Found this great site, AngryJournalist, perfect for all of my venting needs.

I won’t tell you which comment is mine – the condition of the site is anonymity – but my experience was disappointing enough that I needed somewhere to vent.

(Though I was in the right, I fear posting about it here since potential employers may have a look and not think kindly to anyone telling industry secrets. I’m afraid to even write that. But I’m guessing this post will soon be buried by others… Self-censorship anyone?)

A few good ones…

I’m angry that half of my colleagues have the IQ of a potato.

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I wrote a story that was unique, took a lot of work and wasn’t from a press release and wasn’t from the wires and wasn’t stolen from a comic book. I spelled all the words correctly and used proper punctuation. It did not run because it did not have a video and audio component for the web. It also did not run because it did not come from a press release, therefore my editor didn’t trust it as being of interest to readers. Tee hee … I sold it to the competition who ran it with no byline.

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I am tired of hearing how the Internet is killing the industry.

It’s not.

Poor leadership, a poor product and a desperate clinging to a failed business model is killing the industry.