More notes on AngryJournalist.com
This week AngryJournalist.com broke the 2,000 comment barrier and has seen more than 125,000 page loads and 64,000 unique visitors. As my friend stated, the Web site has officially become of a bit of a meme. Here’s a list so far:
+ HappyJournalist.com - I thought this would happen eventually. Although, as Gawker and others have pointed out, it’s not quite as popular. Honestly, I do think it’s unfortunate that so few people have posted there so far. Still, I’d hope that recruiters are taking a look at those who have. These are probably the people that you want in your newsroom.
+ PeriodistaCabreado.com - A Spanish-language version of AngryJournalist.com, which I’m really excited about. I was actually asked by several people if I’d thought about doing a Spanish version of the site, and while I really liked the idea, there wasn’t a practical way for me to moderate it because I don’t speak any foreign languages. Thankfully, the site’s creator decided to do his own version and I told him the basic template ideas I used. He’s got advertising up, however, that’s his choice to make. I still haven’t changed my mind on not having advertising.
+ AngryResident.com - It’s a site for angry residents (doctors in training) to rant about their profession. Not one that you’d expect to be full of anger, but it’s surprisingly bitter. Who knew!
Additionally, a fan of the site and all-around cool guy Patrick Yen created an RSS feed widget for AngryJournalist.com that can be embedded in your blog of Web site to display the 10 most recent posts. Check it out and copy/paste the code yourself:
<div align=”center”><object width=”250″ height=”300″><param name=”movie” value=”http://www.gonzopj.net/angryjourno/angryjourno.swf”></param><param name=”wmode” value=”transparent”></param><param name=”allowScriptAccess” value=”always” /></param><embed src=”http://www.gonzopj.net/angryjourno/angryjourno.swf” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” wmode=”transparent” width=”250″ height=”300″ allowScriptAccess=”always”></embed></object></div>
Finally, I’ve been fielding some interviews and questions for various people.
+ Check out my interview with Pat Thornton of The Journalism Iconoclast. Admittedly, I sound pretty terrible as I kept saying “you know” throughout the conversation, but that just means I have no career in radio. I had a fun time talking with Pat, who has some great posts on his blog about journalism that’s worth your time to read daily.
+ I filled out a six-part questionnaire for Journalism.co.uk, who featured AngryJournalist.com as part of their Innovations in Journalism series. To be quite honest, I don’t think I innovated anything, really. I just think I had a decent idea for a Web site that became somewhat popular in a niche.
+ I can’t forget to mention Steve Outing’s Stop the Presses column on AngryJournalist.com, either. His piece drove a ton of traffic to the site and gave it a second injection of life, not to mention brought it to the attention of the mainstream press (and to Romenesko, who has yet to link directly to AngryJournalist.com).
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