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Monday, March 26, 2007 - Posts

Monday, March 26, 2007 9:22 AM

Down and out and about in Shanghai

Robert Near is trying to break into journalism in Shanghai. In a recent posting, he writes that my account of the difficulties of getting started resonates with him. He teaches English, he copyedits, and he writes lifestyle pieces for magazines both in
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Monday, March 26, 2007 7:57 AM

War journalism

I'll write more on this topic later, but right now I'd like to point everyone to a fantastic post by Michael Yon about how he started as a war correspondent. It's a fascinating read about Iraq and is yet another example of how to become a foreign correspondent
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Monday, March 26, 2007 7:07 AM

It's not all bad news

From reading my post yesterday, I guess some people got the idea that it's all bad news for journos looking for overseas assignments. (Yes, I mean you, Fons -- http://www.chinaherald.net/2007/03/how-to-become-foreign-correspondent.html.)That wasn't what
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