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I'm in the northeast. You don't show up for an interview with a tie, I would throw you out. I mean, come on. Jeans? Really? You don't need the suit, but slacks and a blue blazer (and every man should have one) aren't too difficult to dress in,

You serious? Not being paid for a month? That's illegal, and if you are a professional you walk. If the management comes to you, beforehand, about financial issues, fine -- it's best to keep jobs. But, if the owner of the paper doesn't pay you? YOU ABSOLUTELY WALK. I don't care what kind...

I would say no contact is the norm. I am applying for positions in and outside of the business. Mostly outside. Recent experience, as in last 2 weeks, I kidd you not: Wife went on a second interview with a place, director "friended" on linkedin....and NOTHING heard since. Myself...

Have to confess, had Team USA playing Columbia. Nothing like that Ivy League world cup team.

The small-town daily will survive as a print product, the major metro will survive as an aggressive web product. What's going to go away is the 30-60 circs who don't have the resources of a metro to go mobile, and don't have the small footprint to just do their local great. The regional...

May be the worst ad I've ever seen. The old bootstrap journalism was comedy, but this one is awful.

Everyone wants more local high school sports coverage until their kid graduates. If you are a paper with a regional bent -- 20 plus towns -- I find high school sports problematic. The problem is many of the people who are die-hard high school sports readers leave that section when their kid...

I don't like when other writers castigate others for errors. This forum seems to try and embarrass young writers who are enthusiastic about getting into the biz. Be encouraging instead of snarky. He isn't going to steal your job. Certainly, Ruben has a problem as a writer with English being...

This is brutal when you try and get out. Some people think every sports writer is Ray Romano. You have to wow them. Non-sports people think because it is a game, that is is somehow less serious and easier to write and report. It is really hard to break out of that. Just, hope the hiring...

I would do it if you think you can afford it. $11,000 in three years is $33,000, that' re-payable. Now, $60,000 to $80000? No way. I may even go back after a decade not to help journalism, but a lot of good PR and marketing communications jobs like the masters degree. It does separate you, and...

I do blame the reporters for the absolutely fabricated anecdotes of their love. The writers just filled in the void. They were writing fiction. The women has to be located if you are doing an SI feature on her. Maybe not small joe daily -- BUT SI? I am sorry, the standard is different. We...

Not possible. That has to be part-time clerk or something like 30 hours.

This should only be written by long-term people, who are ingrained in the community. These are vanity columns, but, in all seriousness, if you were recognized in the community it is fine to say goodbye. But, make sure you were that important.

I have had my fill off quirky high school writers. Perhaps it's because I am not on a preps beat anymore, but every time I lend a hand (more like arm twisted), I encounter some of the most irritating people in this business. So freakin quirky and homerish. I hate covering preps because of it...

Depends on how big a star this kid was. If he was a major star with Division I offers, and he signed, the fact he didn't graduate should be a story. How he was eligible to play FB, but can't graduate? Fair game, and important. If he was just a marginal prospect, then no.

I get that a lot of college programs don't allow true freshman not on the two-deep to talk. I think if a kid is redshirting, he's not eligible to play, so he has nothing to do with the season. Of course, if it's a local reporter wanting to track how thier one star athlete is doing, Let the kid...

My lord, how old are you? It's an incredible epidemic. It's not just popping a few brews. I'm 35, so maybe I am just an old guy with 2 young children, but the level of abuse of alcohol pales to what I remember growing up. We would sneak off and down some booze, or in college get hammered on...

Does the school own the school paper? How does that work? If this guy was on any daily in the country and ran that photo he would have been canned too. The guy is there specifically to prevent this kind of scenario. Isn't he? Does he have the ability to kill an issue? If he advised, but...

Just a terrible show. Bayless generates viewers? No one takes that guy seriously. He doesn't even believe half of what he says. He just makes his point emphatically. Just put him and Screamin A on and call it a day.

What newsroom is this we speak of? I don't know about your news room, but even amongst friends it is impossible to have an argument without ridicule and insults. I mean, it's sports, and the sports desk is the last "men's locker room" like atmosphere in the world. Cherish it.