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One of the newest jobs on the landscape is Dao Nguyen‘s positon as director of growth at BuzzFeed. As TechCrunch’s Drew Olanoff recently explained, Nguyen’s job is to “build traffic by helping readers find the content that … Read more
Shazna Nessa, a deputy managing editor at the Associated Press, joined us for this week’s career chat.
During the chat, she talked about the skills journalists need to succeed in the field and ways that they can make themselves more … Read more
In her new textbook, “The Multimedia Journalist,” Jennifer George-Palilonis lays out examples of the tools, workflow and collaboration that go into today’s interactive news reports.
A distinguished professor of multimedia journalism at Ball State University, she is a … Read more
In Sir Walter Scott’s “Ivanhoe,” freelancers or freelances were mercenaries — knights who didn’t belong to any kingdom’s army. Instead, they offered their lance-wielding skills to wealthy landowners. They were the private security officers of their day.
Today, freelance journalism … Read more
The Dallas Morning News grooms young talent with internship programs not just for college students, but for high school students.
During this week’s career chat, we talked with Selwyn Crawford, Morning News intern coordinator and recruiter, and Sarah Mervosh, a … Read more
During this week’s career chat, we talked with Doug Mitchell, a consultant and project manager for NPR who used to teach radio at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism.
Mitchell drew upon his experiences in … Read more
Tom Giratikanon, graphics editor at The New York Times, and Sisi Wei, graphics editor at The Washington Post, have launched an initiative to teach journalists to code.
The two journalists, who both attended Northwestern University’s Medill School of … Read more
New York Times intern Tim Rohan made some headlines of his own last month when, in the first week of his internship, he covered the Mets’ first no-hitter in their 51-season history.
In this week’s career chat, we caught … Read more
In this week’s career chat, Miranda Mulligan, the new executive director of the Knight News Innovation Lab at Northwestern University, talked about emerging careers for journalists. Mulligan, who just started her new job this week, previously worked as digital … Read more
In this week’s career chat, we talked with Jon Okerstrom, senior Internet director at Quincy Newspapers Inc. The Quincy news company offers paid internships, or “Quinternships” in journalism, communication, broadcasting and related fields. Such programs stand out … Read more