AOL Huffington Post Wants To Hire Professional Journalists, Not Bloggers
Post-merger, AOL and Huffington Post have wasted no time slashing brands and jobs. But once the great clean-up is over, who are they looking to hire for their newer, bigger, and (hopefully) better joint brand?
TechCrunch is reporting that AOL HuffPost is looking to hire from its freelancers, but only professional journalists this time around.
Peter Goodman, editor for business and technology news for the Huffington Post, held a conference call for freelance business writers. One of his main points was that they are looking for freelancers who are professional journalists (not bloggers) to become staffers.
One interesting quote from Goodman, “We can’t replace professional journalism with an adhoc blogging arrangement….we
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