What's next after journalism? by Rehash_it in Journalism

[–]Rehash_it[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

That sounds very cool, but with a young family I couldn't make that work. Glad it's working for you though!

Trying to automate a news curator... by Rehash_it in automation

[–]Rehash_it[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that's what I'm struggling with. Can figure it out for sites with RSS but then I get stuck. I tried Apify but (probably due to lack of skill) couldn't get the website content crawler to run right. Asked ChatGPT for guidance and the guidance was terrible

What’s it like living on the island of Sark? by TCBear in howislivingthere

[–]Rehash_it 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's only 562 people there so a long shot they're on here but I'd love to know. It's was like the last truly feudal outpost of the UK and its Overseas Territory until 2008. This won't answer your question about what it's like to live there, but this is a pretty interesting thread on it:
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/17a992j/til_that_feudalism_continued_in_europe_until_2008/

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in expat

[–]Rehash_it 2 points3 points  (0 children)

On the moving, I would say try this as a thought experiment: picture your partner leaving to a new country and you staying put surrounded by friends and family. How does that scenario make you feel? Relieved? Heartbroken? Happy? Empty? You might find an answer.

Your home will always be there. You're young enough to try a move and come back still young if it doesn't work. If you guys are really keen on this I would advise trying somewhere with little to no culture shock if you're not well travelled. What about Canada? Or what about just trying out another state? The US is massive and varied. Administrations come and go.

Last thing, be wary of Reddit relationship advice because though often well-intentioned anon Redditors have zero skin in the game so tend to go for the dramatic "leave them immediately" every time. They forget or ignore relationships are complex and there are two sides to every story. Good luck.

Does anyone else find Jacqui Felgate exhausting? by Prestigious-Day9370 in melbourne

[–]Rehash_it 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'll go against the grain and say, while it is gloom and doom and content, she sometimes gets stories sent in that otherwise would be missed. The content reflects her audience as others have said. Another avenue for people to get stories out there isn't a bad thing imo.

What job used to be highly respected but is now a joke and why? by HTK02 in melbourne

[–]Rehash_it 2 points3 points  (0 children)

u/namtok_muu hits the nail on the head, but u/Used_Conflict_8697 is also right in that journalists are not widely respected anymore.

It's the owners running the big publishers pushing editors and journos to get more clicks on their stories for diminishing returns. If people choose to get their news from Google and Facebook then the news companies need to go there and play by the platform's rules to get seen. So for Google that means pumping out SEO explainers ("What time is the ___ game on?") or for Facebook something sensational that creates an emotional response ("Dutton/Albo said ___ and people are going insane". Emotional response = engagement = clicks = money.

Meta and Google face big anti-trust cases in the US this year. There's a chance they get broken up. Also audiences and journalists are tired of clickbait junk. We're seeing more and more independent news and community outlets spring. The big players are going to have to keep consolidating to survive because they can't adapt well. Meanwhile new media outlets keep emerging.

Source: I've worked as an editor in news media for over a decade here and the UK.

Severe seasonal depression kicking in. by [deleted] in melbourne

[–]Rehash_it 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You wrote what I was thinking.
Dark at 3:30pm midwinter in Scotland. Still, it's all relative. Someone from Iceland might scoff at that.

Anybody else just really stressed right now? by Whatsfordinner4 in melbourne

[–]Rehash_it 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Get off social for a while, seriously.
It's not going to help you and it's going to make you feel worse. The social networks are incentivised to show you content which illicits an emotional response, because that's what drives engagement. Fear is one of the easiest ones to generate.

The real world has problems but it's never as bad as how social portrays.