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I really do think that one of the silliest things we ever did in journalism is encourage j-school students to become posters.
We were trained to use various social platforms in a way that ensured we needed to use these platforms to continue being successful.
Then, after years of developing an audience somewhere, some executive makes a decision and the platform becomes useless.
There has to be a better way.
@bbhorne I feel like there are a ton of interesting people i want to talk to on this platform. I'm looking forward to building up my feed here.
Thanks for the follow by the way, I'm a fan of your work!
Wow, thanks for all the follows! It was really nice to see my intro post get some traction over the weekend.
I have a feeling im going to be spending a bit more time here in the near future.
Hello Fediverse, my name is Eric, I'm a journalist based out of Toronto working for an online publication called PressProgress.
Most of my work focuses on the activity of Doug Ford's Ontario government.
I've produced a number of award-winning podcasts and I have a background in web development. I guess you can say I'm a bit of a coding and podcasting and reporting guy.
I'm very interested in the Fediverse's potential and I'm glad to be here.