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Wednesday, June 18, 2008 3:29 AM

Resumes for the new journalism world

How to apply for journalism jobs is something we were all supposed to learn in journalism school.I know I sure did: you write stories, keep copies of newspapers in which your articles appeared and you clip them out and mail those with a resume to places
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Friday, October 19, 2007 5:37 PM

One big adventure

A while ago I blogged about changing careers, and how difficult it is to do even when one has only been in a job for a year or two. Well, I can attest to change being possible, and though it is difficult to do, we are able. And I think our youth gives
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Saturday, July 28, 2007 8:21 PM

Job advice

How do journalists go about finding a job? How did you find your job? I sort of fell into mine. I had worked here as an intern and was able to move into a full time position so I never had to go through the job search that my peers did.What advice can
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Tuesday, May 22, 2007 3:14 PM

On the job hunt - Cut it out

Cheers to a new category: Job hunt.Here we'll post thoughts, questions and suggestions on job seeking.I'm not looking for a job, I just thought the category would help some folks out.I'll start it off with discussion of clip books.I hope lots of you chime
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Friday, April 20, 2007 3:54 PM

40 hours

Q.Like many young reporters, I'm starting at a small daily.My newspaper has a policy of setting a limit of work hours at 40 hours a week for reporters who are not on salary, which includes me.I have aspirations to work at a large metro paper one day.I'm
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007 3:04 PM

Who's linked?

Any young journalist understands (or needs to understand) the strong need to network.But, it always bugs me how some young journalists network. They'll swarm through the crowds at SPJ conventions with only the goal in mind of meeting some big, important
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Monday, March 19, 2007 3:28 PM

Winning while losing

Have you ever lost? Ever not gotten the position you wanted?I have. And I will use it as inspiration.See, if you read my post last week you'll see that I had applied for a promotion at work. I was a community reporter for the Irvine World News (that is
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Monday, March 12, 2007 8:00 AM

Inspiration Monday: Cheerleaders

For the last few weeks I've been sitting on pins and needles. I'm being considered for a promotion at work and I really want the job.So how have I stumbled past my nerves? Lots of coffee, and cheerleaders.So what are cheerleaders you ask?People who are
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Friday, March 02, 2007 9:12 PM

Non-paid internships: slavery?

Many journalists I know have had or have un-paid internships.A story floating around the blogosphere says internships that do not pay or give school credit are the same as slavery.Read the story by the SF Weekly here.Read some reactions to that story
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Friday, March 02, 2007 12:15 AM

Vogue Eye for the New Guys and Gals

Hey everyone, I'm Gene Park, a 25-year-old crime reporter at the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Before my current gig, I worked for three years at Gannett's Pacific Daily News on Guam, where I was born and raised, as reporter and eventually assistant news editor.
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