Comments on: Counterparties http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/04/12/counterparties-128/ A slice of lime in the soda Sat, 25 May 2013 16:48:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: walt9316 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/04/12/counterparties-128/comment-page-1/#comment-13389 walt9316 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:44:57 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=3341#comment-13389 As DeLong often asks, "Why oh why can't we have a better press corps?" Because journalism is a mickey-mouse curriculum producing a surplus of graduates, who think they are owed a job. As DeLong often asks, “Why oh why can’t we have a better press corps?” Because journalism is a mickey-mouse curriculum producing a surplus of graduates, who think they are owed a job.

]]> By: Unsympathetic http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/04/12/counterparties-128/comment-page-1/#comment-13387 Unsympathetic Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:08:50 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=3341#comment-13387 Bring out the whaaambulance. What, precisely, did Mr. Journalist With No Experience *assume* the market was willing to pay? $70k? Welcome to the real world, Mr. Hunter Walker. The cost of that sheepskin has ZERO correlation to the salary of the job for which you're training. Bring out the whaaambulance.

What, precisely, did Mr. Journalist With No Experience *assume* the market was willing to pay? $70k?

Welcome to the real world, Mr. Hunter Walker. The cost of that sheepskin has ZERO correlation to the salary of the job for which you’re training.

]]> By: GingerYellow http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/04/12/counterparties-128/comment-page-1/#comment-13380 GingerYellow Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:49:19 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=3341#comment-13380 $27k for what appears to be a starting job in journalism doesn't sound too shabby to this UK journo. Starting salaries are around £12k-14k in England, even in London. $27k for what appears to be a starting job in journalism doesn’t sound too shabby to this UK journo. Starting salaries are around £12k-14k in England, even in London.

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