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Since becoming the Detroit Free Press' recruiter in 1990, my work and the journalism industry have changed in unexpected ways. The transformation is rapid. One benefit is that I now learn from and help other Gannett recruiters. NewsRecruiter.com is a hub site that helps keep everything organized. It tells you what I am up to, it links to my latest work and it is a test site for new projects. My best ideas have always come from you, so please write. >more bio >resume  • Tuesdays: News Job Café • Wednesdays: J-Schools • Thursdays: Job Hacks • Fridays: Apply With Care |
Pew Says Online has Passed Newspapers for News
December 27, 2008 5:49 PM In the closing days of 2008, the Pew Charitable Trusts reports that more Americans now get their news from online news sources than from printed products. Television remains No. 1, except for people under 30, where TV and the internet are tied. The change is happening rapidly. Pew reports, "Currently, 40% say they get most of their news about national and international issues from the internet, up from just 24% in September 2007. For the first time in a Pew survey, more people say they rely mostly on the internet for news than cite newspapers (35%). Television continues to be cited most frequently as a main source for national and international news, at 70%." The survey does not get into how much of that obnline news has been reported and posted by traditional newspaper companies. Read comment(s) or leave a comment Words for Wordsmiths December 19, 2008 12:50 AM Catch the Q&A that Jenny Cromie put together with me on freelancing. She did it for the Golden Pencil, one of the places were she regularly writes. Read comment(s) or leave a comment Yes, Corporate With Us November 28, 2008 2:30 PM A friend who coordinated interns for an alternative weekly lists on Facebook this cover-letter excerpt as one of he favorite quotes: "as an inspiring journalist, i would love to be able to work, learn, and corporate with metro times." Read comment(s) or leave a comment |
 The Best of Ask the Recruiter: Thousands of journalists Poynter Online looking for answers to career questions. How do you get ahead? What should you ask in an interview? Or insist on in a salary negotiation? What is the future for news media? The best have gone into this book. Each chapter contains an essay by a guest recruiter or journalist with experience in newspapers, TV, radio, online or academia. So, through the questions of your inquisitive peers, get a recruiter's eye view of managing your career.
 Breaking In is the insider's guide to landing — and acing — your newspaper internship. These are your strategies for applying, interviewing, succeeding and then using your newspaper internship to launch your career. This book is based on the www.JobsPage.com Web site, which Detroit Free Press Recruiting and Development Editor Joe Grimm created as a strategy guide to newspaper careers. Twenty news recruiters, editors and journalists have contributed to the book. >Buy it
 Bringing the News Century-old postcards celebrate newsies in photographs and artwork, in groups or singly, black and white or color. The newsboys -- and girls, as well as a few adults -- are always portrayed in hard-knock ways. Feet and calves are sometimes bare. Patches cling to elbows and knees. They cover their heads with stocking caps or the floppy hats we still know as "newsboys." If there is inside you a scrappy, survive-by-your-wits newsie, you'll enjoy this collection of cards and carriers bringing news in old-fashioned ways. (Twenty-five images.) >Buy it
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