Journalists Have A Site To Let It All Out

They are ticked off and letting the world know it. They are journalists who work in shrinking newsrooms for demanding editors. Now they have angryjournalist.com to shout their criticism from the highest virtual mountain.

An online complaint board angryjournalist.com allows journalists to anonymously let it all out. What are journalists so angry about? The Internet for one. The Internet has changed the face of journalism forcing newspapers and television networks to reinvent themselves or fold. They are angry that they are asked to come up with filler articles to fill up websites. A former journalist created the website. Working as a Web editor in Chicago Kiyoshi Martinez, 23, didn't like direction journalism is going. He quit reporting in February and launched his site after reading about journalism burnout.

"Things get said on this website that otherwise would not get said -- other than perhaps at the neighborhood bar to co-workers or at home with a spouse," he wrote in his column last month. "I can't help but think that this is a good thing for the news industry."

Steve Outing, a columnist for the trade publication Editor and Publisher

Martinez is now a happy camper earning more money in a better working environment.