Howard Stern talks about this by way of podcasts. When he was growing up he dreamed of being on the radio and busted his ass to get on the air anywhere. Now anyone can have a "radio show" - all you need is a microphone and an internet connection. If you are good you can make money doing it. Same goes for "journalists" like July. Work at your craft instead of complaining all the time and looking for a handout.

There's a lot to discuss regarding the unionization of journalists in our current society. Writers of previous generations unionized or created guilds in opposition to those who controlled the means of production, i.e. the printing press. But a printing press is no longer necessary. Anyone is capable of creating their own means of production in the field of journalism and many have.

Which leads us to the second point, and that is that so many so-called journalists are resentful or jealous of those that have been able to do so. Julie apparently longs for the Monopoly Man to control media so that she can unionize in opposition to him.

In fact, if she really had the slightest ability or was capable of writing anything that anyone wanted to read, she could be as successful as Bari Weiss or Freddie deBoer and she wouldn't need to think about trying to unionize against the owners of a dying business model.

Howard Stern talks about this by way of podcasts. When he was growing up he dreamed of being on the radio and busted his ass to get on the air anywhere. Now anyone can have a "radio show" - all you need is a microphone and an internet connection. If you are good you can make money doing it. Same goes for "journalists" like July. Work at your craft instead of complaining all the time and looking for a handout.

That is Julie's craft.

Julie DiCaro
@juliedicaro.bsky.social
If you're an independent journalist who has gone through newsletter route, has it affected your ability to report? Do people still talk to you even though you're not attached to an outlet?

Julie DiCaro
@juliedicaro.bsky.social
If you're an independent journalist who has gone through newsletter route, has it affected your ability to report? Do people still talk to you even though you're not attached to an outlet?

Just circling the drain at this point.

Julie DiCaro
@juliedicaro.bsky.social
If you're an independent journalist who has gone through newsletter route, has it affected your ability to report? Do people still talk to you even though you're not attached to an outlet?

Just circling the drain at this point.

I would understand for a little while, as her husband, if she wanted to take a flight of fancy and quit practicing law to read scoreboard updates on the radio. At some point I 'd have to tell her that the dream is dead. Grow up and get back to your government attorney job.

are there many attorney jobs that let you work from home and not going into the office three days a week?

Then I’m shocked she’s not waddling right into the Bar Association to reinstate her license if that’s the case

Not over yet.

Hasn't she done this numerous times before? She wrote like two articles and then "couldn't even anymore" every time she did.

Hasn't she done this numerous times before? She wrote like two articles and then "couldn't even anymore" every time she did.

With podcasts, yes, but I don't think she's done so with a newsletter.