SPJ is now accepting applications for its yearlong, paid internship: the SPJ Communications Post-Graduate Internship. The ideal candidate for this position should be a recent college graduate (bachelor's or master's) with prior internship experience in communications. We're looking for someone to help put SPJ in the media spotlight and assist in ( Read more... )

I've been catching-up again on more than a month's worth of "On the Media" podcasts. Here are, what I consider, some of the better pieces they've aired:

- Talk is Cheap: "Another week, another conference on how to save the journalism industry. But what do they accomplish? Former newspaper editor and blogger Alan Mutter has been to more than a few ( Read more... )

How News Organizations Can Create a Mobile-First StrategyI used to watch the crowds in airport lounges when I traveled, studying how people read newspapers. Even with circulation declining, you could see people reading newspapers intently. Especially after 9/11, people would have plenty of time to read while waiting for flights, and newsstands ( Read more... )

How do you store your paper clips ( Read more... )

Well, I have never exactly been set on one career for my whole life. Hence I am in a gen ed program in a pretty crappy university, taking a variety of courses. I've wanted to pursue really random careers, from a pediatrician, to music teacher. Two completely different occupations. Now I've finally think I'm set on getting into journalism, it was ( Read more... )

I originally posted an abridged version of this ( here), it was mainly to air out my own grievances and try to help soon-to-be-graduating journos ( Read more... )

As more and more j-school grads proverbially shit their pants (at least, I hope it's proverbially) about what the hell they're going to do after they graduate, the same question keeps emerging in this community:

"OMGWTFBBQ AM I GOING TO DO????"I'm putting together a handy guide for you ( Read more... )

Hi, Jason. My name is Jessica, and I am a Navy journalist. I work at a staff journalist/photographer for the base paper, the Great Lakes Bulletin, and I also work as a broadcaster/producer for the base television channel. We put out a 30-minute show every two weeks, but my part is a five-minute "news brief" where I do stories about events and ( Read more... )