The new skills for online journalists

What are the qualities editors should look for when hiring online reporters? Here is an interesting interview Nieman Journalism Lab did with Alan Murray, executive editor of the The Wall Street Journal Online.  Speed, marketing, audience-building and tweeting are some of the skills mentioned.

Alan Murray of The Wall Street Journal on hiring and managing online reporters from Nieman Journalism Lab on Vimeo.

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