Comments on: Working with Journalists: What’s in It for Geeks? http://www.contentious.com/2008/10/31/working-with-journalists-whats-in-it-for-geeks/ Amy Gahran's news and musings on how we communicate in the online age. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:36:42 +0000 hourly 1 By: Amy Gahran http://www.contentious.com/2008/10/31/working-with-journalists-whats-in-it-for-geeks/comment-page-1/#comment-1224025 Amy Gahran Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:36:27 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/?p=1942#comment-1224025 That's a great suggestion, Dave. Maybe I should compile a resource guide for journos & nonprofit types: Where to meet geeks <a href="http://techsoup.org" rel="nofollow">TechSoup</a> is a great resource, too. - Amy That’s a great suggestion, Dave. Maybe I should compile a resource guide for journos & nonprofit types: Where to meet geeks

TechSoup is a great resource, too.

- Amy

]]> By: David Herrold http://www.contentious.com/2008/10/31/working-with-journalists-whats-in-it-for-geeks/comment-page-1/#comment-1224024 David Herrold Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:30:13 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/?p=1942#comment-1224024 Several of our web designers and developers (including myself) are active in the local <a href="http://www.netsquared.org/" rel="nofollow">NetSquared</a> community in Houston. There are many non-profit organizations out there who struggle with some very simple technology issues (like setting up a blog or using social networking). This comes as second nature to many tech geeks out there and presents an easy opportunity to help the community. This same feeling of "fighting the good fight" is carried over to newspapers quite naturally. Helping a few people at a NetSquared meeting is fun. But building a web application that helps a few million people find jobs, sell their car or find affordable housing is even more fun. Several of our web designers and developers (including myself) are active in the local NetSquared community in Houston. There are many non-profit organizations out there who struggle with some very simple technology issues (like setting up a blog or using social networking). This comes as second nature to many tech geeks out there and presents an easy opportunity to help the community.

This same feeling of “fighting the good fight” is carried over to newspapers quite naturally.

Helping a few people at a NetSquared meeting is fun. But building a web application that helps a few million people find jobs, sell their car or find affordable housing is even more fun.

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