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10/13/08 Joe Grimm Monday: Buy My Own Business Cards?  She is a regular freelancer for a weekly newspaper and needs business cards. The newspaper can't afford them. "Corporate cutbacks." Can she order her own with the name of the paper?
10/10/08 Joe Grimm Friday: Is it OK to Send Follow-up Clips?  Some of her best stories have had good follow-ups. Is it OK to send those with the original clips, or will they overload the recruiters?
10/9/08 Joe Grimm Thursday: Is One Month on Job Enough?  This ambitious reporter has broken into the newspaper business at a weekly that is clearly not ambitious. He's been there a month. Time to go?
10/8/08 Joe Grimm Wednesday: When to Send Internship Application?  He has his internship application all set to go, but wonders whether he should send it in early or wait a little longer and hope for a few more good clips. When is too soon or too late?
10/7/08 Joe Grimm Tuesday: Piggyback an Informational Interview?  She is going to interview with one employer. Can she use the trip to piggyback a visit to a second employer, and how should she handle an informational interview?
10/6/08 Joe Grimm Monday: Am I Just Being a Sucker?  This freelancer is asked for story ideas and sources, but is not being allowed to write and is not getting any credit or money. Should this continue?
10/3/08 Joe Grimm Friday: Cracking the Newsroom Wall?  She has some good experience in a major newspaper's marketing department, but longs to work in the newsroom. She doesn't see many people moving in her direction. Can she?
10/2/08 Colleen Eddy Show and Tell in Hiring  Two online sites offer videos on improving your hiring skills and give job seekers some tips on what hiring managers are looking for.
10/2/08 Joe Grimm Thursday: How to Show Samples of Web Work?  She made the move from a print-centric job in her newsroom to one that is more Web based. She wonders, though: How can she show samples of her work?
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