscribe to your local > paper (I don't even do that), but when most major daily print outlets are > laying people off left and right and the blogs and online outlets > don't/can't/won't pay writers because the exposure they give us should be > enough (this is HuffPo's argument) or they simply can't, how are we supposed > to pay the fees associated with doing business? > > So I am one of the lucky ones in that I AM paid to do my job and Office > Nomads and I have a work-trade agreement, but most of us are so busy trying > to figure out how to get a paycheck (not to mention actually getting work > which is an entirely different job) so we can't afford to pay for office > space. > > If you care about quality journalism and want to support it as a coworking > space as the sector figures out what's next, maybe your coworking spaces can > offer grants or scholarships to journalists? Doing that especially for ones > that are starting up new sites that aim to actually pay writers would be an > especially big mitzvah. > > c > > Charles Redell > Associate Editor > Sustainable Industries <http://www.sustainableindustries.com> > 206-552-8042 (NOTE NEW PHONE NUMBER) > [email protected] > > Download our Top 10 Green Building Products > Awards<http://www.sustainableindustries.com/resources>free! > > Follow Sustainable Industries on > Twitter<http://www.twitter.com/sustainablemag>, > Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/SustainableIndustries> or our > blog<http://blog.sustainableindustries.com/feed/> > Linkedin<http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1796738&trk=anetsrch_name&goback=....> > Facebook > <http://www.facebook.com/SustainableIndustries>Twitter<http://www.twitter.com/sustainablemag> > > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Jerome Chang <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Brian > > > I'm in LaLa land so we get our share of all types of media: production > > firms, screenwriters, book writers, web designers and graphic > > designers. No journalists but they do some interviews here. The LA > > times axed a ton of ppl so most are still licking their wounds I > > presume and haven't figured out what they'll do next. But yes, I'd > > think I'd attract more by now. > > > Jerome > > ______________ > > BLANKSPACES > > "work wide open" > > >www.blankspaces.com > > 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) > > Los Angeles, CA 90036 > > 323.330.9505 (office) > > > On Aug 19, 2009, at 10:45 AM, Susan Evans wrote: > > > > Hey Brian, > > > > We have one journalist working at Office Nomads (Charles Redell of > > > Sustainable Industries), and one publisher (Mike Jones of Morgan & > > > Claypool). > > > > I know we've had a few others come and drop in from time to time in > > > those industries as well, but those are the two that come to mind > > > right away. > > > > Jacob also took part in some larger conversations around Seattle about > > > the end of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's print edition and what > > > could come next - they held several meetings here at Office Nomads and > > > so are certainly well aware of what coworking can provide, but we > > > haven't seen much movement since then. > > > > Seems like a great idea to me, though - these days particularly the > > > news industry is looking to lessen costs and do what they > > > can...coworking seems to be a great solution. > > > > Just on a side note, we had a news crew from a local channel come > > > through and do an interview with us, and the anchor who interviewed us > > > loved the idea and explained it incredibly well - I think we found an > > > ally in her (you can see the clip by going to our news page - > > >http://www.officenomads.com/news/) > > > > Susan > > > __ > > > Office Nomads > > >http://www.officenomads.com > > > > On Aug 19, 9:34 am, Julie of souk <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Brian, > > > >> You may want to check with Jerome in LA. When I visited, he > > >> mentioned > > >> some media using Blankspaces. souk doesn't experience many media > > >> types coming through, so I can't speak to it for you. > > > >> Julie Duryeahttp://www.soukllc.com > > >> @soukportland > > > >> On Aug 19, 6:32 am, BrianR <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >>>http://editdesk.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/carrboro-coworking-russell/ > > > >>> Most of the folks at our space are web developers and designers. The > > >>> next biggest group of people are writers and journalist. I think > > >>> there > > >>> is a major opportunity for media companies to utilize coworking > > >>> spaces > > >>> to keep costs down and invigorate reporting. > > > >>> Are any journalist working with you? Have any newspapers, radio, > > >>> or TV > > >>> owners contacted you? > > > >>> -BrianR > > >>> Carrboro Creative Coworking --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
