The internet makes it:
1. really, really easy to waste time
2. crucially important that you stay productive
Print cycles meant that you had a rotating deadline. At a daily you had to push something out the door by the end of every day. At a weekly you had a big crunch once a week.
The internet has no print cycle. It’s just now.
The luxury of non-productive time is disappearing. If you’re not producing something right now, somebody else is, and they’re going to earn the attention of all those online eyeballs. It sucks because it means you can’t get a cushy career in journalism anymore.
But it’s awesome because there’s so much opportunity out there for someone who’s willing to work hard.
Eat Sleep Publish is a Seattle-based blog that explores the difficulties and opportunities currently facing the publishing industry. 
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