by A.man.I

There is no doubt that journalists are often lagging behind in their ability to navigate through the social media space. It’s most likely because the constant grind to feed the news beast doesn’t provide much opportunity to learn and dabble in new media.

So while journalists fall behind, and their traditional skills become more obsolete, the bloggers and social media consultants are stepping up to reap the benefits.

This article by ReadWriteLab provides some interesting insights into the social media money making opportunities.

Our respondents reported annual pay rates ranging from $45k and $55k with benefits (!) up to $70k, $80k and $90k with bonuses. We’re tempted to say, based on the anonymously submitted but descriptive replies we got, that the closer to pure journalism our respondents were doing the lower their wages were.

Makes me say “hmmmm.”