[LINK] Re: What is IT journalism anyway?

[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

James Pearce wrote:
 
> Do you class investigative journalists as specialists? How about as
> experts? They spend months and months on a topic, and become experts,
> but when they start out they usually know nothing about what they're
> writing about.

Are you suggesting that an IT journalist, starting from scratch, in self
teach mode, in a few months, can become an expert in an IT topic?

I think a few experts on Link would suggest that's a little optimistic.

-- 
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice; in practice,
there is
--Chuck Reid

Regards
brd

Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Canberra Australia
brd@austarmetro.com.au