Category: Business & Industry

In prepping the above post, I came across this list of newspaper jargon on the Detroit Free Press‘ site. If you can’t define all of these things, you’re not a newspaper person … if you can, you’re probably an old newspaper person.

Former student Beth Farrar sent this along … Nothing overly shocking in this report, to be honest, as anyone over the age of X will tell you everyone under the age of X is less professional than their generation. But it’s still worth spending some time thinking about how professionalism factors into the hiring process. The word “entitlement” comes up...

I have received a deluge of very strange emails of late (and some of them may be mocked soon on a post here), but this one’s legit: As many of you know, the Associated Press offers a highly competitive intern program each year. A minimum of two of the positions are offered to photographers or photo editors. The application deadline...

Mother Nature News is looking for an intern/campus corespondent – details are online here. Unpaid, but if you’re interested in what they’re doing it may be worth considering. This is an ideal internship for anyone interested in a career in writing, editing or environmental issues as this will be hands-on, real-life experience. MNN combines unconventional and lively original content alongside...