A few employees used their last day(s) to make a video documenting their departure from the newspaper. Tom Gantert is a sometime contributor here. Found this on AnnArbor.com.
Update: As per the comments attached Jordan Miller asked that I also credit her on this work of art I found on AnnArbor.com. My apologies, I thought the Jordan Miller credit at the end of the video was sufficient, but apparently not.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteThis is my video, so I'd appreciate a credit. Thanks!
Jordan Miller
Dear Jordan:
ReplyDeleteGees, the video starts and ends with your name and credits.
Jim
Jim,
ReplyDeleteIt's only proper journalistic practice (and etiquette) to credit someone when you re-post their work. I wasn't asking for anything unusual.
Jordan:
ReplyDeleteThis is silly. Your work is self-credited, like a byline in a news story. I never expected anyone who published a copy of my story, with my byline to add an additional note that credited my work. That just seems a tad egotistical and redundant. A byline (or credit) is just that.
I always credit where I get my stuff. I knew the video had your name at the end and my original post inidcated it was a YouTube taken off AnnArbor.com.
That said, I added an additional credit for you.
The new editors at Annarbor.com would probably let someone say that' redundant and repetitive!
ReplyDeleteWonder why she didn't want you to use the name she uses on YouTube - Hell0paperclip?
ReplyDeleteJordan introduces self on The Deuce in post called "In which I introduce myself and lay bare my shortcomings."
Better though is My Days as an Unemployed Person - Installment 1
I think this is less about the "videographer" wanting credit and more about her wanting to make some kind of a "gotcha" play.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure what's "gotcha" about it. My initial request was a matter of journalistic courtesy, and I asked politely and in a friendly way.
ReplyDeleteThe response was quite rude and condescending. The only thing that was silly (as "Jim of L-Town" described it) was not simply saying, "no problem," which seems adequate to me.
But if you want to assume everyone has a hidden agenda, and the response is always immediate ire, I guess there's nothing I or anyone else can do to prevent it from coming our way, really.
The question of why I didn't use my youtube username is simple: If I'm working in a professional capacity, I use my full name.
But I guess that's the difference, really. The word "professional."
Young lady:
ReplyDeleteAt 28, you've not yet lived long enough to truly understand what "professional" means -- in journalism or any other field. An experienced, self-confident "professional" would not have made an issue of things when no issue in fact exists. You were properly and amply credited in the video.
Sounds like Jordan might have been a bit difficult to work with....something to think about going forward.
ReplyDeleteI honestly thought this was planned for an ex-staff party with the intro and the video being on YouTube under the unprofessional paperclip name.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing how anonymity makes people feel free to be cruel.
ReplyDeleteI would be more than happy to discuss this with any of you, using real names like real people: a2jordanmiller {at} gmail.
I look forward to talking with you.
I have a question. Where is a good place to go to look for journalism jobs - the few there are? I know about journalismjobs.com and MPA. Are there any other good places to look? Jim, since you have a lot of followers here who are looking for work, maybe a post suggesting some places to look? That would be great for everyone.
ReplyDeleteLook at me! Look at me! Look at ME!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a snotty self-important person. Her picture tells it all - a spoiled child reacting in the only way she knows how. Most of us have forgotten more about journalism that she'll ever learn. Sadly, she must be one3 of the backward baseball cap types. If this is the new journalism, I'm glad I left. Sheesh!
ReplyDeleteSeems high maintenance. Wonder who checks under her mattress for peas?
ReplyDeleteHey, has anyone heard what Jordan's up to? Who is she working for? She still married? Did she end up finishing her degree?
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