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July 2007 - Posts

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, July 24, 2007 7:08 PM

Layoffs.

Most of us newspaper folk are facing layoffs in our newsrooms.I'm sure that most of us are (fairly) safe from these layoffs, but who can be sure?Please share what you are doing to avoid being laid off, what it's like in your newsroom, and how you are
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007 5:58 AM

Getting it right

Q.So I was hoping I could run something by you and the Generation J crowd. Work's been pretty intense lately and I'm feeling the pressure. About six months ago I had a bad two week stint where I had a couple errors and corrections. I freaked out, I
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Thursday, July 12, 2007 11:53 PM

Defining a changing term

What, exactly, is media?When I think of media, I imagine newspapers at the center (my paper-centric POV comes out!) and magazines, news-gathering Web sites, newsletters, and broadcast news circle around, as if a newspaper is the planet and other forms
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Monday, July 09, 2007 5:16 AM

Tell me why do I do this?!?

A topic from a regular reader:I'm an avid Gen J reader, and I recently had an interesting e-mailconversation with a former professor who was asking me about my careerand sort of where to go from my first job. I'm not on the hunt oranything, but I am nearing
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Wednesday, July 04, 2007 12:57 AM

Freedom on Independence Day

The lucky folks who work for media organizations rarely get holidays off. After all, people expect to read the news on holiday mornings, and someone's gotta be there to put it all together!Somehow I managed to convince my bosses that I should take this
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Tuesday, July 03, 2007 4:54 PM

Timing is everything

Seems to me more and more that setting priorities, staying organized and managing time is necessary to doing our jobs - and any jobs in the future.I generally use the Frankling Covey planning system: define your roles (dance teacher, reporter, etc.),
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