Image via WikipediaIn light of the news that the L.A. Times is planning more staff cuts, Will Sullivan’s massive compendium of job-hunting tips is a great resource, and useful for students just starting out as well.
Earlier in the year, following some unsettling layoffs in the news business, I published a list of 94 links for […]
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Future skills for journalists
Alfred Hermida, blogging at PBS’ MediaShift, has a series of video interviews with industry leaders about what journalism students will need to know for the future. Go watch. (via Len Witt)
Free(?) Portfolio hosting
via College Rag, a note that college journalists and writers can sign up with Writer’s Residence for a free online portfolio … for a year. After the year is up, it’s $8.95/month.
This is not something I’d recommend. Instead, a student could set up a WordPress.com or Blogger site and post their writing samples there. Have […]
Post-Dispatch multimedia internship for fall
Check this out, via Will Sullivan:
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch and STLToday.com is seeking a multimedia intern for the Fall 2008.
This new position is for a multidisciplined and flexible multimedia journalist who can generate and execute multimedia ideas. Ideal candidates will be able to hit the ground running and juggle all types of content and content […]
Fight the war, don’t sweat the battle
It’s time to stop worrying about the medium and focus on the idea.
As a recent graduate of a mostly print-oriented journalism program who is more comfortable behind the camera than in front of it and sitting in the crowd than standing in front of it, some find it odd that I just couldn’t care less […]
McAdams encourages j-students to forget grad school
Mindy’s been on a tear lately. First it was internships, now it’s grad school. I mostly agree with her advice. However, I also think there is a place for grad school for students who don’t attend big journalism programs. I had a couple of students when I was at North Greenville College who had performed […]
Gisondi: Sports editors looking for multimedia skills
Joe Gisondi, a colleague here at EIU, does a good job canvassing some sports editors and beat reporters about the state of the job market. One thing that sticks out: multimedia skills are an increasingly important part of the package that gets you in the door.
In addition, sports editors are looking for new media skills. […]
What if you just want to be a writer?
Great discussion going on at Len Witt’s Public Journalism Network blog, inspired by his post: Journalism wants pitcher to be catcher too. Be sure to read the comments, and also Rob Curley’s follow-up piece: I’m not sure it’s really about being the pitcher and the catcher.
The consensus would seem to be that there might be […]
What is up with these people?
Paul Conley (the one-man quote machine (TM)) offered this from the CMA/ACP convention:
Among the disconcerting things I ran into at the convention:
1. A senior who said his journalism teachers told him he should never tell a prospective employer he knows how to shoot photos, because it means he’ll never get a chance to write.
2. A […]
Bradshaw: How to be a journalism student
Paul Bradshaw, a UK journalism prof, writes some tips about how to be a journalism student. Great stuff (thanks to Mindy for bringing it to our attention).
Never content to let well enough be, I’m going to add some thoughts to Paul’s list. Here’s the basics of his bullet points:
Read the news
Forget you have an opinion.
Know […]
