Subject: Re: unsolicited advice From: elawyer@interport.net (Enrique Gili) Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 10:09:08 -0400 (EDT)

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>There should be a division of labor. Writers should worry about getting the
>story, and making it the best they can. Leave the packaging of their
>stories to copy editors and their online content producer/editors
>counterparts.
>
>Let the writers write, the artists create and the packages package. That's
>the best way to get high-volume Web publishing done.


Which brings me back to my original question.

>I am having trouble distinguishing between content producers vs. online
>editors.  There seems to be several working definitions depending on who's
>doing the posting. Having a working definition would be beneficial for job
>hunters, such as myself.

And based on the responses so there's not a great deal of agreement on
this issue. Where you stand depends upon where you sit.I am a neophyte
when it comes to publishing. Working on a supersite was my first
real exposure to journalism. I have no professinal baggage when it
comes to the role of the writer. My job was to hold the readers attention
for fifteen minutes. Phil Barrets post was a response to my
request for a postion as a "content producer". And I was looking for
advice.

I expect in the near future, graduates will prepare for a career
in online publishing much like thier print and tv counterparts. Instead of
migrating from one field into anouther they might spend their entire
professional lives in a digital medium. The tools of the trade will be a
frontend web editor and a grahics program. At the very least writers
with a background in Web publishing will have a greater understanding of the
medium and it's limitations.


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